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Break

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Break

1998

01

January

Break.com was founded.

2006

01

January

Break.com introduced a new file hosting system for its users to share their files.

2006

01

August

Break.com and Showtime partnered to promote Weeds by encouraging users to upload original videos matching the themes of the show

2007

01

March

Break.com signed a contract with NBCU Digital Studios to develop a streaming broadband series that would be featured on the site but be titled Breakers.

2007

01

April

The site made a deal with Fear Factor and Big Brother producer Endemol USA to create a new show called Record Breakers.

2008

01

July

The site was one of the 300 most viewed sites globally.

2009

01

July

They partnered up with G4's Web Soup for their "This Week In FAIL" segment.

2010

01

February

They purchased the PC game mod hosting network FileFront.com, which was previously owned by Ziff Davis Media.

2018

01

March

Break.com mysteriously disabled all comments, user uploads and user pages on their site, putting an end to any kind of user interaction or participation.

Parent company Defy Media declared that it was terminating all operations.