Apple TV+ hires two new execs to develop non-scripted content

Supply: Kristie Chua / Apple

Apple TV+ has picked up an government from Spotify and Lifetime because the streaming service continues to ramp up its non-scripted content material.

As reported by Deadline, Apple has employed Erika Clarke and Colleen Grogan to new roles inside the firm.

The 2 hires are the primary U.S.-based unscripted executives employed by Molly Thompson for the reason that A& IndieFilms founder Molly Thompson joined as Head of Documentaries and Unscripted in 2019.

Each be a part of as Unscripted Artistic Executives reporting to Thompson.

Clarke was beforehand an government producer for Spotify Studios the place she co-ran the corporate’s podcast studio division.

Earlier than that, she spent ten years at MTV, a part of the staff behind Cribs, and was additionally a producer and director of reveals akin to The Actual Housewives of New Jersey, Journey Channel’s Observe Your Previous and CNN Heroes. She was additionally nominated for an Emmy for her work on White Individuals, a documentary for MTV’s Look Totally different strand. She shall be primarily based in LA.

One in every of Grogan’s most notable roles was as Vice President of non-fictional content material for Lifetime.

Grogan, who joined final September, was beforehand SVP of growth for Breaking Amish producer Scorching Snakes Media. Previous to that, she was VP of non-fiction for Lifetime, the place she oversaw collection together with Convey It!, Coming Dwelling and The Week The Girls Went. She additionally exec produced brief movie Studying to Skateboard in a Warzone (If You are a Lady), which gained the 2019 Academy Award for Finest Documentary Brief Topic. She relies in New York.

These two aren’t the one notable hires Apple has made for its streaming service. The corporate not too long ago picked up Zennon Clifton as a artistic government in addition to Allison Kirkman from the BBC.