Screen Rant

Screen Rant
Type of site
Infotainment
Available inEnglish
HeadquartersSaint-Laurent, Quebec, Canada
OwnerValnet
URLscreenrant.com Edit this at Wikidata
CommercialYes
Launched13 November 2003; 20 years ago (2003-11-13)
Current statusActive
YouTube information
Channel
Years active2008–present
GenreReview
Subscribers8.48 million[1][2]
Total views4.48 billion[3][2]
100,000 subscribers
1,000,000 subscribers
Last updated: October 22, 2024

Screen Rant is an entertainment website that offers news in the fields of television, films, video games, and film theories. It is owned by Valnet, parent of publications including Comic Book Resources, Collider, MovieWeb and XDA Developers.

History

Screen Rant was launched by Vic Holtreman in 2003,[4] and originally had its primary office in Ogden, Utah.[5][6] Screen Rant has expanded its coverage with red-carpet events in Los Angeles, New York film festivals and San Diego Comic-Con panels.[7][8] The associated YouTube channel was created on August 19, 2008, and has 8.62M subscribers and 5.4K videos as of June 21, 2023.[1]

In February 2015, Screen Rant was acquired by Valnet Inc., an online media company based in Montreal, Quebec.[9][10] It was reunited with its sister site, Game Rant, in 2019, when Valnet acquired the other publication.[11]

Screen Rant features a video series called Pitch Meeting by YouTube comedian Ryan George. By September 2020, the series included over 200 videos, garnering a combined 250 million views. In the series, George plays both a screenwriter and a film producer in a pitch for a film or television series, describing its plot in a way that highlights various inconsistencies.[12]

References

  1. ^ a b "Screen Rant". YouTube. Retrieved October 12, 2021.
  2. ^ a b "About @ScreenRant". YouTube.
  3. ^ "Screen Rant: Description". YouTube. Retrieved May 2, 2023.
  4. ^ "About Screen Rant". Screen Rant. Retrieved August 13, 2019.
  5. ^ "Screen Rant, LLC: CEO and Executives". Bloomberg L.P. Archived from the original on August 9, 2018. Retrieved March 11, 2017.
  6. ^ "Screen Rant". The Christian Science Monitor. Retrieved March 11, 2017.
  7. ^ Dourian, Nick (January 28, 2014). "Interview with Vic Holtreman of SCREENRANT.COM". Unleash The Fanboy. Retrieved March 11, 2017.
  8. ^ Powers, Lindsay (March 9, 2011). "ScreenRant.com Joins Relativity Media's Ad Network". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved March 11, 2017.
  9. ^ "Valnet Acquires Leading Movie and TV News Site ScreenRant.com". PR Newswire. Montreal: Valnet Inc. February 4, 2015. Retrieved March 11, 2017.
  10. ^ Lang, Brent (June 23, 2015). "Film Blogs Grow Up and Go Corporate". Variety. Retrieved March 11, 2017.
  11. ^ "GameRant.com Reunited with ScreenRant.com in Valnet Acquisition" (Press release). July 17, 2019. Archived from the original on February 28, 2021. Retrieved November 6, 2023 – via Business Wire.
  12. ^ Philipose, Rahel (September 22, 2020). "200 videos, 250 million views: Meet Ryan George, the man who rips apart Hollywood's big hits". The Indian Express. Archived from the original on September 22, 2020. Retrieved May 2, 2023.

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