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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-24-014407"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CURI"
cik: "0001776909"
company_name: "CuriosityStream Inc."
filed_at: "2024-04-02T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-04T03:42:48.398129+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# CuriosityStream appoints Grant Thornton as auditor for FY2024; EY declines re-election

## Summary
- On March 27, 2024, Audit Committee appointed Grant Thornton LLP as independent auditor for fiscal year ending Dec 31, 2024.
- Ernst & Young LLP declined to stand for re-election; its reports for FY2022 and FY2023 were unqualified with no adverse opinions.
- No disagreements or reportable events occurred between EY and Company during FY2022-2023 or the subsequent interim period.
- EY provided a letter agreeing with the Company's disclosures, filed as Exhibit 16.1.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-24-014407
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CURI
- cik: 0001776909
- company_name: CuriosityStream Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-04-02T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 4.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1776909/000162828024014407/0001628280-24-014407-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1776909/000162828024014407/curi-20240327.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-24-014407.txt

## Key facts
- Auditor Changes
  CuriosityStream Inc. engaged Grant Thornton LLP as its auditor.
  - Action: engagement
  - Auditor: Grant Thornton LLP
  source text: on March 27, 2024, the Company, with the approval of the Audit Committee, appointed Grant Thornton LLP (“Grant Thornton”) as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the Company’s fiscal year ending December 31, 2024
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1776909/000162828024014407/0001628280-24-014407-index.htm

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