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'''Know Your Meme''' ('''KYM''') is a website and video series which uses [[wiki]] software to document various [[Internet meme]]s and other [[online phenomena]], such as [[viral videos]], [[image macros]], [[catchphrases]], [[Internet celebrities]] and more. It also investigates new and changing [[memes]] through research, as it [[Commercialism|commercializes]] on the culture. Originally produced by [[Rocketboom]], the website was acquired in March 2011 by [[Cheezburger Network]], in turn acquired in 2016 by Literally Media.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/274015/literally-media-buys-cheezburger-to-reach-millenni.html|title=Literally Media Buys Cheezburger To Reach Millennials|website=www.mediapost.com|language=en|access-date=2019-06-13}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.seattletimes.com/business/technology/cheezburgers-new-owner-is-israeli-digital-media-company/|title=Cheezburger's new owner is Israeli digital-media company|date=2016-04-21|website=The Seattle Times|language=en-US|access-date=2019-06-13}}</ref> Know Your Meme includes sections for confirmed, submitted, deadpooled (rejected or incompletely documented), researching, and popular memes.
'''Know Your Meme''' ('''KYM''') is a website and video series which uses [[wiki]] software to document various [[Internet meme]]s and other [[online phenomena]], such as [[viral videos]], [[image macros]], [[catchphrases]], [[Internet celebrities]] and more. It also investigates new and changing [[memes]] through research, as it [[Commercialism|commercializes]] on the culture. Originally produced by [[Rocketboom]], the website was acquired in March 2011 by [[Cheezburger Network]], which, in 2016, was acquired by Literally Media.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/274015/literally-media-buys-cheezburger-to-reach-millenni.html|title=Literally Media Buys Cheezburger To Reach Millennials|website=www.mediapost.com|language=en|access-date=2019-06-13}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.seattletimes.com/business/technology/cheezburgers-new-owner-is-israeli-digital-media-company/|title=Cheezburger's new owner is Israeli digital-media company|date=2016-04-21|website=The Seattle Times|language=en-US|access-date=2019-06-13}}</ref> Know Your Meme includes sections for confirmed, submitted, deadpooled (rejected or incompletely documented), researching, and popular memes.


==History==
==History==
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=== 2011–present: Sale to Cheezburger ===
=== 2011–present: Sale to Cheezburger ===
In January 2011, Cheese, Rountree and other employees left Know Your Meme, claiming that Baron had created an "atmosphere of paranoia and competing egos" within the company; Baron disputed this and claimed that Cheese organized a "mass exodus [out of] personal vengeance".<ref name=":1" /> In March 2011, Baron sold the Know Your Meme website and web series to [[Cheezburger Network]] for an undisclosed seven-figure amount.<ref name=":2">{{cite web |last=Hustvedt |first=Marc |date=March 28, 2011 |title='Know Your Meme' Acquired By Cheezburger in Seven-Figure Deal |url=https://www.tubefilter.com/2011/03/28/know-your-meme-acquired-by-cheezburger-in-seven-figure-deal/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120814130001/http://www.tubefilter.com/2011/03/28/know-your-meme-acquired-by-cheezburger-in-seven-figure-deal/ |archive-date=August 14, 2012 |access-date=28 March 2011 |work=[[Tubefilter]] |df=mdy-all}}</ref>
In January 2011, Cheese, Rountree and other employees left Know Your Meme, claiming that Baron had created an "atmosphere of paranoia and competing egos" within the company; Baron disputed this and claimed that Cheese organized a "mass exodus [out of] personal vengeance".<ref name=":1" /> In March 2011, Baron sold Know Your Meme to [[Cheezburger]] for an undisclosed seven-figure amount.<ref name=":2" />


