Josh C. Kline has been named the new CEO of Scripto, the innovative real-time, cloud-native platform designed for remote collaborative scriptwriting and production. Kline will steer Scripto into its next phase of growth. Plans call for Scripto to further transform collaboration throughout the writing and production stages, enabling creative teams to accelerate their workflow and enhance teamwork.
Emmy®-winning programs such as “Late Night with Stephen Colbert,” “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver,” “The Daily Show,” and the Weekend Update on “Saturday Night Live” rely on Scripto’s advanced workflow tools to allow show writers and production teams to work together seamlessly from any location.
“Late Night” host Colbert, co-founder of Scripto, said of Kline, “His deep background in entertainment technology will help take our groundbreaking platform to new heights, and also ensure we are on the winning side when the AIs finally make their move, which we all know is coming. I can’t wait to see what we’ll achieve together.
Kline brings a wealth of experience in technology and media. He previously served as head of media & entertainment at Box. Kline co-founded Sample Digital, where he developed Digital Dailies™, revolutionizing the review and approval process for film and TV production and earning him a Primetime Engineering Emmy Award. His entrepreneurial spirit continued with the launch of Secure Path Technology, a cloud-based content ID and metadata services company. Kline was chief strategy officer at Final Draft before joining Box as head of media & entertainment, and has consulted for major global clients including Microsoft, Avid, and Motion Picture Domain Registry.
“While more media is being produced for more platforms than ever before, the tools supporting modern production workflows simply have not kept pace–until now,” said Kline. “Scripto’s elegant solution addresses the complex challenges of creative and production needs, no matter how and where teams are working.”
“It’s not a coincidence that our clients are nominated for and win so many Emmys,” added Kline. “Scripto allows great writers and production teams more time to do their best work.”
Scripto was born from the challenges of producing a daily scripted show with a large writing staff. Existing solutions were inefficient and lacked collaborative features, so Colbert and Emmy-winning “Colbert Report” writer Rob Dubbin took matters into their own hands to move past the inefficiencies of standalone desktop software and emailing PDFs among writers and the production crew. They developed Scripto, the platform that combines the real-time collaboration features of Google Docs with professional scriptwriting and production tools such as rundowns and prompter integration, and a public API that enables the sharing of mission-critical data among stakeholders.
In addition to its use in TV shows, Scripto is relied upon by video game producers including Nerial, Finji, and Compulsion Games, news producers such as Bleacher Report, and awards shows such as The Clios.
