Courtney White, the former president of Food Network, is partnering with Wheelhouse and CEO Brent Montgomery to create food, home and lifestyle content under the new Butternut hub.As president of Butternut, White will collaborate with Wheelhouse leadership and across all Wheelhouse divisions – including Wheelhouse Entertainment, marketing arm Wheelhouse Labs, digital division Wheelhouse DNA, and investment arm Wheelhouse 360.
Wheelhouse is the media, marketing and investment company founded by Montgomery in 2018 with Jimmy Kimmel.“The single, common element across all successful lifestyle content is passion – talent must project it, creators must harness it, audiences must feel it,” said White in a statement. “Personal passion for the lifestyle genre has been the essential factor in my own career trajectory and will be a fundamental tenet for Butternut as we work to create signature content born out of our vast enthusiasm for, and as, makers.
Partnering with Brent and the Wheelhouse team supercharges our mission; Brent’s signature energy and infectious excitement for bold innovation in media and beyond will empower Butternut to fully realize its ambitions to deliver the genre’s very best to audiences and partners.”White’s Connecticut-based offices will operate from a clapboard barn on Butternut Farm – her family’s fresh cut flower farm in Southport, CT.
Wheelhouse also has offices in New York and Los Angeles and maintains a large-scale campus in Stamford, CT.“It’s thrilling to spot industry leaders at the top of their game and partner up to support them further as visionaries and entrepreneurs,” added Montgomery, Wheelhouse CEO, in a statement. “There are very few in our business who know the lifestyle arena as well as
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