headquarters los angeles california u.s. parent participant media website official website take part live genre news show created by take part participant media starring meghan mccain and jacob soboroff country of origin united states original language s english no . of seasons 3 production location s los angeles california running time approximately 1 hour production company s participant media distributor participant media release original network pivot picture format 720p hdtv original release 1 august 2013 2013 08 01 18 december 2014 2014 12 18 takepart is the digital division of participant media a motion picture studio that focuses on issues of social justice . takepart was founded in 2008 to promote participant media s films as well as make viewers aware of the social advocacy efforts of participant s outreach partners . 1 contents 1 about the site 2 takepart live 3 references 4 external links about the site edit takepart produces a web site with a daily cycle of original articles blogs and videos on the culture and lifestyle of change . topics of coverage include animals arts food education the environment green tech politics culture health and innovation . the site also provides ways for users to take action on the issues they read about . takepart also offers services including custom content creation and campaign building to ngos and brands looking to create social impact . one of takepart s first media campaigns to win public notice was its activism about the 2008 semi documentary film chicago 10 . 2 in 2009 takepart released giveabit an iphone application which solicits charitable donations for participant media s nonprofit advocacy partners from iphone users once a day . 1 in 2011 advertising executive chad boettcher was hired by participant media to oversee an expanded social action outreach via the takepart web site . 3 4 the takepart.com web site was a major aspect of the marketing campaign for the 2011 motion picture contagion . 5 by year s end more than 2 million people had visited the takepart contagion page . 3 takepart live edit on august 1 2013 pivot tv aired the first episode of takepart live a live show hosted by cara santa maria and jacob soboroff that covered news social media current events and is a component to the website . in january 2014 popular comedian personality tehran von ghasri was added to the permanent live show roster as host adding color commentary academic and worldly perspective . in april 2014 cara santa maria was replaced on the show by meghan mccain and the show moved to a new set . on december 9 2014 it was announced that pivot had cancelled the show due to high production costs . takepart live was also streamed live on the website www.takepart.com live . references edit a b wilhelm ian . new iphone application could help charity fund raising . chronicle of philanthropy . june 15 2009 . kilday gregg . chicago 10 shows now is not too far from then . reuters . february 28 2008 . a b chad boettcher to head social action & advocacy for participant media . marketwatch.com . november 1 2011 . insiders . daily variety . november 21 2011 . cieply michael . achoos of death are film s scourge . new york times . august 8 2011 . external links edit official website on facebook on twitter retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title takepart & oldid 743513269 categories digital media organizationsmedia companies of the united states2013 american television series debuts2014 american television series endingspivot original programmingcompanies based in los angeleshidden categories pages using infobox television with alias parametersarticles created via the article wizard navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 10 october 2016 at 00 34 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view