Atom.com

Atom.com
Former type	Humor website
Industry	Online video entertainment
Founded	1998
Defunct	2012
Headquarters	San Francisco, California, USA
Parent	MTV Networks (Viacom)
Website	http://www.atom.com/

Atom.com (formerly AtomFilms) was a broadband entertainment network offering original short subject movies, animations, and series by independent creators. The company was founded in 1998 in Seattle by Mika Salmi.

Buyout

On August 10, 2006, Atom Entertainment was bought by MTV Networks with all its properties, including AtomFilms, Addicting Games, Addicting Clips (renamed AtomUploads) and Shockwave.com.^[1] The buyout occurred shortly after negotiations against and subsequently with Google to purchase YouTube. In 2012, Atom.com was absorbed into Comedy Central, and was renamed CC Studios.

References

↑ Frank Ahrens (2006-08-10). "Viacom's MTV unit buys Atom Entertainment for its film, gaming web sites". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2006-10-16.

External links

Atom.com (now redirects to CC Studios]
Atom Entertainment (also redirects to CC Studios)

Viacom

Corporate directors

Viacom Media Networks

Paramount Motion Pictures Group

Paramount Pictures Corporation:	Paramount Pictures Paramount Vantage Paramount Animation Insurge Pictures Republic Pictures United International Pictures (50% ownership)

MTV branded labels:	Comedy Central Films MTV Films Nickelodeon Movies

Other units:	Epix (co-ownership)

Television stations

KVMM-CD (Tres)

Music

Miscellaneous assets

See also

Viacom Media Networks

Parent: Viacom

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Music and Entertainment Group	Comedy Central MTV MTV2 mtvU MTV Hits MTV Live Tr3s Logo TV Spike VH1 VH1 Classic

Kids and Family Group	CMT CMT Music Nickelodeon Nick at Nite Nick Jr. Nicktoons TeenNick TV Land

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