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Cheezburger

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Cheezburger, the company behind popular sites such as I Can Has Cheezburger?, FAIL Blog, Memebase, and The Daily What, was founded in September 2007 by Ben Huh, a former journalist turned dot com entrepreneur with a knack for nailing popular zeitgeist. Ben has been credited with bringing Internet memes to the mainstream and popularizing Internet culture. The Internet media publisher counts a passionate fan base of 16.5 million people who upload more than 500,000 pictures and videos as well as view 375 million pages and 110 million videos each month. Cheezburger has been profitable since its inception with revenue from three sources – advertising, traditional media publishing including books, and merchandising.

Recent Milestones

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  Cheezburger received $5M in Venture Round funding. (12/29/12)
  Posted 12/29/12 at 4:04am via techcrunch.com
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  Cheezburger acquired Know Your Meme. (3/28/11)
  Posted 3/28/11 at 8:16pm via techcrunch.com
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  Cheezburger received $30M in Venture Round funding. (1/17/11)
  Posted 1/17/11 at 9:45pm via techcrunch.com
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  Cheezburger acquired Fail Dogs. (4/13/09)
  Posted 6/29/09 at 5:52pm
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  Cheezburger received $2M in Venture Round funding. (1/1/07)
  Posted 11/4/08 at 12:38pm
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  Cheezburger added Neil Patel as Advisor.
  Posted 11/14/08 at 9:29pm
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  Cheezburger added Ben Huh as CEO.
  Posted 5/31/09 at 9:18pm
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  Cheezburger added Scott Porad as CTO.
  Posted 5/31/09 at 9:19pm
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  Cheezburger added Todd Sawicki as CRO.
  Posted 1/18/11 at 1:04am
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  Cheezburger added Pearl Chan as CFO.
  Posted 1/18/11 at 10:16am

Videos

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Products

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FailBlog.org

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I Can Has Cheezburger?

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I Has a Hotdog

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Sources

1. Cheezburger Network Buys Know Your Meme (techcrunch.com) [edit]
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4. I Can Has Funding: Cheezburger Raises $30M For LOLcats, FAIL Blog And Other Memes (techcrunch.com) [edit]
5. I Can Has Funding: Cheezburger Raises $5M From Foundry, Madrona , Softbank For LOLcats, FAIL Blog And Other Memes (techcrunch.com) [edit]

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