AwesomenessTV and Hearst Corporation Form Joint Venture to Launch New Original YouTube Channel and Multichannel Network for Teen Girls
NEW YORK, NY — (Marketwired) — 10/16/13 — Hearst Corporation and AwesomenessTV today announced a joint venture to create a new stand-alone Seventeen-branded YouTube channel featuring original content as well as a multichannel network (MCN), bringing together the leading print/online teen brand with the largest teen brand in digital video. The announcement was made by Brian Robbins, founder and CEO of AwesomenessTV, and David Carey, president of Hearst Magazines. Terms of the deal were not di