What is Beme (company)?
{{about||the now-defunct application with the same name|Beme (app)}} {{Infobox company | name = Beme Inc. | logo = Beme Inc. Logo.svg | type = [[Subsidiary]] | industry = [[Technology]]<br>[[Social media]]<br>[[News]] | fate = Merged with [[ABC Studios]] | founded = {{Start date and age|2014}} in [[New York City]], [[New York (state)|New York]], U.S. | founder = [[Casey Neistat]]<br>Matt Hackett | defunct = {{End date and age|2018|01|25}} | location = [[CNN Center]] | location_city = [[Atlanta]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]] | location_country = U.S. | area_served = Worldwide | key_people = [[Casey Neistat]]<br>([[Executive Producer]]) | products = Beme News<br>Beme Panels<br>[[Beme (app)]]<br>Exit Poll Live | owner = | num_employees = | parent = [[ABC News]] (2022–present) | website = beme.com ([https://web.archive.org/web/20180612140509/https://beme.com]) }} '''Beme Inc.''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|b|iː|m}}) (pronounced as 'be me'), stylized as '''beme''', was a multimedia company founded by Matt Hackett and [[Casey Neistat]], a vlogger and short film maker on [[YouTube]].<ref>{{Cite web|title = Casey Neistat's Video App Avoids the Artificial Self-Image - artnet News|url = https://news.artnet.com/art-world/casey-neistats-new-video-app-asks-renounce-artificial-self-image-327383|website = artnet News|access-date = 2016-01-15|language = en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title = Casey Neistat - Youtube|url = https://www.youtube.com/user/caseyneistat|website = YouTube|access-date= 2018-10-20|language = en}}</ref> Beme Inc. was the creator of the [[mobile app]] [[Beme (app)|Beme]]. On November 28, 2016, [[CNN]] announced that it would acquire Beme.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Spangler|first1=Todd|title=CNN Acquires Social-Video Startup Beme, Co-Founded by YouTube Star Casey Neistat|url=https://variety.com/2016/digital/news/cnn-casey-neistat-beme-acquisition-1201927533/|website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=28 November 2016}}</ref> CNN intended to invest in the company and create a new brand focused on a young audience.<ref>{{cite