Break Media was an American
digital media
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company that owned several Internet properties targeted at men (males aged 18–34 make up 70% of their visitors), including
Break.com
Break.com (formerly Big-boys.com) was an entertainment and humor website founded in 1998 that featured comedy videos, flash games, and pictures among other material. The website's target audience was men aged 18–35.
After shutting down on No ...
(its first website),
Screen Junkies
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,
CagePotato, Chickipedia, HolyTaco, MadeMan, AllLeftTurns, TuVez and
GameFront
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. It was founded in June 1998 by Keith Richman. From then until its eventual merger, the company's websites experienced significant growth. Traffic across all of its websites grew by 35% in 2009, with 27.9 million visitors in February 2010. The company's network of websites, many of which create original video content, made it the 11th most popular video network online in 2010.
In October 2013, Break Media merged with
Alloy Digital
Defy Media was an American digital media company that produced original online content for the 12–34 age group. Originally founded in 1996 as Alloy Online (later Alloy Digital), the final company was formed in 2013 by its merger with Break Me ...
to create ''
Defy Media
Defy Media was an American digital media company that produced original online content for the 12–34 age group. Originally founded in 1996 as Alloy Online (later Alloy Digital), the final company was formed in 2013 by its merger with Break Me ...
''.
References
Further reading
*
"In Time For The iPad, Dude-Centric Video Network Break Media Boards The HTML5 Train" ''TechCrunch''. Retrieved 7 July 7 2010.
* Fritz, Ben
"Break.com's low-brow fare is right on target" ''Los Angeles Times'', 2 March 2010. Retrieved 7 July 2010.
External links
Official website
Defunct online companies of the United States
Internet properties established in 1998
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