Maker Studios

Maker Studios was the original MCN (multi-channel network) built on YouTube and really helped to define the entire industry.

It was started by creators and largely served as the Product Development group for YouTube early on. When we first met the Maker Studios team, one of the founders, Lisa Donovan’s YouTube channel, Lisa Nova, was the #1 channel on YouTube with 1000 subscribers. In May 2014, Disney surprised the digital video world by acquiring Maker Studios, which had grown to become a video network that generated billions of views a month on YouTube.

Profile

Maker Studios is a next-generation, talent first media company home to many of online video’s top digital stars and content including KassemG, The Game Station, Nice Peter’s “Epic Rap Battles of History,” the Shaytards, Andrea’s Choice, The Yogscast, Snoop Lion, The Gregory Brothers, Mike Tompkins and celebrity actress/comedian LisaNova, among many others. Maker is the only network to offer partners development, production, promotion, distribution, sales, and marketing services. Maker Studios is headquartered in Los Angeles.

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Headquarters

Los Angeles, CA

Sector

Consumer > Publishing

Website

makerstudios.com

Twitter

@MakerStudios

Founded

2009

Invested

2010

Exited

2014