Junkee Media acquires The Vine, taps former owner to lead new social video product

Junkee Media has acquired pop culture site The Vine and appointed former owner Tom Pitney to lead a new Junkee media product focused on social mobile video.

The announcement follows the refresh of Junkee Media’s website and other media channels last month. Junkee was bought by Ooh Media in June.

Pitney first bought the The Vine title in September 2015 and was able to double its growth in his first six months.