CNN Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Beme=== {{main|Beme (company)}} On November 28, 2016, CNN announced the acquisition of [[Beme (company)|Beme]] for a reported $25 million.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/cnn-buys-casey-neistats-video-app-beme-1480353128|title=CNN Buys Casey Neistat's Video App Beme|last=Perlberg|first=Steven|date=November 28, 2016|newspaper=[[The Wall Street Journal]]|issn=0099-9660|access-date=December 4, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161203235143/http://www.wsj.com/articles/cnn-buys-casey-neistats-video-app-beme-1480353128|archive-date=December 3, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> On November 29, 2016, Matt Hackett, co-founder of Beme, announced via an email to its users that the [[Beme (app)|Beme app]] would be shutting down on January 31, 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://medium.com/@mhkt/beme-is-shutting-down-but-our-work-is-just-starting-3d4636b37c32|title=Beme is Shutting Down, But Our Work Is Just Starting|last=Hackett|first=Matt|date=November 28, 2016|website=Medium|access-date=December 4, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161203060328/https://medium.com/@mhkt/beme-is-shutting-down-but-our-work-is-just-starting-3d4636b37c32|archive-date=December 3, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> Since the shutdown of the app, it was announced that CNN intended to use the current talent behind Beme to work on a separate start-up endeavor. Beme's current team will retain full creative control of the new project, which was slated to be released in the summer of 2017.<ref>{{cite web|title=i sold my company to CNN|website = [[YouTube]]|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkrmR3dr8ow|access-date=February 3, 2017|date=November 30, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170204164715/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkrmR3dr8ow|archive-date=February 4, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> Beme have also brought on other internet stars such as the host of [[Vsauce]] 3, Jake Roper, as head of production, who features prominently in Beme co-founder [[Casey Neistat]]'s vlogs.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIwqboJLrpY&t|title=CNN update|date=July 5, 2017|website=[[YouTube]]|publisher=Casey Neistat|access-date=July 9, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180407121209/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIwqboJLrpY&t|archive-date=April 7, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Beme (company)|Beme News]] has since begun uploading news related video on [[YouTube]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCY0YIply-je0EhSWLgpftVw/videos|title=Beme News|website=[[YouTube]]|language=en|access-date=December 12, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180126231227/https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCY0YIply-je0EhSWLgpftVw/videos|archive-date=January 26, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page