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Woven is a digital media company and home to news and entertainment sites including UPROXX, Brobible, and others. Woven creates, produces, and distributes digital content that reaches over 85 million users per month.

Founded in 2010 by Scott Grimes and Michael Laur, Woven is headquartered in Los Angeles with offices and production facilities in New York, Chicago and Austin. Woven is the 4th largest entertainment property for young men age 18-34 per comScore.

In November 2013, Woven acquired the popular online male destination Brobible which was founded by Doug Banker. In March 2014, former MySpace co-founder Colin Digiaro joined Woven as President. In April 2014, Woven acquired entertainment news site UPROXX and Jarret Myer, co-founder of Rawkus Records and Big Frame, joined Woven as General Manager of Publishing. In June 2014, Ben Blank was appointed as Chief Creative Officer to run Woven Studio. Matthew Polesetsky serves as General Counsel and Alex Boyce serves as Chief Strategy Officer.

As of August 2014, Woven partnered with Paramount Insurge and Russell Simmons to produce a movie about the popular hip hop destination WorldStarHipHop.com.

Funding
Woven raised $4.5 million from angel investors including former Facebook Chief Privacy Officer Chris Kelly and PA Semi and Sibyte co-founder Leo Joseph.

Publishing
Woven owns and operates or exclusively partners with dozens of male focused online sites including:
 * UPROXX
 * BroBible
 * Animal
 * Brotips
 * Guyism

Advertising
Woven works with advertisers to create branded programming including Boost Mobile, EA, MillerCoors, Sony Pictures, FX, Comedy Central, AT&T, Anheuser Busch, Motorola, and Bacardi.

Video
Woven develops scripted content through Woven Studio including web originals, long- and short-form series and films

Categories

 * Category:Advertising
 * Category:Digital Media
 * Category:Companies based in Los Angeles, California