WKEntertainment

WKE (abbreviated from WKEntertainment or Wieden+Kennedy+Entertainment) is an independently owned American production company and arts and culture delivery channel, a subsidiary of the advertising agency Wieden+Kennedy. The site contains material from a number of contributors, as well as original materials created by W+K under the creative direction of filmmaker Aaron Rose.

WKE

Company type	Subsidiary
Industry	Entertainment
Founded	2001; 24 years ago (2001)
Headquarters	Portland, Oregon , United States
Key people	Dan Wieden, David Kennedy (Founders) Bill Davenport (CEO) Mark Fitzloff, Susan Hoffman, Aaron Rose (Creative director) Janice Grube (Content Director)
Products	Film & radio
Parent	Wieden+Kennedy

History

Wieden+Kennedy had created original contents for various brands under the name 'W+K Entertainment' since 2001, with Bill Davenport as CEO.^[1] Its productions include Battlegrounds,^[2] an MTV2 series showcasing street basketball;^[3] Ginga,^[4] a documentary about Brazilian soccer players; Road to Paris,^[5] documenting Lance Armstrong's path to his third Tour de France victory in 2001; and Say My Name, a worldwide documentary project about women by Nirit Peled.^[6][7]

Wieden+Kennedy's exploration into producing its own non-branded content was started after in early 2009 after five prior months of refinements with WK Radio,^[8] an internet radio station. WK Radio was created by singer-songwriter Janice Grube, in collaboration with Davenport and under the executive creative direction of Mark Fitzloff and Susan Hoffman.^[9] WK Radio broadcast DJs, live music performances and interviews with "low key emerging talents, musicians and designers",^[10] where staffers often pitch in as well as outside artists and musicians.

Present

WK Radio stream was put on hiatus on mid-2009, and Wieden+Kennedy hired creative director and filmmaker Aaron Rose to help relaunch the station as entertainment content delivery platform and production house.^[11] The studio's first project is a daily recap coverage of Portland Institute for Contemporary Art Time-Based Art Festival 2009, done in collaboration with Portland Radio Authority and Radio23.^[12]

A full site launched in October 2009, with episodic shows such as:

• Califunya, a comedy variety show.
• Don't Move Here a look inside Portland's vibrant underground music scene
• DIY America, a documentary-based exploration into the American subcultures of skateboarding, graffiti, punk and hip hop.
• HOW TO!, a series of offbeat instructional shorts.
• 12, a documentary on Wieden+Kennedy's agency-disguised, experimental advertising school.