In 2009, siblings Lisa Donovan and Ben Donovan teamed up with Danny Zappin to create Maker Studios. Five years and $500 million later, Lisa and Ben are leaving their company. The Donovans announced their departure from Maker Studios a few months after its sale to Disney. The Donovans, Zappin, and a few top YouTube creators (including ShayCarl, KassemG, and Philip Defranco) initially formed Maker as one of YouTube's first multi-channel networks. Lisa Donavan was a well-known YouTuber herself; her LisaNova channel has built up 565,000 subscribers and 141 million views, even though she stopped publishing new videos in 2011. Initially, the company put much of its focus on a single channel called The Station, which has since been rebranded as Nacho Punch. With the help of several funding rounds, Maker grew into a massive network that now claims 6.5 billion monthly views and more than 450 million subscribers. At the time of their departure, the Donovan duo...
- 8/8/2014
- by Sam Gutelle
- Tubefilter.com
Welcome to Shocktober. Get it? If not, you will soon!
October is always a prime month for horror movies (what with, you know, Halloween and all), and there seems to be even more blood-soaked offerings than usual this year, with no less than nine fright fests set to hit theaters over the next 31 days.
Take a look at what tricks and treats are in store for you, including the fourth installment in the "Paranormal Activity" series, a 3-D sequel to "Silent Hill" and a return to form for Tim Burton with the animated "Frankenweenie."
'Frankenweenie'
Release Date: Oct. 5
Starring: Winona Ryder, Catherine O'Hara, Martin Short, Martin Landau, Charlie Tahan, Atticus Shaffer, Robert Capron, Conchata Ferrell.
The Horror: Heh heh, well, "The Horror" in that stop-motion animated kind of way. "Frankenweenie" tells the gruesome yet heartwarming tale of Victor Von Frankenstein, a young boy with a passion for homemade...
October is always a prime month for horror movies (what with, you know, Halloween and all), and there seems to be even more blood-soaked offerings than usual this year, with no less than nine fright fests set to hit theaters over the next 31 days.
Take a look at what tricks and treats are in store for you, including the fourth installment in the "Paranormal Activity" series, a 3-D sequel to "Silent Hill" and a return to form for Tim Burton with the animated "Frankenweenie."
'Frankenweenie'
Release Date: Oct. 5
Starring: Winona Ryder, Catherine O'Hara, Martin Short, Martin Landau, Charlie Tahan, Atticus Shaffer, Robert Capron, Conchata Ferrell.
The Horror: Heh heh, well, "The Horror" in that stop-motion animated kind of way. "Frankenweenie" tells the gruesome yet heartwarming tale of Victor Von Frankenstein, a young boy with a passion for homemade...
- 10/1/2012
- by Bryan Enk
- NextMovie
Comedian Bobby Lee, long time member of Fox's MadTV, has joined Maker Studios to reload veteran YouTube comedy network The Station. The Station, Maker's original YouTube comedy network featuring over a million subscribers, will be the home of BobbyTV, a new original YouTube channel created by Lee and financed by Maker. "I have my own channel and I can be as crazy as I want to be?!" said Lee. "On the other hand they say I have to start tweeting now. They’ll regret that." The Station predates the YouTube Partner Program and is credited with launching many top members of Youtube’s all-time most subscribed personalities, including KassemG, LisaNova, Totally Sketch, Shane Dawson, Shay Carl, and Phil DeFranco. "Maker is proud to premiere Bobby's new channel and we're excited for the upcoming relaunch of The Station where he'll be featured, along with a number of other amazing new talent...
- 1/30/2012
- by Drew Baldwin
- Tubefilter.com
Maker Studios has been relatively quiet as it ramps up its staff in its new Venice, CA homebase, building out a veritable powerhouse of top YouTube creative talent. Now word comes that the studio has raised around $1.5 million in funding in a round led by Greycroft Partners and Grp partners. Mark Suster, a partner at Grp partners (and host of web show This Week in Venture Capital) is also listed as a Board member in a recent SEC filing for Maker Studios. The company confirmed the funding round to us, and it’s now already listed as an active part of Greycroft’s investment portfolio, alongside recent investments like Ad.ly, Klout and Vuze. It didn’t confirm the exact size of the round, though in the SEC Form D filing from January, the company stated it plans on raising $1,524,999, with five directors listed including founders Ben Donovan, Lisa Donovan (aka LisaNova), Daniel Zappin,...
- 4/21/2011
- by Marc Hustvedt
- Tubefilter.com
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part I is only a few hours away and the frenzy has just begun. A cool way to help pass the time until you see the film is to play Harry Potter and the Summer School Spectre.
It is a series of YouTube videos that take you back to the days of classic classic 8-Bit Final Fantasy games and choosing your own adventure. It is pretty simple to get caught up in this video. As the video plays you can choose what Harry, Ron and Hermione do by selecting various options. Each option leads to a new YouTube video that continues the story until you die.
Harry Potter and the Summer School Spectre was created by The Station and written by Phil Haney, Matty Smith, Jack Allison, and Phillip Mottaz. The animation and music was done by Doctor Octoroc. You can get links to...
It is a series of YouTube videos that take you back to the days of classic classic 8-Bit Final Fantasy games and choosing your own adventure. It is pretty simple to get caught up in this video. As the video plays you can choose what Harry, Ron and Hermione do by selecting various options. Each option leads to a new YouTube video that continues the story until you die.
Harry Potter and the Summer School Spectre was created by The Station and written by Phil Haney, Matty Smith, Jack Allison, and Phillip Mottaz. The animation and music was done by Doctor Octoroc. You can get links to...
- 11/18/2010
- by Tiberius
- GeekTyrant
The Fine Brothers just released a whopper of an interactive video adventure (above) on YouTube, American Idol Interactive Experience. This follows a successful release of their last interactive, Lindsay Lohan’s courtroom drama, and puts the Brothers into my elite list of creators that have effectively used YouTube’s annotations to deliver a user-navigated storyline—alongside other standouts ChadMattandRob (The Birthday Party, The Time Machine) and SecretSauceTV (Interactive Hot Tub Girl). No major pop culture phenomenon is safe from The Fine Brothers. Their Lost action figure parodies were so popular that it’s all but certain that they were ripped off by none other than ABC itself last year. With Fox’s megahit American Idol set to announce their newest judge tomorrow now that Ellen decided to part ways, it’s about as topical as you can get this week. Related News:Shane Dawson and The Fine Brothers Take On...
- 9/21/2010
- by Marc Hustvedt
- Tubefilter.com
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