Benedict Townsend

This is a Global Player Original Podcast. Do you remember Vine? In 2013, a humble video editing app launched that changed internet culture forever. Six-second videos, pure chaos, no time to overthink. And somehow, it worked. Vine birthed internet legends and villains, viral memes you still quote today, and laid the early foundations for our TikTok scroll spiral.

This is a Global Player Original Podcast. Do you remember Vine? In 2013, a humble video editing app launched that changed internet culture forever. Six-second videos, pure chaos, no time to overthink. And somehow, it worked. Vine birthed internet legends and villains, viral memes you still quote today, and laid the early foundations for our TikTok scroll spiral.

Then, just three years later, it was gone. No warning, no goodbyes, just a total shutdown. People say it was the money. Others say it was blackmail or sabotage. But after speaking to creators, insiders, even a Vine founder, it turns out the truth is far more complicated and far crazier than any of that. To be honest, the answer to who really got rid of Vine...

Then, just three years later, it was gone. No warning, no goodbyes, just a total shutdown. People say it was the money. Others say it was blackmail or sabotage. But after speaking to creators, insiders, even a Vine founder, it turns out the truth is far more complicated and far crazier than any of that. To be honest, the answer to who really got rid of Vine...

It's probably going to make you a little mad. It's a wild ride into genius and betrayal. Profit over creativity and the real power of influence. I'm Benedict Townsend. This is Vine. Six seconds that change the world. A deep dive into how the best app on the internet lived fast and died weird. Launching the 23rd of April. Listen on Global Player or wherever you get your podcasts.

It's probably going to make you a little mad. It's a wild ride into genius and betrayal. Profit over creativity and the real power of influence. I'm Benedict Townsend. This is Vine. Six seconds that change the world. A deep dive into how the best app on the internet lived fast and died weird. Launching the 23rd of April. Listen on Global Player or wherever you get your podcasts.

This is a Global Player original podcast.

This is a Global Player original podcast.