Via The Wrap:
CNN has purchased the technology and team behind Beme, a social sharing app popular with millennials, as it aims to increase user-generated content.
YouTube personality Casey Neistat and former Tumblr VP of Engineering Matt Hackett created Beme, which will become part of CNN on Jan. 31. The company will no longer operate independently after the takeover.
“Hearing voices and seeing perspectives far from your own matters. These principles, on which Beme was built, will form the core of our mission as a part of CNN,” Hackett said in a blog post.