Jash
Jash (often styled JASH) is an American comedy production company and digital network launched as a YouTube channel in 2013 under YouTube's original-channels initiative, founded by producer Daniel Kellison with comedians Sarah Silverman, Michael Cera, Reggie Watts, and Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim of Tim & Eric.1 • 2 The company itself dates its founding to 2012 under Google's original content initiative, while independent press consistently reports 2013; both dates appear in the record.3 • 1 The name is not an acronym, even though the all-capital styling suggests one.4
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| What it is | Comedy network and production company, described as a "comedy supergroup" and "comedy community"5 • 6 |
| Founding | 2013 as a YouTube channel under the original-channels initiative (company claims 2012)1 • 3 |
| Founders | Daniel Kellison, Doug DeLuca, Mickey Meyer, Fullscreen Inc., plus Silverman, Cera, Watts, Tim & Eric2 |
| Model | Comedians as profit-sharing partners with creative autonomy and partial content ownership2 |
| Ownership | Acquired by Group Nine Media on November 7, 2017; terms not disclosed1 • 7 |
| Financials | Listed annual revenue USD 3,500,000; total funding USD 6,000,000, all from a Series A on August 30, 20167 |
| Today | Co-led by Phillip Wilburn and Ewan Gotfryd with Mickey Meyer, based at Sunset Gower Studios, producing features, series, podcasts, music, live comedy, and cultural experiences3 |
What Jash is
Jash has been described in several ways, and the descriptions track its evolution. At launch it was a YouTube channel; the Los Angeles Times described five comedians who "loosely joined forces" in it, and noted the capital-letter styling that makes it look like an acronym when it is not.4 An animated 2013 introduction by Augenblick Studios called it "a comedy supergroup" featuring Tim & Eric, Sarah Silverman, Michael Cera, and Reggie Watts.5 Trade press later called it "a digital network and comedy community," and the company today describes itself as an entertainment company creating comedy and culture content with a branded approach.6 • 3
The launch itself was played for comedy. An ironically self-important introductory video, hosted by the "president of Google," announced that YouTube was about to "permanently delete all videos from YouTube and start fresh" with Jash, "a comedy network made up of the world's top comedians."4
Founding and business model
Jash was created by comedy producer Daniel Kellison, a former executive producer of Jimmy Kimmel Live and Late Show with David Letterman, along with Doug DeLuca, formerly co-executive producer of Jimmy Kimmel Live, Mickey Meyer, and Fullscreen Inc.1 • 2 The channel was formed in 2013 under YouTube's original-channels initiative.1
The comedian-owned pitch. The model gave the five comedians financing, production resources, editing facilities, and personnel to create online videos at their own pace, with complete creative autonomy over and partial ownership of the content.2 Eric Wareheim described the arrangement to Vulture as a Google/YouTube-funded partnership with Kellison in which the comedians are partners who share in profits: "We're all partners at this company. If it does well, we all make money. It's very cool. It's like a co-op situation."8 Wareheim also framed the channel's editorial stance against the ad-cluttered norm, asking how to make a YouTube channel "that doesn't have a bajillion ads, and people can go and feel COOL again."8
Sarah Silverman put the economics plainly at launch: "This is not a money gig. But you can dream stuff up and then shoot it, and none of it comes out of your pocket."2 JASH launched with a SXSW event including a barbecue brunch, a live Comedy Bang Bang podcast episode, and a panel discussion, staged before much content existed.2
Evolution after 2015 and distribution beyond YouTube
Jash pivoted from a channel into a production company with multi-platform distribution, a journey its CEO described as going "from YouTube comedy channel to full-fledged linear and digital content company and community."1 By April 2016 the YouTube channel itself was, in the Los Angeles Times' description, irregularly maintained in terms of branded material and served more as a hub; that month the creators staged a live festival, Jashfesht, in Palm Springs.4
