{"id":30815,"date":"2023-06-21T21:15:03","date_gmt":"2023-06-21T20:15:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.xtremeservers.com\/blog\/smosh-co-founders-buy-back-popular-video-game-lets-play-channel-12-years-later\/"},"modified":"2023-06-21T21:15:03","modified_gmt":"2023-06-21T20:15:03","slug":"smosh-co-founders-buy-back-popular-video-game-lets-play-channel-12-years-later","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.xtremeservers.com\/blog\/smosh-co-founders-buy-back-popular-video-game-lets-play-channel-12-years-later\/","title":{"rendered":"Smosh Co-Founders Buy Back Popular Video Game Let&#8217;s Play Channel 12 Years Later"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Ian Hecox and Anthony Padilla, the co-founders behind the formative YouTube let\u2019s play and sketch comedy channel, Smosh, broke the internet with the surprising announcement that they bought their old channel back from fellow comedic YouTubers Rhett &amp; Link.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kotaku.com\/smosh-anthony-padilla-ian-hecox-bought-sketch-youtube-1850562335\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Source &#8211; kotaku.com<\/p>\n<p>All content and images belong to their respected owners. 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