In April 2016, Cheezburger was acquired by Literally Media.<ref name=":1" />
In April 2016, Cheezburger was acquired by Literally Media.<ref name=":1" />
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The administrators have a say on what gets confirmed and what gets "deadpooled", or rejected.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/deadpool |title=Deadpooled Entries |publisher=Know Your Meme |access-date=2013-10-19}}</ref> Some of the meme entries are graphic and [[Not Safe For Work]] (NSFW).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/nsfw |title=NSFW |publisher=Know Your Meme |date=2012-06-17 |access-date=2013-10-19}}</ref> NSFW entries have warnings placed along the top of the entry and ads are usually disabled. These warnings may differ from consequences, such as bans. Know Your Meme also has a [[Internet forum|forum]] section, [[blog]], and shop. Dr. Sean Rintel, who wrote ''The Automated Identity'' blog, described Know Your Meme as "lucrative, self-supporting research that blends the humorous and the serious."<ref>{{cite web |last=Rintel |first=Sean |url=http://seanrintel.com/2011/09/24/know-your-meme/ |title=Know Your Meme "Sean Rintel |publisher=Seanrintel.com |date=2011-09-24 |access-date=2013-10-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131022180212/http://seanrintel.com/2011/09/24/know-your-meme/ |archive-date=October 22, 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> As of March 2019, the site is maintained by seven editorial staff members (Don Caldwell, Adam Downer, Matt Schimkowitz, Briana Milman, Sophie Dickinson and Philipp Kachalin) and one developer (Mike Schwab) in conjunction with a group of dedicated moderators. Former staff researchers include Chris Menning, Amanda Brennan, Molly Horan and Ari Spool.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://knowyourmeme.com/about |title=About |publisher=Know Your Meme |access-date=2015-08-11}}</ref>
The administrators have a say on what gets confirmed and what gets "deadpooled", or rejected.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/deadpool |title=Deadpooled Entries |publisher=Know Your Meme |access-date=2013-10-19}}</ref> Some of the meme entries are graphic and [[Not Safe For Work]] (NSFW).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/nsfw |title=NSFW |publisher=Know Your Meme |date=2012-06-17 |access-date=2013-10-19}}</ref> NSFW entries have warnings placed along the top of the entry and ads are usually disabled. These warnings may differ from consequences, such as bans. Know Your Meme also has a [[Internet forum|forum]] section, [[blog]], and shop. Dr. Sean Rintel, who wrote ''The Automated Identity'' blog, described Know Your Meme as "lucrative, self-supporting research that blends the humorous and the serious."<ref>{{cite web |last=Rintel |first=Sean |url=http://seanrintel.com/2011/09/24/know-your-meme/ |title=Know Your Meme "Sean Rintel |publisher=Seanrintel.com |date=2011-09-24 |access-date=2013-10-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131022180212/http://seanrintel.com/2011/09/24/know-your-meme/ |archive-date=October 22, 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> As of March 2019, the site is maintained by seven editorial staff members (Don Caldwell, Adam Downer, Matt Schimkowitz, Briana Milman, Sophie Dickinson and Philipp Kachalin) and one developer (Mike Schwab) in conjunction with a group of dedicated moderators. Former staff researchers include Chris Menning, Amanda Brennan, Molly Horan and Ari Spool.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://knowyourmeme.com/about |title=About |publisher=Know Your Meme |access-date=2015-08-11}}</ref>

The Know Your Meme website and web series were acquired in March 2011 by [[Cheezburger Network]] for an undisclosed seven-figure amount.<ref name=":2">{{cite web |last=Hustvedt |first=Marc |date=March 28, 2011 |title='Know Your Meme' Acquired By Cheezburger in Seven-Figure Deal |url=https://www.tubefilter.com/2011/03/28/know-your-meme-acquired-by-cheezburger-in-seven-figure-deal/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120814130001/http://www.tubefilter.com/2011/03/28/know-your-meme-acquired-by-cheezburger-in-seven-figure-deal/ |archive-date=August 14, 2012 |access-date=28 March 2011 |work=[[Tubefilter]] |df=mdy-all}}</ref>


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