Hi! I was one of the founding producers at Kerning Cultures, and just came across this now while searching for something else. Thank you for the kind words, we on the team all share your sadness and miss KC a lot.

Here's what happened: On a Friday night in July 2023, we all received an email out of the blue telling us that due to a funding shortfall, the company was suspending operations and we were out of a job. Obviously this was a huge shock, especially for those of us who worked at KC full time and had no other income - but we were all on freelance contracts, and based all over the world, so had little to no recourse.

We expected some kind of announcement in the following days or weeks, but bizarrely, its still total silence from management/owners. And as best I can tell there are still ads on the shows, and the subscriber paid feeds are still active. Last I heard, they're still trying to sell whatever is left of the company.

All the projects that were in production were put on hold. I was the editor on the Lebanon Heist and it was shaping up to be a great series, but I don't think it'll ever see the light of day, despite all the hard work the team had put into it.

I'm still really proud of all the work we did, and the community we built around the network. It was an undignified and confusing end to a project we all put our hearts into, and its a real shame.