JibJab facts for kids
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| Type of business | Private |
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Type of site
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Humor |
| Available in | English |
| Founded | 1999 |
| Headquarters |
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U.S.
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| Key people | Evan Spiridellis, Founder Gregg Spridellis, Founder & CEO |
| Employees | At least 90 |
| Website | http://www.jibjab.com |
| Registration | Optional |
| Launched | 1999 |
| Current status | Active |
JibJab is a digital entertainment studio based in Los Angeles, California. Founded in 1999 by brothers Evan and Gregg Spiridellis, it first achieved widespread attention during the 2004 US presidential election when their video of George W. Bush and John Kerry singing This Land Is Your Land became a viral hit.
Initially known for political and social satire, JibJab produced commercials and shorts for clients such as Sony, Noggin, and Disney before focusing on its now-flagship personalized eCard and messaging services. In 2016, its animated sticker-making app - which has been available since 2014 - became the top IMessage App Store app by download growth.
In 2012, JibJab also expanded into the children's educational market with its multi-platform learning program, StoryBots, which has since spawned two Netflix TV series, Ask the StoryBots and StoryBots Super Songs.
E-cards & Messaging
Starting in 2007, JibJab began its focus on personalized eCards and videos, letting users place insert photographs of their faces into humorous birthday cards, holiday greetings and congratulatory notes and send them to other people as e-cards or "sendables".
Initially, this included branded personalized videos, including working with OfficeMax on the video site Elf Yourself, where an uploaded photo is put onto a singing and dancing elf, as well as partnerships with Star Wars (for the 30th anniversary of The Empire Strikes Back) and Mad Men. In addition to greeting eCards, JibJab has also extended its personalization technology to popular music videos.
Since launching its eCard service, more than 100 million people have visited JibJab's website annually. In 2014, the company launched a messaging app for personalized animated GIFs, available on both IOS and Android platforms. In 2016, the JibJab app was one of the first mobile apps to be enable for IMessage and was ranked first among them in download growth.
StoryBots
In 2012, JibJab expanded into the children's educational market with its multi-platform learning program, StoryBots. The brand currently includes a library of IOS and web-based educational content, as well as two Netflix television series, Ask the StoryBots and StoryBots Super Songs.
Images for kids
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Evan & Gregg Spiridellis at Entertainment Gathering 2010
