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CollegeHumor
Comedy website and video studio · Los Angeles
- Founded
- 1999 to 2023
- Entered
- 2005
- Placed at
- 2005: founded 1999, before the timeline start; shown from 2005
- Status 2026
- Rebranded
- Metro
- Los Angeles
- Embeddedness
- 2 connections
- Confidence
- verified · strongest source trade or financial press
Method
Ricky Van Veen and Josh Abramson start CollegeHumor in 1999, IAC buys it in 2006 for 26 million dollars and it becomes a Los Angeles sketch studio funded by display and video advertising. On January 8, 2020 IAC sells it to chief creative officer Sam Reich for no cash plus a retained minority, laying off more than 100 people and leaving seven staff days before the pandemic. The brand is retired in September 2023 in favor of Dropout.
People: Ricky Van Veen, Josh Abramson, Sam Reich
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- acquired byIACIAC buys CollegeHumor in 2006 for 26 million dollars.2006
- spawnedDropoutCollegeHumor launches Dropout in September 2018 and takes the Dropout name in September 2023 after Sam Reich buys the company from IAC.2018 to 2023
Sources (trade or financial press): techcrunch.com · fastcompany.com