Disney Digital

Maker Studios is a company co-founded by Danny Zappin, Ben Donovan, Lisa Donovan, KassemG and Shay Butler, and now owned by Disney. Maker is dedicated to help cultivate new talent, take existing talent to the next level and build lasting brands with engaged audiences. On March 24, 2014, Maker Studios was bought by The Walt Disney Company for $500 million dollars.

Current productions/members
The company funds and produces Epic Rap Battles of History, as well as many other popular channels, including KassemG, Timothy Delaghetto, PewDiePie and many others. Maker also signed in Snoop Dogg and his YouTube channel 'WestFestTV'. Maker is developing sustainable programming and building large audiences on YouTube with over 7.5 million subscribers and 700 million monthly views across more than 1,800 channels. Offerings to partners include development, production, promotion, distribution, sales, marketing and enterprise.

Past members
Ray William Johnson was originally a member, but quit Maker Studios in early November 2012 and he finished hosting his famous YouTube series =3 at his own studio, Runaway Planet, with his girlfriend, Anna, until retiring from hosting it in March 2014.