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• Clevver News, Style Channels Return To YouTube With Original Hosts After Defy’s Collapse
• Hearst Opens L.A. Production Studio Ahead Of Clevver Relaunch In Coming Weeks

  Hearst Magazines is readying the re-launch of Clevver -- the digital brand it acquired last month following the shutdown of former parent company,

  
• Defy Media’s Smosh, ClevverTV Brands Finding New Owners After Abrupt Shutdown

  Two of Defy Media’s key digital properties are finding new homes in the wake of the company’s shutdown in November that left all of its employees suddenly jobless and has also resulted in a liquidation dispute whereby 50 channels formerly signed to the Defy multi-channel network allege that they are owed $1.7 million in unpaid AdSense.