Condé Nast Entertainment (CNE) is a production and distribution studio with film, television, social and online video, and virtual reality content. It is a division of Condé Nast.
CNE is headquartered at 1 World Trade Center.
Background Previously, Condé Nast (CN) magazines were represented in Hollywood by agents and received production credit and fees for films made on their work. Brokeback Mountain, A Beautiful Mind, and Eat, Pray, Love, based on an Allure article, were all films based on CN content. Also, the "Whale War" show on Animal Planet originated with a Condé Nast magazine article. On the other hand, Conde Nast's Vogue refused in 2003 to partner on Project Runway for fear of tarnishing its image. With print growth slowing, CN indicated that the company would seek other revenue in licensing, e-commerce, video, and higher circulation prices.
History Brand channel Launched GQ March 2013 Glamour Vogue May 2013 Wired Vanity Fair July 2013 Allure April 2014 Conde Nast Entertainment was started by magazine publisher Condé Nast in October 2011 with the hiring of Dawn Ostroff.
Online video channels for GQ and Glamour were launched in March 2013 with four original video series for each brand with Procter & Gamble, Microsoft and snack-food company Mondelēz International sponsoring those shows. Each series would have some episodes available at launch then additional episodes would be added weekly. The episodes would last from two to seven minutes and be featured on the magazines' websites and YouTube. On May 1, CNE announced at the 2nd annual Digital Content NewFronts event, an adverting selling event, two new channels for Vogue and Wired for its digital network and 30 new programs. Also, CNE agreed to syndicate their content with AOL, Yahoo, Twitter, Dailymotion, and Grab Media. Production firms Radical Media, Hud:sun Media and Magical Elves agreed to co-produce the programs. CNE's two existing channels were slated for three additional programs each. Additional channels were expected to be launched later in the year: Vanity Fair, Teen Vogue, Epicurious and Style.com.
CNE's first scripted series, Codefellas, was launched on its Wired channel. The 12 episode short-form animated series is a comedy featuring National Security Agency agents as "literally cartoonish figures engaged in ludicrous acts of domestic spying."
In July 2013, CNE made two deals: one with Discovery Communications for a Vanity Fair Confidential crime and mystery documentary series to air on Investigation Discovery channel, and the other with Ovation cable network for the Fashion Fund design contest show, a show already being shown online.
The Vanity Fair channel launched four series with ad sponsors, who were American Express, luxury brand Salvatore Ferragamo and Acura. The channel was launched in July 2013 with four programs: Vanity Code, @VFHollywood with Krista Smith, The Snob's Dictionary, and Eminent Domains.
In early April 2014, CNE launched another digital channel based on Allure. On April 29, the company announced the launch of "The Scene", a new online video platform for digital-first content, to be launched in July 2014 with content partners including ABC News, BuzzFeed, Major League Soccer, and the Weather Channel. CNE channels to be featured on The Scene would be those of The New Yorker, Lucky and Bon Appetit.
CNE agreed to its initial first-look deal in June 2014 with 20th Century Fox Television (2CFT) for its scripted television projects while 2CFT's cable arm, Fox21, would work with them for cable projects. In November 2014, the company began its move to One World Trade Center from 4 Times Square.
In January 2017, Vanity Fair'''s Hive business news and Condé Nast Entertainment partnered with Cheddar to create a live weekly series called VF Hive on Cheddar. Graydon Carter, a Vanity Fair'' editor, called the series a "representation of how people are consuming more voraciously than ever."
At the company's fifth annual Digital Content NewFronts presentation in New York in May 2017, CNE announced the return of 65 original short-form digital series and the premiere of 40 new shows. In August 2017, CNE announced its participation in Facebook's new original video programing platform, Watch, by introducing "Virtually Dating," a show where blind dates take place in a virtual reality world. Ostroff identifies Facebook Watch as "a new opportunity, new type of content."
In December 2017, CNE announced a new first-look deal that gives Paramount and Anonymous Content an opportunity to partner with CNE on production for scripted TV projects in advance of other potential collaborators.
