{"id":7236,"date":"2014-03-25T14:58:05","date_gmt":"2014-03-25T14:58:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/?p=7236"},"modified":"2022-06-09T12:24:20","modified_gmt":"2022-06-09T11:24:20","slug":"disney-buying-maker-studios-for-over-500-million-plus-450-million-performance-based-compensation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/disney-buying-maker-studios-for-over-500-million-plus-450-million-performance-based-compensation\/","title":{"rendered":"Disney Buying Maker Studios for Over $500 million Plus $450 million performance-based compensation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Disney has acquired Maker Studios for $500 million plus as much as $450 million in additional performance-based compensation.<\/p>\n<p>Maker Studios boasts 380 million subscribers and 5.5 billion views per month across 55,000 channels. Maker Studios was responsible for 9 out of the top 100 most-viewed channels on YouTube in January.<\/p>\n<p>Disney said it expects the deal to close by the end of the second quarter of this year.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/pewdiepie-gaming-youtube-disney-maker-studios.png\" alt=\"pewdiepie gaming youtube disney maker studios\" width=\"447\" height=\"333\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-7237 lazyload\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Disney has acquired Maker Studios for $500 million plus as much as $450 million in additional performance-based compensation. Maker Studios boasts 380 million subscribers and 5.5 billion views per month across 55,000 channels. Maker Studios was responsible for 9 out of the top 100 most-viewed channels on YouTube in January. 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