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• Officially Pinned Pacts With Smosh’s Noah Grossman On Charitable Pin Launch
• Rhett & Link’s Mythical Entertainment Paid Roughly $10 Million For Smosh (Report)

  Mythical Entertainment, the digital media firm owned and operated by best friends and business partners Rhett McLaughlin and Link Neal, reportedly paid roughly $10 million to acquire Smosh from the bank that assumed Defy Media’s assets in the wake of its bankruptcy.

  
• It’s Official: Smosh Has Been Acquired By Rhett & Link’s Mythical Entertainment

  In something of a full-circle moment, storied YouTube comedy brand Smosh has been purchased by another digital-native best friend-slash-creator duo after the channel was temporarily left in limbo following the abrupt -- and scandal-ridden -- shutdown of parent company Defy Media.

  
• 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.

  
• Smosh Co-Founder Anthony Padilla Shares Why He Departed “Evil And Shady” Defy Media After Sudden Shutdown
• A Day In The Life Of Agents At VidCon With Abrams Artists’ ‘Quad Squad’
• Chris Pratt Promotes Latest ‘Jurassic World’ Movie With Appearance On Smosh Game Show
• Defy Media’s Smosh And Clevver Brands To Debut Advice Series On Facebook Watch (Exclusive)
• Luke Barats Replaces His Former Comedy Partner Joe Bereta As Creative Director Of Smosh
• Joe Bereta Is Leaving Smosh To Focus On SourceFed Follow-Up The Valleyfolk
• Defy Media Lays Off 20 Staffers On Programmatic Ad And Licensing Teams
• Amra ‘Flitz’ Ricketts Departs Smosh Games Amid Sexual Assault Allegations