wikipedia s general notability guideline . please help to establish notability by citing reliable secondary sources that are independent of the topic and provide significant coverage of it beyond its mere trivial mention . if notability can not be established the article is likely to be merged redirected or deleted . find sources aniboom news newspapers books scholar jstor free images august 2016 learn how and when to remove this template message aniboom type limited liability company founded january 2006 headquarters tel aviv israel san francisco california key people uri shinar founder & ceo slogan s home of animation website aniboom facebook page alexa rank 249 372 april 2014 update 1 type of site animation studio registration optional required to upload rate and comment on videos launched november 24 2006 2006 11 24 current status defunct aniboom was an online animation studio which distributed independent animated short films and occasionally co produced them . 2 3 it was founded in 2006 by former israeli television executive uri shinar . 4 2 within three years over 13 000 clips were released through the studio at which point the new york times described aniboom s business structure as perhaps the largest example of crowdsourcing in the entertainment industry . 4 the studio s website went live in late september 2006 . it s official launch was not announced however until november 24 of that year . 5 the launch was accompanied by a contest running through january 30 of the following year in which the creators of the website s most highly rated films up to that point received monetary prizes . 5 6 over the following years similar contests were held 7 8 and aniboom expanded its online presence to include channels on joost and youtube . 3 7 in 2008 the studio raised 10 million in investor funding . 9 the aniboom short live music was picked up by sony for theatrical distribution in 2009 as an opener for planet 51 . 4 the same year aniboom ran a competition in partnership with the fox broadcasting company the best holiday themed short film as chosen by fox executives would win 15 000 and the possibility of a development deal . 4 10 11 the contest was won by jay malone for the short film santa intervention . 12 13 however as of 2016 the official website has closed and the official youtube channel has been terminated . references edit aniboom.com site info . alexa internet . retrieved 2014 04 01 . a b roi carthy january 11 2008 . aniboom s animation studio ambitions . techcrunch . retrieved august 17 2016 . a b michele gershberg august 20 2007 . animation site animboom launches youtube channel . reuters . retrieved august 17 2016 . a b c d barnes brooks 2009 07 16 . an animated film is created through internet consensus . the new york times . issn 0362 4331 . retrieved 2016 08 16 . a b michael arrington november 23 2006 . animated short films on aniboom . techcrunch . retrieved august 17 2016 . aniboom staff . aniboom awards 2006 . aniboom . archived from the original on december 10 2006 . a b erick schonfeld october 10 2007 . aniboom gets its own channel on joost . techcrunch . retrieved august 17 2016 . annemarie moody september 18 2008 . third annual aniboom awards open for submissions . animation world network . retrieved august 17 2016 . erick schonfeld . aniboom believed to raise 10 million from dfj . techcrunch . retrieved 2016 08 16 . erick schonfeld may 18 2009 . fox television tries to crowdsource cartoons through aniboom . techcrunch . retrieved august 17 2016 . tom mclean may 18 2009 . fox aniboom seek holiday special ideas . animation magazine . retrieved august 17 2016 . aniboom staff . fox aniboom holiday animation challenge grand prize winner jay malone . aniboom . archived from the original on january 11 2010 . matt kapko november 23 2009 . fox to award development deal to winner of fox aniboom holiday animation challenge . animation world network . retrieved august 17 2016 . external links edit aniboom 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