On February 22, 2018, Condé Nast announced the launch of Iris, a video and social-led brand for socially-conscious millennial women, that was developed from the original programming on The Scene. Programming on Iris will include the series " Broken," showcasing couples confronting each other about infidelity, and "Affirmations", featuring children receiving affirmations from their parents.
In July 2018, Dawn Ostroff stepped down as President to join Spotify, and COO Sahar Elhabashi was appointed interim head.
In November 2018, Oren Katzeff joined as President.
CNE employees unionized in 2022.
Television series NameDescription"Fastest Car" (Netflix) Netflix dropped Condé Nast Entertainment and Large Eye's new 8 hour-long episode series "Fastest Car" on April 6, 2018. In each episode, three souped-up "sleeper" cars, tinkered with and lovingly labored on, go head to head with one of the world's most sought-after supercars. The show was renewed for a second season August 14, 2018."True Crime/Uncovered" (Snapchat)On March 12, 2018, Condé Nast Entertainment premiered a new, original nonfiction series titled "True Crime/Uncovered" for Snapchat. The six-episode crime series is hosted by actress Samantha Grace Miller and utilizes diverse media sources and pieces of evidence to explore the crimes. Half of season 2 of the series was released in September 2018."Last Chance U" (Netflix)Originally based on a 2014 GQ feature, "Last Chance U" unearths the unfamiliar, yet vast difference between Division I and community college football teams. This behind-the-scenes look features the 2015 season of the East Mississippi Community College football team and its tumultuous road to winning its third straight National Junior College Athletic Association championship. The third season of CNE's docuseries "Last Chance U" was released on Netflix on July 21, 2018 and the streamer quickly picked up the fourth season on August 8, 2018. The new season moves to Independence Community College in Kansas from East Mississippi Community College, where the show filmed for the first two years."Most Expensivest" (Viceland)The GQ video series, "Most Expensivest," features 2 Chainz sampling the most expensivest this world can offer. This CNE digital short was picked up by Viceland as a full-length series and premiered on the cable network on November 15, 2017. The series' second season aired on July 10, 2018 and was renewed for a third season on August 20, 2018."The Fashion Fund" (Amazon)Vogue and CNE's "Fashion Fund" is an annual competition show on Ovation that grooms the next generation of emerging design talent. Winners of the "Fashion Fund" are awarded a monetary prize and business mentoring."Vanity Fair Confidential" (Investigation Discovery)The true-crime docuseries chronicles different unsolved cases featured in Vanity Fair. "Vanity Fair Confidential" produced the third season of this investigative show in early 2017. Season four of the series premiered on February 5, 2018, on Investigation Discovery. "The New Yorker Presents" (Amazon)This series brings The New Yorker to life with diverse content including animation, cartoons, scripted short films and documentaries. Available on Amazon Prime, the TV series was produced and directed by Alex Gibney. "Gentlemen Lobsters" (Amazon)"Gentlemen Lobsters" is an animated GQ comedy series that follows the adventures of crustaceans Garrett and Quinn. The CNE produced series won a Webby in 2016 in the "Online Film & Video: Weird" category."Geeks Who Drink" (Amazon)CNE transformed the common trivia contest for pub patrons into "Geeks Who Drink," a Syfy weekly game show hosted by Zachary Levi."Cricket Fever: Mumbai Indians" (Netflix)On April 7, 2018, Condé Nast Entertainment announced its new unscripted docu-series in production with Netflix that will feature the Indian Premier League champion Mumbai Indians. The eight-part series will spend time with players in the 2018 season, both on and off the field, and go deep into the cricketing values and traditions, all leading up to the IPL18 Final.
Filmography NameDescription"Army of One" (2016)As CNE's first feature film, "Army of One" chronicles the adventure of one man, Gary Faulkner (played by Nicolas Cage), promising to single-handedly hunt down and capture Osama bin Laden. The real-life story is based on a 2010 GQ feature of the ex-con's tumultuous journey to Pakistan in hopes of capturing Osama bin Laden. "First Monday in May" (2016)This fashion documentary follows Met curator Andrew Bolton and Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour as they foster the creation of the 2015 Chinese-inspired Western fashion exhibit, "China: Through the Looking Glass." The film's opening night was featured in TriBeCa's 2016 festival. "Only the Brave"