1Getting Started

Today's Editor

There is an ever-increasing demand for editors. Think about all the companies that are now media content creators. Netflix, yesterday’s DVD distributor, now produces shows like House of Cards, Narcos, and Daredevil. In 2016, Netflix promised to produce 600 hours of original content and spend over five billion dollars to do it! Netflix is joined by HULU, Amazon Prime, Apple—the list goes on of companies expanding into original content creation. Add all these new providers to the long list of satellite/cable networks, like A&E, CW, AMC, HBO, BET, and Showtime, and the traditional broadcast networks, like CBS, NBC, ABC, and FOX, and that’s a lot of jobs and a big demand for talented editors.

And just about every company ...

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