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Brentwood Associates Invests in Watermill Express

May 3, 2021 –Brentwood Associates (“Brentwood”), a Los Angeles-based private equity firm, announced it has acquired majority control of Watermill Express, LLC (“Watermill Express” or the “Company”), partnering with the co-founders, Lani and Don Dolifka, as their first institutional partner.  Watermill Express’ refill stations provide affordable, sustainable, and safe drinking water and ice in a…

The Teaching Co. Wants Bigger Bite of Streaming With Rebranded ‘Wondrium’ Service

The Teaching Co. — founded in 1990, well before Netflix or YouTube were a twinkle in anyone’s eye — has sold audio and video learning classes for decades. Now, as media companies of all sizes rush to embrace streaming, The Teaching Co. is following suit, hoping to capture a bigger audience for its lineup of…

Leading Educational Streaming Platform, The Great Courses Plus, to Rebrand as Wondrium and Expand Nonfiction Content Offering for The Lifelong Learner

The Teaching Company, the nation’s leading developer and marketer of premium-quality media for lifelong learning and personal enrichment, announced today that it will debut Wondrium early this summer, the next generation of its global streaming platform, rebranded from The Great Courses Plus.  Wondrium also announced it has signed new licensing agreements with Kino Lorber, MagellanTV, and Craftsy…

Agility, authenticity and a ‘guerilla mindset’ are keys to recovery, says Blaze Pizza CEO

Mandy Shaw shares lessons learned from the pandemic, and advice for how to lean into growth opportunities in 2021. The COVID-19 pandemic forced Blaze Pizza to rethink its operations and adopt a “guerilla mindset” that will serve it well going forward, the company’s CEO said in a webinar kicking off the new CREATE series from…