Atom

Is a video sharing website which specialises in comedy. The website is an award winning broadband network offering short subject films and animations. The company was founded in 1998 in Seattle by Mika Salmi, until it was the subject of a buyout by MTV in 2006. One of atoms biggest names was the independent series called angry kid, which has a huge online fan base. After the buyout atom joined a partnership with comedy central to have a weekly show, which would showcase the best of short films and animations on the website.

Atom shows a mix of both mainstream and indie media although the company originally specialised in indie media, but ever since its buyout by MTV the amount of indie media has began to shrink. Atom films have been around for over ten years looking for amazing comedy. Atoms formula for creating amazing shows is simple “Find talented people, make them famous across the Web and beyond, and pay them well”. Overall I feel the website is a good way to showcase comic work. The website has a number of followers and fans both on it twitter and facebook pages.