By Aaron Leaf, Stream Daily
“You can’t get hit by a bus in New York City these days without Michelle Phan’s face looking down at you,” is a joke overheard at Endemol Beyond’s NewFront presentation.
Michelle Phan. (File photo by Teresa Kroeger/GC Images/Getty Images)
Phan is everywhere, from subway ads to billboards to the pre-roll on your mobile device as you cross ninth ave. The ads are for her Youtube channel, immensely popular beauty instructional videos with almost 6.5 million subscribers. This is all part of YouTube’s aggressive ad campaign to make its top creators into household names, and to use the NewFronts as a venue to sell advertisers on the value of its content.
So, walking into the intimate Endemol Beyond event on Friday and seeing Phan there was a bit like walking into a billboard ad. She sat poised and beaming as Endemol execs announced a new partnership between Phan and Endemol Beyond USA.
As part of the deal with Endemol, Phan’s MCN, For All Women Network (FAWN), will become Endemol’s new lifestyle vertical. She will be tasked with developing original content for both digital and broadcast, as well as finding new lifestyle talent. Financial details have not yet been disclosed, but the deal was brokered by Phan’s manager and FAWN business partner Ronit Cohn and Phil E. Daniels, Esq. of Ginsberg Daniels law firm.
“I see myself as going beyond new media,” said Phan at the event.
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