Monday, April 26, 2010

Young Hollywood in Variety

Entertainment industry bible Variety mag recently scooped up the news about Young Hollywood's expansion. Check it out:
YOUNG HOLLYWOOD BUILDS STUDIO
Video site pacts with Hulu, Yahoo and TV Guide

By Lisa Engelbrektson

Young Hollywood, a growing multi-platform outlet featuring lifestyle and celebrity video, has expanded from the eponymous website to distribution partnerships with Hulu, Yahoo and TV Guide. And this week, it signed with UTA and Bloom Hergott Diemer to shop a Young Hollywood television show.

According to Comscore, the site's original programming reaches upward of 100 million viewers online, 2 million unique. The site's founder and CEO R.J. Williams reports 66% of its viewers watch programs in entirety.

In preparation for its television debut, Young Hollywood has taken a studio space at the Four Seasons Hotel in Beverly Hills. Recent content posted includes interviews with Tracy Morgan and the cast of "Kick-Ass."

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