Alumnus Has Big Plans for Documentary-Streaming Company

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Clint Stinchcomb ’89 is the CEO of CuriosityStream, located in Silver Spring, Md.

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“In the first quarter of 2020 we added more direct-to-consumer subscribers than we did during the first two years of the company’s operations,” says Clint Stinchcomb ’89. (Photo by Jennifer Vallina)
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Read the full story by Christopher Cartwright ’21, published by Dartmouth Alumni Magazine.

“We aim to be the leading on-demand destination in the world for fact-based entertainment,” says Clint Stinchcomb ’89, the CEO of CuriosityStream. Located in Silver Spring, Md., the company specializes in video streaming of documentaries. The site features more than 3,000 titles, ranging from a recent release on the history of homes (narrated by Nick Offerman, who starred in Parks and Recreation) to Stephen Hawking’s Favorite Places, a 2017 Emmy Award-winning series.

After Stinchcomb was promoted to the top spot in mid-2018, CuriosityStream raised $140 million in the second half of the year. “My goal was to expand and diversify our streams of revenue,” Stinchcomb says. Rather than relying on a traditional single-payer model, which the company still offers at $2.99 per month, CuriosityStream partnered with businesses and educational institutions to offer the service to employees and students. Stinchcomb also worked with cable companies and TV providers to add it to their bundled packages.

The pace of growth quickened as the coronavirus forced people indoors. “In the first quarter of 2020 we added more direct-to-consumer subscribers than we did during the first two years of the company’s operations,” he says. The CEO has been able to maintain business partnerships through the pandemic by switching from in-person to virtual meetings. He says April was the company’s best month ever in terms of revenue.

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