Exclusive: Spotify and Chernin Entertainment have appointed ex-caa agent Vanessa Silverton-Peel to lead its hunt for podcasts to adapt for TV and film.
Last year, the two companies struck a multi-year deal that would see Chernin Entertainment adapt Spotify’s audio IP for the screen. At the time, the pair said that they were looking to hire an executive to sit inside the audio giant to identify opportunities. Deadline understands that Silverton-Peel is that executive.
She has joined Spotify as Head of Chernin Partnership and will search for series and episodes to adapt. This comes after she left CAA, where she was an agent in the television department, last year. During her seven year tenure at the agency, she represented podcasts companies such as Spotify’s Gimlet Media, Pineapple Street Studios and Wnyc Studios to adapt their IP in scripted and non-scripted television, as well as documentary filmmakers and directors,...
Last year, the two companies struck a multi-year deal that would see Chernin Entertainment adapt Spotify’s audio IP for the screen. At the time, the pair said that they were looking to hire an executive to sit inside the audio giant to identify opportunities. Deadline understands that Silverton-Peel is that executive.
She has joined Spotify as Head of Chernin Partnership and will search for series and episodes to adapt. This comes after she left CAA, where she was an agent in the television department, last year. During her seven year tenure at the agency, she represented podcasts companies such as Spotify’s Gimlet Media, Pineapple Street Studios and Wnyc Studios to adapt their IP in scripted and non-scripted television, as well as documentary filmmakers and directors,...
- 1/6/2021
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
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