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2022 mergers and acquisitions
- GameSpotOn the 1st of May 1996, three former IDG employees launched a new website called GameSpot. Pete Deemer, Vince Broady, and Jon Epstein formed SpotMedia…
- DestructoidYanier Gonzalez, a Cuban-American cartoonist and author, launched Destructoid as a personal blog in March 2006. He needed the site to attend the Electronic…
- Anime LimitedOn the 14th of December 2012, Andrew Partridge launched a social media page for Anime Limited from his base in Glasgow. He was the director behind Scotland…
- Dark Horse ComicsMike Richardson opened Dark Horse Comics in Milwaukie, Oregon, during 1986. He used money from his chain of comic book shops called Pegasus Books to start…
- Houghton Mifflin HarcourtIn 1832, William Ticknor and John Allen purchased a bookselling business in Boston and began publishing themselves. James T.
- ToppsIn 1938, four brothers named Abram, Ira, Philip, and Joseph Shorin established a company that would eventually become the world's leading trading card…
- HidiveThe year 2017 marked a turning point for anime streaming when Hidive launched in June. This new service emerged from the ashes of Anime Network Online, which…
- Anime News NetworkJustin Sevakis launched Anime News Network in July 1998. The site began as a small news hub for anime and manga fans in North America.
- MetacriticJason Dietz, Marc Doyle, and Julie Doyle Roberts launched Metacritic in January 2001 after two years of development. The trio had been working on the project…
- Sentai FilmworksJohn Ledford started a Japanese video game and video console import business in 1990. He was a native of Houston who watched My Neighbor Totoro at his…
- DAW BooksDonald A. Wollheim and his wife Elsie B. Wollheim established DAW Books in 1971 after leaving Ace Books. The couple claimed their new venture was the first…
- MobyGamesJim Leonard and Brian Hirt launched MobyGames on the 1st of March 1999. They began with a simple goal to share information about computer games with a wider…
- GameFAQsOn the 5th of November 1995, a programmer named Jeff Veasey launched a small website called the Video Game FAQ Archive. The site originally hosted just ten…
- Middle-earth EnterprisesIn 1976, The Saul Zaentz Company acquired the film and merchandising rights to J. R. R. Tolkien's works from United Artists.
- D&D BeyondOn the 15th of August 2017, D&D Beyond launched as an official digital toolset for Dungeons & Dragons fifth edition. Adam Bradford served as the project lead…
- EuronewsOn the first day of 1993, a new television channel began its transmission from Écully, near Lyon. Ten European public broadcasters had joined forces to…
- Quartz (publication)On the 24th of September 2012, Quartz launched its website in New York City. The founding team included Kevin Delaney from WSJ.com and Zach Seward from the…
- The AthleticAlex Mather and Adam Hansmann launched The Athletic in January 2016 as an independent subscription-based online sports magazine.
- Denver BroncosOn the 14th of August 1959, minor league baseball owner Bob Howsam received an American Football League charter franchise for Denver.
- ZyngaMark Pincus launched Zynga in April 2007 under the name Presidio Media. The company changed its name to Zynga in July 2007, adopting a bulldog logo named…