Verizon Hearst Media Partners

Verizon Hearst Media Partners

Type	Joint Venture
Industry	Entertainment
Founded	March 2016[1]
Headquarters	New York City, United States
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Tim Armstrong (Chairman and CEO, AOL) Rich Antoniello (CEO, Complex Networks)
Products	RatedRed.com Seriously.TV
Owner	Verizon Hearst (each owning 50%)
Parent	Verizon Hearst
Subsidiaries	AwesomenessTV (49%) Complex (100%)

Verizon Hearst Media Partners (simply VHMP) is an entertainment and media holding company jointly owned by Verizon and Hearst. It was founded in 2016.^[2]

Brands

• AwesomenessTV (49%; 24.5% each)
  • Big Frame
  • DreamWorks TV
  • Awesomeness Films
• Complex Media (100%; 50% each)
  • Complex
  • Go90
  • Ratedred.com
  • Seriously.TV
  • Collider.com^[3]

References

1. http://www.wsj.com/articles/hearst-and-verizon-announce-joint-video-content-venture-1456939800
2. https://www.hearst.com/entertainment-syndication/verizon-hearst-media-partners
3. http://variety.com/2016/digital/news/verizon-hearst-complex-networks-rich-antoniello-1201860433/