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It told you CollegeHumor was getting serious about long-form content. In addition to the company’s recent hire of Sam Grossman (who “oversaw the creation and production of series including Human Giant and Silent Library” and worked on programs for The Onion and The Gregory Brothers) as Senior Vice President of Development, the overarching online media and entertainment entity comprised of CollegeHumor, Jest, Dorkly, and SportsPickle just announced a partnership with Tony Hernandez and his Jax Media for more long-form projects. Hernandez has worked on such film and television properties as Meet the Parents, A Beautiful Mind, and Louie. Jax Media is the production company behind a number of pilots for Comedy Central and IFC, as well as IFC’s The Onion News Network, the cable television iteration of the popular satirical newspaper, No word yet on when the first programs out of the partnership will debut, but CEO of CollegeHumor Media,...

CollegeHumor Media (the overarching online media and entertainment company comprised of CollegeHumor, Jest, Dorkly, SportsPickle) announced today it hired Sam Grossman away from his Director of Development position at Comedy Central to be CollegeHumor Media’s shiny new Senior Vice President of Development. Grossman will be responsible for CollegeHumor’s burgeoning original long-form content business, where he will be charged with growing the company’s library of properties in the category of longer-than-the-length-of-a-viral-video-or-average-web-series-episode for both online and TV. Given Grossman’s work history, it’s a job at which he should perform well. At MTV, Grossman “oversaw the creation and production of series including Human Giant and Silent Library. He’s also worked on programming for The Onion and The Gregory Brothers. Grossman's hire is the latest in a set of developments indicating CollegeHumor's express interest in developing more long-form content. The company recently announced its first foray into the...