Topic is First Look Media's big online video effort. But don't call it a pivot

Wyatt Cenac’s most recent project is weird.

It’s not really a TV show, but it’s also not a film. It’s kind of a web series. It’s about a regular dude who works as a vigilante crime fighter — albeit a relatively low-level one who deals with the same daily minutiae as everyone else.

It’s good, though, and it’s the kind of thing the internet tends to facilitate, or at least was supposed to. It’s at home at Topic.com, the new video project from First Look Media, which also runs The Intercept, where it kicked off the website’s October issue.

“What I’d like to think across the board is that we’re interested in and becoming known for very high-quality, visual storytelling that is both entertaining and informative but surprising,” said Anna Holmes, editor of Topic. Read more…

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Source: Mashable | Topic is First Look Media's big online video effort. But don't call it a pivot