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Blake Kuhre

Blake Kuhre

Head of Distribution & Partnerships

Los Angeles
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My name is Blake Kuhre. The rapidly changing media landscape is my home. I embrace the evolution and lead teams to excellence by challenging, advising, and delivering a positive impact through a culture of inclusion and collaboration.

A cornerstone of my business philosophy comes down to one single principle that transcends time and geography, religion and culture. It’s the Golden Rule – the simple idea that if you treat people well, the way you would like to be treated, they will do the same. Along with putting the customer first, keeping it simple and focus on making 1 or 2 things great, iterating rapidly, and letting data drive decisions.

I am experienced with the operations, editorial, strategic, branding, and talent sides of both legacy media and tech industries. I am also passionately devoted to animal welfare along with strengthening the South Los Angeles community I call home.

Experience

2016 Oct - Present
Head of Distribution & Partnerships
Backyard Media / Los Angeles, CA
  • Backyard Media is a multi-platform media company exploring and uncovering the world's greatest stories about History, Geography and Culture
  • Lead global distribution for new, fast-growing (snackable) video content brand, Interesting Sh!t, applying content marketing and lead generation to a modern media company
  • Forge relationships with new media distribution partners such as Roku & Broadband TV; signed agreements with Upworthy, Dailymotion, Rumble, Curiosity, and All Day
  • In 6 months of existence the brand has gained 60M+ video views across Facebook, all organic
    • 2014 Oct - 2016 Oct
    Director of Content & Business Development
    Newzulu / Los Angeles, CA
  • Execute SaaS B2B development, operations, analytics, and growth strategy covering a wide spectrum of companies, platforms and business models (e.g. AVOD, SVOD, EST, OTT, and MVPD)
  • SaaS products include live streaming reporter kit, platform content management system, and B2B/B2C Apple & Android app
  • Drive B2C growth by forging relationships with social influencers, publishers, and platforms
  • Share responsibility for the daily production of Facebook posts, Tweets, and email campaigns
  • Guide ingestion and editorial workflow with global partners including Associated Press, Getty Images, Agence France-Presse (AFP), Press Association (PA) in the UK & Ireland, Canadian Press (CP) and Australian Press (AAP)
  • Clients and vendor relationship management including Vice Media, ITV (UK), NBC, Fox News, Hearst, Al Jazeera, USA Today, Tronc, Tegna (Gannett) and ABC Studios
    • 2014 Mar - 2014 Oct
    Founder
    Be More Real / Los Angeles, CA
  • Directed & Produced the 2016 award-winning international documentary, "Guardians of Recoleta," shot on location in Chicago, Illinois and Buenos Aires, Argentina
  • Directed & Produced music video and publicity photo shoots for fast-growing artists in Australia and the U.S.
  • Cultivate key strategic partners, angel investors, VCs, and Executive Producers at major unscripted studios including Banijay Group-Bunim/Murray Productions & publicity agencies such BLT Communications
    • 2004 Mar - 2014 Mar
    Executive Producer & Host
    The Walt Disney Company / Burbank
  • Syndicated nationwide morning show host for Radio Disney (The Wakey Blakey Show) producing the largest daily on-air block of music, celebrity interviews and multi-platform programming to portfolio of stations including Sirius/XM and iTunes
  • Partnered with all Disney divisions: Consumer Products, Studios, Media Networks and Parks & Resorts
  • Established brand strategy, business opportunities, positioning, target audiences, and messaging for creative, media and other cross-functional marketing partners
  • Coordinated programming and workflow synergy across domestic and international teams for some of the most successful Disney Channel stars and franchises such as High School Musical, Miley Cyrus, Jonas Brothers, and Selena Gomez
  • Liaised with engineering, programming, sales, and marketing towards integrating strategic planning, programming strategy and live streaming initiatives

    • Education

    1999 - 2003
    University of Missouri-Columbia
    Journalism / Journaism, International Business, Sociology
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