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Jukin Media, a longtime supplier of user-generated videos like the widely circulated clip “Pizza Rat,” has been acquired by Trusted Media Brands, whose media portfolio includes Reader’s Digest. Terms were not disclosed, but Forbes reported that the deal values Jukin at more than $100 million. Because there is little…

EXCLUSIVE: Jukin Media and Dick Clark Productions are teaming up for a pilot based on Jukin’s popular stunts, tricks and action sports clips brand People Are Awesome. Jukin will produce and Dick Clark Productions will handle worldwide rights to the series, which is expected to profile the people behind the wow videos…

EXCLUSIVE: Tia Mowry, who stars in Netflix comedy Family Reunion, is developing her own family-style clip show after teaming with Kin and Jukin Media. The actress is working up Tia Mowry's Challenge Accepted with the two companies as a pilot. It will feature weekly home challenges with audience members encouraged to…

Jukin Media has named Nate Hayden senior vice president of original content, where he’ll oversee video produced for television, the web and emerging platforms. Hayden came from AOL Studios, where he ran the New York and Los Angeles studios and built an Emmy winning-video slate across its properties including The…

MGM Television and entertainment company Jukin Media have signed a co-production deal to create, develop and produce unscripted original series for network, cable and premium SVOD. The initial focus will be on competitions, game shows and talent shows that feature user-generated content, but are a departure from the…

Jukin Media has launched a new video-distribution service that will provide its most popular new clips directly to online publishers. AOL, Yahoo, Complex, Flipps, Frequency, Rare.us and ViralNova have already signed up for the service, the company said. "Our company has developed a proprietary platform and methodology…

Digital-video company Jukin Media has added $1.2 million in strategic funding from a handful of prominent media and venture-capital backers including Bertelsmann Digital Media, Mandalay Entertainment chairman Peter Guber and Machinima founder Allen DeBevoise. Since its 2009 founding, the company has been largely…

Former MTV Networks and Machinima executive Cameron Saless has joined Jukin Media as executive vice president, heading audience development and strategic partnerships. Saless also was an exec with media site JibJab. Saless will be focused on helping Jukin build audiences on the web, TV and other platforms for the…

Online video company Jukin Media named former Lifetime and MTV unscripted-TV executive Jessica Samet to head an expanded push into more traditional TV production. The company specializes in finding, acquiring and promoting viral videos online, and in turn licensing its content to video outlets online and in more…

Disney‘s in the process of spending potentially $1B for Maker Studios, and today’s agreement means that — when the deal closes — it will also indirectly manage YouTube channels and videos from Jukin Media, described as “the world’s leading licensing platform for viral video clips.” It has more than 30 YouTube channels…