Law & Crime
Law & Crime[edit]
Law&Crime..[1] is a live streaming trial and legal news network founded by Dan Abrams in the United States. The network covers multiple trials around the country every day with in-studio analysis and commentary. It is currently distributed on a major OTT platforms including Playstation Vue[2], Philo, and Pluto.
History[edit]
Formation
The Law&Crime Network was launched in February 2017 as LawNewz.com[3]. At first, it only published written content and covered the biggest stories of the day from a legal perspective. It pivoted its focus shortly after and launched a live trial and legal news network in November, 2017 with an investment from A&E Networks
Operation
Law&Crime and A+E partnered in late 2017 to rebrand and “expand our distribution to every OTT platform, upgrade our programming capabilities and create first-to-market native advertising opportunities and events”, according to Dan Abrams[4].
SiriusXM partnered with Law&Crime in May 2018 to launch Inside The Courtroom with Law & Crime[5], a daily program that features curated selections of Law&Crime’s coverage.
In August, 2018, Law&Crime announced an international expansion in a bundle that included programming to TV Player, Klowd, and XUMO[6].
Law&Crime’s legal experts and hosts join in on The Dr. Oz Show, in a partnership launched in March 2019. Law&Crime hosts Jesse Weber and Heather Hansen join Dr. Oz on True Crime Tuesdays and Thursdays[7].
In March 2019, Law&Crime launched the Dan Abrams Podcast[8] with PodcastOne, which analyzes the biggest news stories of the day from a legal perspective.
In April 2019, Law&Crime and Simon & Schuster announced a partnership to create a new true crime publishing arm. Law&Crime plans to publish titles within the true crime and legal genres.[9]
Law&Crime also has a mystery documentary series on Amazon called Who Killed Holly Bobo, where legal experts discuss the most expensive missing persons case in Tennessee history[10]
In late June 2019, Law&Crime announced the launch of the network on two high-profile distribution platforms--Comcast's Xfinity XI, Xfinity Flex, and Samsung's Smart TVs.[11]
Simon & Schuster Partnership[edit]
In April 2019, Law&Crime announced a partnership[12] with book publisher Simon & Schuster to create a new book publishing arm dedicated to releasing true crime and legal related books. The first book is set to be released in 2020, & will be written by Sean "Sticks" Larkin, a Tulsa police Sergeant and analyst on A&E's hit show Live PD. The partnership aims to release anywhere from two to four books a year that focus on criminal investigations, trials, and law enforcement.
Digital News Alliance[edit]
In June 2019, Law&Crime, along with sister site Mediaite, left leaning RawStory and AlterNet, and conservative sites The Daily Caller and Washington Free Beacon announced that they formed a coalition of political news sites to offer marketers custom advertising packages that are aimed at readers interested in politics. The Alliance aims to "bring some of the ad dollars now being directed at the tech behemoths back to midsized political publishers", according to Andrew Eisbrouch, COO. Collectively, the sites that are currently in the Digital News Alliance amount to almost 12 million unique visitors in the United States[13].
Streaming Platforms[edit]
Law&Crime is available on Philo, TVplayer, KlowdTV, NBCWatchback, Xumo, PlutoTV, Ora, Vewd, TuneIn, PlaystationVue, Comcast Xfinity, Samsung TV Plus, & Stirr. The Law&Crime app is on Apple devices, Androids, Amazon Fire, Roku, & Apple TV.
Brian Ross Joins Law&Crime[edit]
In August, 2018, Brian Ross & Rhonda Schwartz, the former investigative team from ABC networks joined Law & Crime as the network’s Investigative Unit[14]. Between them, the pair have been honored with dozens of the most prestigious awards in journalism including 7 duPonts, 6 Peabody’s, 6 Polks, the 2014 Harvard Goldsmith Prize and 17 Emmy’s. Brian Ross hosts a show on the Law&Crime Network called Brian Ross Investigates[15]
Network Team[edit]
Dan Abrams, CEO & Founder
Rachel Stockman, President & On-Air Host
Andrew Eisbrouch, COO & General Counsel
Cathy Russon, Executive Trial Producer
Aaron Keller, On-Air Host
Bob Bianchi, On-Air Host
Brian Buckmire, On-Air Host
Brian Ross, Chief Investigative Reporter, On-Air Host
Jesse Weber, On-Air Host
Linda Kenney Baden, On-Air Host
Lis Wiehl, On-Air Host
Michel Bryant, On-Air Host
Site[edit]
Law&Crime is also a digital publisher that focuses on coverage of true crime. They cover crime in politics, entertainment, & media and provide analysis from their team of lawyers and legal experts.
Editorial Staff[edit]
Rachel Stockman, President & Editor-In-Chief[16]
Matt Naham, Managing Editor[17]
References[edit]
- ↑ "Law & Crime". lawandcrime.com. Retrieved 2019-05-13.
- ↑ Bouma, Luke (2019-03-20). "PlayStation Vue Adds The Law & Crime Network". Cord Cutters News. Retrieved 2019-05-13.
- ↑ Hayes, Dade; Hayes, Dade (2017-11-13). "A+E Networks Pushes Deeper Into True Crime, Teams With Dan Abrams' LawNewz". Deadline. Retrieved 2019-07-01.
- ↑ Hayes, Dade; Hayes, Dade (2017-11-13). "A+E Networks Pushes Deeper Into True Crime, Teams With Dan Abrams' LawNewz". Deadline. Retrieved 2019-05-13.
- ↑ Association, Media Financial Management. "Law & Crime Network Expands To SiriusXM For Special Series". Multichannel. Retrieved 2019-05-13.
- ↑ Contributor, PR Feed. "Law & Crime Network Expands Internationally". Multichannel. Retrieved 2019-05-13.
- ↑ "Law&Crime Network Announces Partnership With The Dr. Oz Show". lawandcrime.com. Retrieved 2019-05-13.
- ↑ "Dan Abrams Brings The Law & Crime Network To Podcasting". Insideradio.com. Retrieved 2019-05-13.
- ↑ Rowe, Adam. "Law&Crime Network Teams With Simon & Schuster For A New True Crime Publishing Arm". Forbes. Retrieved 2019-05-13.
- ↑ "Law&Crime Network Releases Who Killed Holly Bobo? in Latest True Crime Documentary Series". lawandcrime.com. Retrieved 2019-05-13.
- ↑ Contributor, PR Feed. "Law&Crime Network Launches its 24/7 Live Programming on Comcast's Xfinity X1 and Xfinity Flex and Samsung Smart TVs". Multichannel. Retrieved 2019-07-01.
- ↑ Rowe, Adam. "Law&Crime Network Teams With Simon & Schuster For A New True Crime Publishing Arm". Forbes. Retrieved 2019-07-01.
- ↑ Alpert, Lukas I. "Political-News Sites Forge Ad Group to Compete With Facebook and Google". WSJ. Retrieved 2019-07-01.
- ↑ "Former ABC News Reporter Brian Ross Lands Investigative Gig at Law & Crime". The Daily Beast. 2018-08-20. Retrieved 2019-05-13.
- ↑ "Law & Crime". lawandcrime.com. Retrieved 2019-05-13.
- ↑ "Law & Crime". lawandcrime.com. Retrieved 2019-05-13.
- ↑ "Law & Crime". lawandcrime.com. Retrieved 2019-05-13.
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