Partnerships and output. In September 2016 Time Inc. entered a partnership with Jash to create "a multi-platform comedy content creation engine for advertisers," with Jash providing content and comedians and Time Inc. distributing through its digital media offerings, including the People/Entertainment Weekly Network and the Life VR app; Jash expanded into Brooklyn at Time Inc.'s creative lab The Foundry while keeping its Los Angeles headquarters.9 • 6 Jash's original productions were distributed on Jash.com, YouTube, Facebook, Snapchat, Amazon Video Direct, Verizon's Go90, and Pluto TV, and the company produced TV series and specials for Comedy Central, Netflix, TBS, and MTV; CB Insights also lists Twitch among the networks distributing its original series.1 • 10 After Group Nine's acquisition, Jash partnered with the Group Nine brand NowThis on the Facebook Watch show Home Team: The Vegas Golden Knights with the NHL, and on a series featuring comedians interviewing politicians, including Sarah Silverman's Facebook Live question-and-answer session with Bernie Sanders.1
Acquisition. Group Nine Media, the digital media company backed by a $100 million Discovery investment, acquired Jash in November 2017; terms were not disclosed. The 35-employee company remained based in Culver City, California, with CEO Daniel Kellison and president and COO Mickey Meyer reporting to Suzanne Kolb, Group Nine's chief brand officer.1 • 7 Kellison described the deal as realizing the company's "journey from YouTube comedy channel to full-fledged linear and digital content company and community."1
By the numbers
The documented figures are modest for a company with famous founders. JASH's LinkedIn profile lists annual revenue of USD 3,500,000 and total funding of USD 6,000,000, with the entire amount coming from a Series A round of USD 6.0 million on August 30, 2016.7 At the 2017 acquisition the company had 35 employees.1 The acquirer's scale was much larger: Group Nine operated on the strength of a $100 million investment from Discovery.1
Reception and legacy
Jash drew critical attention at launch and again at mid-decade. The Los Angeles Times made the 2016 Jashfesht festival a Critic's Pick, treating the channel as a notable experiment in letting established comedians make internet video on their own terms.4 The same review recorded the practical outcome of the pivot: like many YouTube channels, Jash had become irregularly maintained as a branded outlet and functioned more as a hub, while the company behind it moved into television and streaming production.4 Jash's structure was a co-op, in which the comedians were partners sharing profits.8
Jash today
The company remains active and self-describes as JASH, Inc., an award-winning entertainment company founded in 2012 under Google's original content initiative. It says it was founded by Sarah Silverman, Michael Cera, Reggie Watts, and Tim & Eric, and is co-led by Phillip Wilburn and Ewan Gotfryd, described as Emmy Award-winning internet comedy pioneers, with Mickey Meyer.3 Its stated headquarters moved from Culver City at the time of the 2017 acquisition to the historic Sunset Gower Studios lot off Sunset Boulevard, the former home of Columbia Pictures.1 • 3 The company says it curates "newstalgia" for global audiences, revitalizing genre comedies, innovative storytelling, and unique animation, and produces features, series, podcasts, music, live comedy, and cultural experiences worldwide.7 • 3
References
- Group Nine Media Buys Jash, Digital Comedy Studio Whose Partners Include Sarah Silverman, Variety (2017)
- Meet JASH: Michael Cera, Tim and Eric, Sarah Silverman and Reggie Watts Launch a YouTube Comedy Channel, IndieWire (2013)
- JASH, official site
- Critic's Pick: From Jash to Jashfesht, Los Angeles Times (2016)
- What Is JASH?, Augenblick Studios (2013)
- Time Inc. and Jash partner for comedy content creation, The Drum (2016)
- JASH, LinkedIn company profile
- Talking to Eric Wareheim About JASH and 'Tim & Eric's Bedtime Stories', Vulture (2013)
- Time Inc., Jash Partner To Create Comedy Content For Advertisers, MediaPost (2016)
- Jash, CB Insights company profile
Topic: Encyclopedia › Arts and culture › Screen and stage › Film and television › Series and fictional screen worlds › Unscripted, reality, and web-native series › Web-native and streaming-original series › Comedy, drama, and general-genre web series › Premiered 1999 to 2016
Initially written Oct 3, 2026 · Reviewed: Oct 25, 2026 · Edited: Oct 15, 2026; Oct 21, 2026; Oct 25, 2026 · Last review: Oct 25, 2026
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