Defy Media Preps Film, TV Projects with WME

Variety: WME has signed digital-media studio and programmer Defy Media — whose biggest brands include the Smosh comedy duo on YouTube — and Defy has also entered into a partnership with Brett Ratner and James Packer’s WME-repped RatPac Entertainment to develop several projects.The agency said it will work with Defy to package its development slate of original projects for TV and film, as well as other platforms. Investors in Defy, formed by the 2013 merger of Alloy Digital and Break Media, include Lionsgate, ABS Capital, ZelnickMedia and Viacom.