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===Beme=== {{main|Beme (company)}} On November 28, 2016, CNN announced the acquisition of [[Beme (company)|Beme]] for a reported {{USD|25 million|long=no}}.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/cnn-buys-casey-neistats-video-app-beme-1480353128|title=CNN Buys Casey Neistat's Video App Beme|last=Perlberg|first=Steven|date=November 28, 2016|newspaper=[[The Wall Street Journal]]|issn=0099-9660|access-date=December 4, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161203235143/http://www.wsj.com/articles/cnn-buys-casey-neistats-video-app-beme-1480353128|archive-date=December 3, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> On November 29, 2016, Matt Hackett, co-founder of Beme, announced via an email to its users that the [[Beme (app)|Beme app]] would be shutting down on January 31, 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://medium.com/@mhkt/beme-is-shutting-down-but-our-work-is-just-starting-3d4636b37c32|title=Beme is Shutting Down, But Our Work Is Just Starting|last=Hackett|first=Matt|date=November 28, 2016|website=Medium|access-date=December 4, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161203060328/https://medium.com/@mhkt/beme-is-shutting-down-but-our-work-is-just-starting-3d4636b37c32|archive-date=December 3, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> Since the shutdown of the app, it was announced that CNN intended to use the current talent behind Beme to work on a separate start-up endeavor. Beme's current team will retain full creative control of the new project, which was slated to be released in the summer of 2017.<ref>{{cite web|title=i sold my company to CNN|website = [[YouTube]]|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkrmR3dr8ow|access-date=February 3, 2017|date=November 30, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170204164715/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkrmR3dr8ow|archive-date=February 4, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> Beme have also brought on other internet stars such as the host of [[Vsauce]] 3, Jake Roper, as head of production, who features prominently in Beme co-founder [[Casey Neistat]]'s vlogs.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIwqboJLrpY&t|title=CNN update|date=July 5, 2017|website=[[YouTube]]|publisher=Casey Neistat|access-date=July 9, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180407121209/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIwqboJLrpY&t|archive-date=April 7, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Beme (company)|Beme News]] has since begun uploading news related video on [[YouTube]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCY0YIply-je0EhSWLgpftVw/videos|title=Beme News|website=[[YouTube]]|language=en|access-date=December 12, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180126231227/https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCY0YIply-je0EhSWLgpftVw/videos|archive-date=January 26, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>
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