Kutsal Motor

https://www.youtube.com/c/KutsalMotor/videos

Named after French filmmaker Leos Carax's movie Holy Motors, Kutsal Motor features conversations between three close friends with backgrounds in cinema criticism and arts journalism. The founders and contributors employ an ironic approach to discussions of popular culture and arts news.

The YouTube channel was established in 2018 with scant technological and financial means, and saw a meteoric rise in views and subscribers when it expanded its content to video essays, reviews, and reporting from film festivals.

The entirely original programming, consisting of more than 15 new videos monthly, offers various styles of video broadcasting, including live streaming and weekly AMA (Ask Me Anything) sessions.

The team deeply values connection with its committed audience and defines "trust" as a keyword to its success. Once a week, the founders meet on a Zoom call with some of their 1,600 paid YouTube members to chat and answer their questions.

Kutsal Motor has built a diversified portfolio of revenue sources to achieve financial sustainability, which includes event ticket sales, sponsorship and paid memberships.

Last updated: February 2023

Last updated date: April 2023

Location:
İstanbul, Turkey
Year the organisation started publishing:
2018
Languages:
Type of coverage:
National

Content

Type of content produced by theme:
Entertainment and culture
Politics
Society and human rights
Journalism genres:
Essays
Interviews and reporting
Opinion
Satire
Reviews
Journalism coverage types and techniques:
Engaged, community-driven or participatory journalism
Live coverage of events
Tech platforms and other mediums used:
Social media platforms
Twitter
Instagram
Twitch
Podcast
YouTube
Primary tech platform or medium used to publish content:
YouTube

Audience and reach

Social media audience

Twitter number of followers:
27300
Instagram number of followers:
41600
YouTube number of followers:
198000

Management and team

Founders

Female:
1
Male:
2
Founders:
Zeynep Ocak, Kaan Karsan, Hasan Cömert
Directors:
Zeynep Ocak, Kaan Karsan, Hasan Cömert

Team

Full-time employees:
4
Freelancers or consultants:
5

Business structure and revenue sources

Organisation tax status:
For-profit
All revenue sources reported by media leaders:
Content services for others
Content development for other non-journalistic companies
Audience support / reader revenue
Paid Memberships
Crowdfunding campaigns for fundraising
Individual donations
Event ticket sales
Advertising
Affiliate advertising
Branded content or native advertising
Event sponsorships
YouTube channel income
Advertising sold by an external agency
Grants
Grants or investment from philanthropic organisations
The primary source of revenue reported by media leaders:
YouTube channel income
The second most important revenue source reported:
Audience support / reader revenue

Transparency

Doesn’t publish information about annual revenue
Doesn’t publish the names of donors
Has an ethics policy / manual
Doesn’t publish an ethics policy / manual
Doesn’t have a data privacy policy
Doesn’t have a whistleblower policy
Has a complaints policy
Doesn’t publish a complaints policy
Has a sexual harassment or institutional violence policy
Doesn’t publish a sexual harassment or institutional violence policy
Is not signed up to a press regulator, trust initiative, or part of a press association
Does not publish up to date information about its team
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