The YouTube Next Lab and Audience Development Group, founded as Next New Networks, is a company based in New York City.
Next New was launched in March 2007 by founders Fred Seibert & Emil Rensing, and co-founders Herb Scannell, Timothy Shey and Jed Simmons with $8 million in funding from investors including Spark Capital.
[1] The company was the home to online television networks Barely Political, Channel Frederator, Fast Lane Daily, Pulp Secret, Threadbanger, Vsauce, and Indy Mogul, among others.
[4] Tim Shey, Jed Simmons, and Lance Podell from the NNN management team have started the YouTube Next Lab.
Founder and CEO Fred Seibert resumed as an independent producer at his Frederator Studios company and was named as a new YouTube channel partner in November 2011.