Former BWR Publicists Launch New Company Called the Initiative Group

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVEXCLUSIVE: Respected TV lit agents David Stone, a partner at WME, and Ben Jacobson, a partner at UTA, are leaving their respective agencies to launch a management company together, The Framework Collective.Stone and Jacobson’s careers had been on parallel tracks since they started in the mailroom at UTA — one week apart from one another — in 2005.  They became fast friends, then competitors for many years until they recently decided to partner up, bringing

hereHowever, the ‘flagship’ scheme looks set to follow Weir Mill as the next major development in the transformation of the ‘Town Centre West’Members of the council’s communities and housing scrutiny committee have indicated their support for progressing the project to the ‘detailed design’ stage - which involves working up proposals for planning permission and listed building consent.Coun Sheila Bailey, cabinet member for Sustainable Stockport, told a committee meeting the St Thomas project was

AC/DC have marked the upcoming 40th anniversary of ‘Back In Black’ with a new documentary series that chronicles the creation of the classic album.The first episode, which you can watch below, sees the band discussing the creation of ‘You Shook Me All Night Long’.

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVHamilton director Thomas Kail and  film/TV producer Jennifer Todd have teamed to form a new television company with a multi-year overall deal with 20th Century Fox TV.

Phoebe Robinson, aNew York Timesbestselling author and the co-creator and co-star of the hit podcast 2 Dope Queens,is set to launch a new book imprint called Tiny Reparations Books. Partnering with her publisher, Plume (a division of Dutton/Penguin Random House), Robinson's Tiny Reparations Books will be a curated imprint dedicated to publishing both literary fiction and nonfiction as well as essay collections that highlight and amplify unique and diverse voices.

Livingston FC have launched their new club online subscription channel, LFC Live.The service will provide full match replays as well as live audio from the club's Premiership fixtures as well as a host of other club content.LFC Live is also the platform that will allow season ticket holders to view a live stream of the club's closed door fixtures until such a time as spectators are allowed back into the ground.A monthly subscription fee costs £5.99 or £59.99 for an annual fee.

Parks And Recreation star Adam Scott have launched a new podcast chronicling the history of Red Hot Chili Peppers.The pair have previously released podcasts on the music of U2 and R.E.M.R U Talkin’ RHCP RE: ME is, in Aukerman’s words, “the comprehensive and encyclopaedic compendium of all things Red Hot Chili Peppers,” and it follows their previous podcasts, U Talkin’ R.E.M.

BandLab has announced the launch of BandLab Albums, a new self-publishing tool that will allow musicians to release and sell unlimited singles, EPs and albums freely and on their own terms.The new platform allows BandLab artists to have complete ownership of their creative output, as well as controlling their own pricing when it comes to monetising their work.There are no cuts taken from artists, meaning that 100% of revenues will go straight into artists’ pockets to allow the development of

On May 21, Burson Cohn & Wolfe confirmed that it would be combining the BWR Public Relations brand into BCW Entertainment and, as a result, letting go of the majority of the staff, many of whom were well-known Hollywood publicists who had been with the company for years. Now, seven of those reps have teamed to launch the bicoastal entertainment, corporate, lifestyle and public relations firm called The Initiative Group.

Paris Jackson and Gabriel Glenn have launched a new Facebook Watch series titled Unfiltered: Paris Jackson and Gabriel Glenn and there couldn’t have been a more appropriate title. Michael Jackson’s daughter is unbelievably open, real, and raw about her life, her wounds, her trauma, and her music.

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorWithin two weeks of David France reading an article in The New Yorker about the persecution of LGTBQ people in Chechnya, he was on a plane headed to Moscow.It’s there that he first met the men and women who are featured in his new documentary “Welcome to Chechnya,” which premieres Tuesday on HBO.

Also Read: BWR Publicity Firm Dissolves After 33 Years in BusinessIn addition, The Initiative Group’s corporate lifestyle clients will include Beaches and Sandals Resorts, Gelson’s Markets, USA Cycling, Pair of Thieves, and NALIP, among others.“The new firm will honor the legacy of BWR while returning back to its roots as an innovative independent public relations company,” The Initiative Group said in a statement.

Anthony D'Alessandro Editorial Director/Box Office EditorFormer BWR publicists Cindy Guagenti, Paulette Kam, Gary Mantoosh, Christina Papadopoulos, Lisa Perkins, Jamie Skinner and Alex Spieller are opening the doors to The Initiative Group, a new bi-coastal entertainment and corporate lifestyle public relations collective.The group, who departed the BCW owned-BWR last month, will be equal partners in the new venture.The partners are bringing with them their entire client roster of over 150

Pharrell Williams, Ellen DeGeneres, Kenya Barris, and CNN’s Van Jones have joined forces to make Juneteenth a paid holiday in the U.S.

Anthrax have announced the release of their own whiskey, inspired by late Pantera guitarist Dimebag Darrell.The Healer, a limited edition bourbon, is named after Dimebag’s nickname for the drink.“The first time I heard Dimebag refer to booze being a healer was when we were on tour together and I was really sick,” Anthrax’s Charlie Benante explained.“He came onto our bus, opened my bunk curtain, gave me a shot of whiskey and said, ‘Booze is the healer.'”“The Healer,” Anthrax's brand new,

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentNordic Entertainment Group (NENT Group), a leading streaming company across the Nordics, and Finland’s top local streaming service Elisa Viihde have joined forces to launch a new service in Finland. Named Elisa Viihde Viaplay, the new platform will combine Elisa Viihde Aitio’s content and the films and series package from Viaplay, NENT Group’s streaming service, starting during the last quarter of this year.