Smosh, the sketch comedy YouTube channel previously owned by Defy Media, has been acquired by Mythical Entertainment, the company founded by YouTuber’s Rhett McLaughlin and Charles Lincoln “Link” Neal.
Smosh has been without a parent company after Defy Media shut down in November 2018. The company confirmed its acquisition in a video announcement posted to its YouTube account, which has over 7 billion video views and over 24 million subscribers.
“We had no idea what was going to happen with Smosh,” said Smosh co-founder Ian Hecox while surrounded by members of the sketch comedy cast.
“The situation got so bad that we weren’t even sure that Smosh was going to continue to be a thing, [and] we didn’t want to continue if Smosh ended up in the wrong hands,” Smosh cast member Courtney Miller said.