Defy Media

Overview

• Industrymass media¹
• HeadquartersNew York City¹
• Websitewww.alloydigital.com

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Defy Media, LLC 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 Media.²

Corporate structure

Defy Media sits at the top of its group. 7 entities, 1 country on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

Built from subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0); major holders from Schedules 13D and 13G. Each entity in the chart links to its source.

What it owns

What Defy Media reports owning in its annual reports to the SEC: buildings, land and equipment, real estate and locations, investments, intangible assets and inventory, at the end of its latest fiscal year and a year before.

Stakes and holdings (Wikidata)

• Screen Junkies
• Shockwave

Things Wikidata records the company as owning, with the share when stated.¹

Subsidiaries and ownership

Subsidiaries

• Break.com
• Clevver
• Shockwave
• Smosh
• The Escapist

Also owns

• Screen Junkies

From Wikidata.¹

Acquisitions

1. 2011Acquired Smosh¹

Timeline

1. Nov 6, 2018Dissolved Dissolved¹
2. 1996Founded Founded¹

Links

• Websitewww.alloydigital.com¹
• X (Twitter)x.com/defymedia¹
• Facebookwww.facebook.com/DefyMedia¹
• LinkedInwww.linkedin.com/company/defy-media¹
• WikipediaDefy Media
• More imagesWikimedia Commons
• WikidataQ16970691