Argosy New Media

Argosy New Media is an unit of ArgosyMTM Group which co-ordinates online properties and web animation. It is known for the Homestar Runner franchise, as well as its Argopolis family of blog sites, some of which date back to the early days of the Internet. It is also known for being able to “revive” dying sites such as YTMND and MySpace.

Divisions

 * Argosy New Media Platforms - platforms including blog, meme, email, and search sites.
 * ArgosyMTM Online Properties (including former Literally Media (acquired in 2013 as Cheezburger Network and absorbed into then-new acquisition eBaumsWorld in 2016 to form Literally), G/O Media (acquired in 2019), ClickHole (acquired as part of G/O Media in 2019 and spun off to a new writing team in 2020), CH Media (acquired from IAC in 2020), and Verizon Media/Yahoo/AOL (acquired from Verizon in 2021) sites; merged into one unit in late 2021)
 * Argopolis CMS (powers all AMOP blog-format sites)
 * Argopolis (formed in 2021 as a “Spiritual Successor” to Gawker and The Daily What, both defunct properties whose sister sites are now owned by AMTM)
 * YTMND (acquired in 2007)
 * AltaVista (formerly Yahoo Search)
 * Asterion (crowdfunding, merchandise sale, and subscription platform for independent creators)
 * CreaTV (acquired in 2016)
 * MySpace (acquired in 2009)
 * Reddit (acquired in 2015)
 * Discord (acquired in 2018 when it was starting to gain popularity)
 * Fandom (acquired in 2019)
 * Yahoo! (formerly Yahoo! Mail and AOL Mail; merged in 2022, with the other remaining Yahoo services either shut down or renamed under the MTM name)
 * Wix (acquired in 2019)
 * DeviantArt (acquired in 2019 along with Wix)
 * Wattpad (acquired in 2020)
 * Webtoon (acquired in 2019 when ArgosyMTM Korea acquired NAVER)
 * Argosy New Media Productions - produces web animation and some webcomics.
 * Harmless Junk, Inc. (the Brothers Chaps’ production company under ANM)
 * GreenyWorld Studios (Crystal Stainton’s production company under ANM)
 * Argosy New Media Infrastructure - ISP and domain registration services.
 * Cogent Communications (acquired in 2009)
 * Cogentsat (global satellite internet and phone services, formed in 2011)
 * Hurricane Electric (acquired in 2018)
 * ArgosyMTM Domains (domain registrar; also controls TLDs such as .meow and .exe)
 * Tucows (acquired in 2021)
 * 10.3% stake in Twitter (acquired in 2022 as a way for Ellen Peck to “flex on” Elon Musk)

Productions

 * Onion News Network (2008-present; originally a co-production with The Onion, which is now owned directly by ANM through AMOP)
 * Homestar Runner (1996-present; produced by ANM since 2002)
 * Mimsie 4ever (2016-present)
 * The Misadventures of Mitchell van Morgan (2018-present)
 * Greeny Phatom (2008-present; created by Crystal Stainton, daughter of AMTM alumni Robert Stainton, and based on a show from a weird dream she had, right down to the title and character names; known for its unconventional animation methods, random plots, and an urban legend that it drives people insane)
 * Wacky Movies and Wacky TV Shows (2015-present; based off the same pun-based humour as the Wacky Packages stickers by ArgosyMTM subsidiary Topps)