Exclusive: Matt Schuler, who has produced stand-up comedy specials including Netflix’s Ronny Chieng: Asian Comedian Destroys America and Michael Che Matters, has joined 800 Pound Gorilla Media to head up a new production arm.
Schuler, who has also produced Comedy Central’s Bill Burr Presents: The Ringers and Showtime’s Funny Women Of A Certain Age, will head up 800 Pound Gorilla Productions to produce live comedy specials as well as scripted and non-scripted projects.
He began his career at UTA and then worked as a talent manager for several years before becoming a producer.
800 Pound Gorilla Media is best known for its recording division, which has released comedy albums for the likes of George Lopez, Jim Jeffries, Whitney Cummings, Michelle Wolf and Marc Maron.
It has worked with the likes of Netflix and Kevin Hart’s Lol, and produced Mark Normand’s Out To Lunch, which has had around 10M views on YouTube.
Schuler, who has also produced Comedy Central’s Bill Burr Presents: The Ringers and Showtime’s Funny Women Of A Certain Age, will head up 800 Pound Gorilla Productions to produce live comedy specials as well as scripted and non-scripted projects.
He began his career at UTA and then worked as a talent manager for several years before becoming a producer.
800 Pound Gorilla Media is best known for its recording division, which has released comedy albums for the likes of George Lopez, Jim Jeffries, Whitney Cummings, Michelle Wolf and Marc Maron.
It has worked with the likes of Netflix and Kevin Hart’s Lol, and produced Mark Normand’s Out To Lunch, which has had around 10M views on YouTube.
- 2/22/2022
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Spoken Giants, the first royalties administrator for spoken-word content, is expanding its roster, announcing Wednesday that it’s signed the estates of Bob Hope and Desilu (Lucille Ball/Desi Arnaz) as well as Gabriel Iglesias, Larry the Cable Guy, Elayne Boosler, Jackie Fabulous, Eddie Pepitone, Nephew Tommy, Jeff Dye, and Todd Barry.
Previously announced members include the Don Rickles estate, the Ralphie May estate, Mike Birbiglia, Lewis Black, Dan Cummins, Gerry Dee, Pete Holmes, Kyle Kinane, Kathleen Madigan, Leanne Morgan, Theo Vona and hundreds of others representing thousands of individual comedy works.
Spoken Giant was created in 2019 by former BMI executive Jim King and the founders of comedy record label 800 Pound Gorilla, Ryan Bitzer and Damion Greiman, to address the fact that online stores, streaming services and other delivery platforms don’t compensate spoken word creators as the authors of their works as they do for musicians and songwriters. The...
Previously announced members include the Don Rickles estate, the Ralphie May estate, Mike Birbiglia, Lewis Black, Dan Cummins, Gerry Dee, Pete Holmes, Kyle Kinane, Kathleen Madigan, Leanne Morgan, Theo Vona and hundreds of others representing thousands of individual comedy works.
Spoken Giant was created in 2019 by former BMI executive Jim King and the founders of comedy record label 800 Pound Gorilla, Ryan Bitzer and Damion Greiman, to address the fact that online stores, streaming services and other delivery platforms don’t compensate spoken word creators as the authors of their works as they do for musicians and songwriters. The...
- 4/28/2021
- by Jill Goldsmith
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Spoken Giants, a royalty administration company for creators of spoken word copyrights, said Friday that the Don Rickles estate and comedian Mike Birbiglia are the latest to sign with the Nashville firm. CEO Jim King also applauded a large payout by digital services to music creators this week, but wondered when authors of spoken word content would also receive “appropriate compensation.”
King, a former executive at music rights group BMI, with comedy label 800 Pound Gorilla Records co-founders Ryan Bitzer and Damion Greiman, launched Spoken Giants in October for comedians, podcasters, speechwriters and other wordsmiths — whom King says have been missing out on million in royalties. Early clients include Lewis Black, Dan Cummins, Gerry Dee, Pete Holmes, Kyle Kinane, Kathleen Madigan, the Ralphie May estate, Leanne Morgan and Theo Von.
The Mechanical Licensing Collective two days ago announced that an historic $424 million in unmatched royalties have been collected from Spotify,...
King, a former executive at music rights group BMI, with comedy label 800 Pound Gorilla Records co-founders Ryan Bitzer and Damion Greiman, launched Spoken Giants in October for comedians, podcasters, speechwriters and other wordsmiths — whom King says have been missing out on million in royalties. Early clients include Lewis Black, Dan Cummins, Gerry Dee, Pete Holmes, Kyle Kinane, Kathleen Madigan, the Ralphie May estate, Leanne Morgan and Theo Von.
The Mechanical Licensing Collective two days ago announced that an historic $424 million in unmatched royalties have been collected from Spotify,...
- 2/19/2021
- by Jill Goldsmith
- Deadline Film + TV
Jim King, former executive at music rights group BMI, and comedy label 800 Pound Gorilla Records co-founders Ryan Bitzer and Damion Greiman have launched Spoken Giants, a royalty administration company specifically for creators of spoken word copyrights.
Based in Nashville and aimed at comedians, podcasters, speechwriters and other wordsmiths, Spoken Giants said it’s already working with members including Lewis Black, Dan Cummins, Gerry Dee, Pete Holmes, Kyle Kinane, Kathleen Madigan, the Ralphie May estate, Leanne Morgan and Theo Von, The founders announced the firm publicly Wednesday and hope to scale up dramatically, noting that “millions in royalties have been unclaimed by, or simply not paid to, spoken word creators.”
Rights organizations have long existed in music and Spoken Giants will follow that industry’s precedents “to correct the global financial oversights of the past,” they said.
Spoken Giants represents underlying composition copyrights and its revenue is based on a percentage of what it collects.
Based in Nashville and aimed at comedians, podcasters, speechwriters and other wordsmiths, Spoken Giants said it’s already working with members including Lewis Black, Dan Cummins, Gerry Dee, Pete Holmes, Kyle Kinane, Kathleen Madigan, the Ralphie May estate, Leanne Morgan and Theo Von, The founders announced the firm publicly Wednesday and hope to scale up dramatically, noting that “millions in royalties have been unclaimed by, or simply not paid to, spoken word creators.”
Rights organizations have long existed in music and Spoken Giants will follow that industry’s precedents “to correct the global financial oversights of the past,” they said.
Spoken Giants represents underlying composition copyrights and its revenue is based on a percentage of what it collects.
- 10/28/2020
- by Jill Goldsmith
- Deadline Film + TV
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