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"Cheezburger" Network Acquires "Know Your Meme" For 7-Figures (Business Insider, 2011) (www.businessinsider.com)

submitted 1 month ago by cypherpunks@lemmy.ml to c/antiquememesroadshow@lemmy.world

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[–] Dagamant@lemmy.world 21 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Cheeseburger is proof that stealing memes is highly profitable

[–] jaemo@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago

We've been profitably stealing memes since the RNA era...

[–] PonyOfWar@pawb.social 18 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

I had no idea that Cheezburger Network is still around.

[–] Fetus@lemmy.world 24 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Still around. They operate a bunch of other websites like Cracked, Know Your Meme, Fail Blog, etc.

In 2016, they were bought by an Israeli company, Literally Media, along with EBaum's World.

[–] ClownStatue@piefed.social 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

So… enshitification?

[–] ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

So that's why they turned far-right...

[–] JetpackJackson@feddit.org 3 points 1 month ago

Same, I thought it died

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

Oh dear.