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Mythical Entertainment studio, Burbank

Production studio and headquarters · Los Angeles

Founded
2016
Entered
2016
Status 2026
Active
Metro
Los Angeles
Embeddedness
2 connections
Confidence
verified · strongest source trade or financial press

Method

Rhett McLaughlin and Link Neal run Mythical Entertainment from Burbank, where Good Mythical Morning and Ear Biscuits are produced. Mythical buys Smosh out of the Defy Media collapse on February 22, 2019 in what is called the first creator to creator acquisition, and sells majority control back to Ian Hecox and Anthony Padilla on June 20, 2023 with Breeze Financial funding the purchase, keeping a minority stake while Smosh stays in its own 17,000 square foot Burbank facility. A 5 million dollar Mythical Accelerator fund launched in July 2021 takes stakes in creators including Jarvis Johnson, Daniel Thrasher and The Sorry Girls, with Gwen Miller hired to lead it in December 2023. Mythical's own building size and opening year are not in a fetched source.

People: Rhett McLaughlin, Link Neal

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  • hostsMythical EntertainmentMythical Entertainment produces Good Mythical Morning and Smosh from its Burbank studio. (partly verified)2016 to present
  • hostsSmoshSmosh is produced at Mythical's Burbank studio after Mythical buys it from the Defy Media liquidation in 2019 until Hecox and Padilla buy majority control in June 2023.2019 to 2023
Sources (trade or financial press): en.wikipedia.org · tubefilter.com · tubefilter.com · tubefilter.com