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April 30, 2007

The History Channel Announces Greatest Stories Web Series

The History Channel announced today that The Greatest Stories Never Told web series will launch on their website in the fourth quarter of this year. The news was part of an announcement outlining a series of major intiatives for their website, history.com

Here’s the part of the release about the Greatest Stories series.

GREATEST STORIES NEVER TOLD - The original short form series is based on the Greatest Stories Never Told books by Rick Beyer. Every episode tells a fascinating, little known story from history with a surprise twist. From the world conqueror that died of a nosebleed to the development of the pigeon guided missile to Annie Oakley's shot at stopping World War I, host Timothy John Smith relates stories of the absurd. (4th Quarter 2007)
The news has been carried by a number of online news outlets, including MultiChannel News, Hollywood Reporter, and Variety.

Here's a link to The History Channel Press Release. It refers to the series as an "original digital brand," which sounds important.

Most news articles led with the fact that George Lucas is supplying documentary material that will be used on the website. I can't quibble with the media's decision to give George top billing over me--I'm just glad to be mentioned in the same (almost) breath.

We filmed these pieces in December, and I am dying for them to get on The History Channel website so people can see them. It now looks like they will be coming out in October, at just about the same time as my new book, The Greatest Presidential Stories Never Told. That will make for some nice synergies.

Posted by rickbeyer at April 30, 2007 03:32 PM

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Excellent cross-marketing!

Posted by: SantaFeKate [TypeKey Profile Page] at May 10, 2007 02:48 PM

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