Group, and will now make shows across a variety of genres including scripted, documentary, true crime, lifestyle and music.
Storyglass previously sat in Fremantle’s drama unit, but will become a standalone outfit at the producer’s parent company Bertelsmann, sitting alongside Fremantle itself and the likes of Penguin Random House UK, BMG and DK. It is part of Bertelsmann’s “content alliance” initiative to encourage collaboration between the companies it owns.
Bertelsmann is currently recruiting for a commercial director to run Storyglass, while a creative director will also be appointed to develop the company’s creative and talent strategy and manage all podcast production. Robert Delamere is the current creative director of Storyglass. Baroness Gail Rebuck, chair of the Bertelsmann content alliance UK, said: “Creativity defines each of these businesses and I am excited to see what this collaboration can produce.