Cameo (website)

Cameo
Type of site	Entertainment
Headquarters	Chicago, Illinois
Owners	Steven Galanis; Martin Blencowe; Devon Spinnler Townsend;
Employees	33 (2023)
URL	www.cameo.com
Launched	March 15, 2017; 7 years ago

Cameo is an American video-sharing website headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. Created in 2016 by Steven Galanis, Martin Blencowe, and Devon Spinnler Townsend, and launched in March 2017, the site allows fans to send some basic information to celebrities, who then use that to send personalized video messages to fans' friends, loved ones, or to the fans themselves.^[1] By May 2020, more than 30,000 celebrities had joined the platform. The company peaked at 400 employees during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, when social distancing during 2020 and 2021 made the service a convenient way to send unique best wishes to friends and family; by July 2023, staff had fallen to 33 people.

^ Hess, Amanda (August 1, 2018). "Now You Can Just Pay Celebrities to Say Stuff". The New York Times. Archived from the original on November 28, 2018. Retrieved June 22, 2019.

[NYTimes-1] Hess, Amanda (August 1, 2018). "Now You Can Just Pay Celebrities to Say Stuff". The New York Times. Archived from the original on November 28, 2018. Retrieved June 22, 2019.

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