Storyhunter

Glimmer, formerly known as Storyhunter, is a creator management platform and global freelance marketplace for video production services. The platform matches brands and media companies with content creators algorithmically, and is used to hire, manage, message, and pay freelance video producers.[1][2]

Overview

Glimmer was founded in 2012 by Jaron Gilinsky in Brooklyn, New York. Alex Ragir joined him as co-founder that same year.[3][4][5] Glimmer has raised more than $4.2m in venture financing from investors.[6]

In 2015, Glimmer launched a unified video production marketplace and creator management platform.

In 2017, Glimmer and UNESCO launched the "We Are the Media" campaign at UNESCO's World Press Freedom Day conference in Jakarta, Indonesia.[7]

Partnerships

Glimmer has media partnerships with Yahoo and AOL[8][9] The platform has worked with CNN, Time, National Geographic, Group 9 Media, the Weather Channel, Instagram, the Gates Foundation, and Airbnb.[10]

References

  1. ↑ "A New Generation of Correspondents Hustles for Work with the Help of the Web". Nieman Foundation. Retrieved 2020-05-16.
  2. ↑ "New milestones for freelance video journalism platform | Media news". www.journalism.co.uk. 2013-08-09. Retrieved 2020-05-16.
  3. ↑ "Glimmer Venture Capital and Private Equity Financings". www.vcnewsdaily.com. Retrieved 2020-05-10.
  4. ↑ Feifer, Jason (2017-07-31). "How Do You Keep Buyers and Sellers Inside Your Marketplace? (Podcast)". Entrepreneur. Retrieved 2020-05-10.
  5. ↑ "Glimmer - CB Insights". www.cbinsights.com. Retrieved 2020-05-10.
  6. ↑ "Glimmer raises $1.3 million for global talent market for video journalists". VentureBeat. 2017-03-29. Retrieved 2020-05-16.
  7. ↑ "'We Are the Media' Says This Global Group of Journalists in New Campaign From Glimmer and UNESCO". www.adweek.com. Retrieved 2020-05-16.
  8. ↑ "News Video on the Web: A Growing, if Uncertain, Part of News" (PDF). Pew Research Center.
  9. ↑ Horgan, Richard (August 20, 2013). "Video Journalism Startup Adds AOL Channel". www.adweek.com. Retrieved 2020-05-20.
  10. ↑ Hasse, Javier (2017-04-24). "Meet The Startup Behind The Video Content You See On NatGeo, CNN, NBC, Discovery And Others". Benzinga. Retrieved 2020-05-20.
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