Means (company)

Means, LLC
Means TV Logo
Type of businessWorker cooperative
Type of site
OTT platform, Video game publishing
FoundedMarch 21, 2019; 5 years ago (2019-03-21)
HeadquartersPortland, Maine
Founder(s)Naomi Burton and Nick Hayes
Products
Services
URLmeans.tv
CommercialYes
RegistrationRequired
LaunchedFebruary 26, 2020; 4 years ago (2020-02-26)

Means, LLC (also known as The Means Cooperative) is an American mass media worker cooperative. Means was founded in 2019 by filmmakers Naomi Burton and Nick Hayes in Detroit[1] as an expansion of their video production company Means of Production.[2] Means currently has two arms, a subscription streaming service offering Means TV and a video game publishing arm via Means Interactive.

  1. ^ Wilson, Christopher (17 May 2019). "The Couple Behind The Viral AOC Ad Plans A Streaming Channel For Socialists". HuffPost.
  2. ^ Caccavaro, Dan (6 March 2020). "The Founders of Means TV on Their Post-Capitalist Streaming Service". Hour Detroit Magazine.