As some of you who have been following me for a while may know, I’ve been hinting at an upcoming change for myself for over a month now. Well, today I can tell you what it is!

About 6 weeks ago I was contacted by an Executive from Power Media, the company that owns TheStream. You might remember TheStream as the studio where we shot AMC Movie Talk from for a long period of our show’s existence. Years later, I shot my Comic-Con HQ show “Film HQ” there as well.

They asked me if we could meet for lunch. I’ve always liked them a lot so I enthusiastically said yes.

During that lunch, they revealed to me that TheStream and Power Media was doing a lot of new things, wanting to get more into original content and things like that. Even that they had just licensed a couple of their shows to a MAJOR network (a network you watch all the time, but more on that in the next couple of weeks). The bottom line was Power Media was looking for someone to come in and take over the running of the studio and to lead them into their new era and endeavors. They thought that person was me.

I was VERY hesitant at first. I love what I’ve been doing this past year. Working for myself, by myself, from home with an amazing community of patreon supporters and the wider fan community. I told them: “Look, I promised myself I’d never work for anyone else ever again”. I meant it. I was done with corporate overlords, other people owning the shows and properties I created and developed. They insisted I wouldn’t be working for anyone. That I’d be steering the ship with incredibly supportive partners there behind and beside me.

After much thought and discussion with Ann, and a LOT more conversations with some of the ownership group at Power Media, I decided to take the dive. It was just too big, just too exciting of an opportunity to pass up.

So, starting this coming Monday I’m going to be working at TheStream/Power Media. I’m going to be joining the ownership group as a partner in the company and ultimately taking on the position of President and CEO.

So what does this mean for The John Campea Show? My first priority is going to be taking The John Campea Show into the studio. I’m very excited about doing that and we’re AIMING to start doing the show from the new studio on Monday, October 8th! It’s going to be AMAZING!

Besides The John Campea Show, most of my time is going to be dedicated to creating and developing show ideas to take to networks. We have an open door with several of them now and I’ve already started actively developing 2 concepts (with the participation of a couple of people you already know very well… but we won’t talk about that just yet).

Besides developing programming, we also have a vision for creating a place to help develop talent. I’m going to be looking for talented people who want to develop their own online shows and videos. We’re also going to be building a world-class podcasting studio for gifted people to come in and create content at. Our studios are going to be a creative playground for talented people.

And who knows… we love indie filmmakers, so perhaps you’ll see us producing features down the line.

So there you have it guys. Thank you for all your support and patience over these last couple of months as we’ve been getting this stuff sorted out. I love you all and I can’t wait for this new chapter to begin! (Below are some images of the new digs!)

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