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Find sources: "Meez" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (January 2010) (Learn how and when to remove this message) Meez Type of site Avatar Dissolved December 2017 Headquarters San Francisco, California[1] Owner Donnerwood Media Key people Sean Ryan (founder) URL www.meez.com Commercial No Registration Required Launched March 28, 2006 Current status Defunct **Meez** was a [free-to-play](/source/Free-to-play) [virtual world](/source/Virtual_world)[2] that launched on March 28, 2006. Meez was developed by Donnerwood Media (a company based in [San Francisco, California](/source/San_Francisco%2C_California), that were also the license-holders for Tringo) as an "online entertainment" [social networking service](/source/Social_networking_service). It was founded by Sean Ryan,[3] the former vice president of the music service [RealNetworks](/source/RealNetworks). Meez's CEO, John Cahill, was a former [Yahoo](/source/Yahoo) executive. Meez's main draw was the Meez Nation, where users could visit several regions, known as "Hoods", to chat with other users in chat rooms.[4] Meez had over three million unique users, who would spend 60 hours a month on the site. There were 13 million registered Meez users by the time the site had become discontinued, 90% of whom were in the United States.[5] Meez advertisers included Nike, Rocawear, Domo, Coast, the NBA and the NHL.[6] *[MIS Quarterly](/source/MIS_Quarterly)* estimated that its users were primarily children and teenagers.[2] In 2007, Meez was named one of the Internet's five worst websites by [TIME](/source/Time_(magazine)).[7] ## Shut down Meez went offline in December 2017,[8] with no warning to its users, and its site domain later expired in March 2018. Donnerwood Media has not given any statements about how or why Meez was taken offline. ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-Thefreelibrary.com_1-0)** ["Meez Launches Virtual World - Meez Nation"](https://www.thefreelibrary.com/MEEZ+LAUNCHES+VIRTUAL+WORLD+-+MEEZ+NATION.-a0180669542). *Thefreelibrary.com*. 2008-07-01. 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-:0_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-:0_2-1) Roquilly, Christophe (2011). ["Control Over Virtual Worlds by Game Companies: Issues and Recommendations"](https://www.jstor.org/stable/23042802). *[MIS Quarterly](/source/MIS_Quarterly)*. **35** (3): 653–671. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.2307/23042802](https://doi.org/10.2307%2F23042802). [ISSN](/source/ISSN_(identifier)) [0276-7783](https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0276-7783). [JSTOR](/source/JSTOR_(identifier)) [23042802](https://www.jstor.org/stable/23042802). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Rachel Rosmarin (2006-03-28). ["Express Yourself – For A Fee"](https://www.forbes.com/digitalentertainment/2006/03/27/aol-yahoo-chat-cx_rr_0328meez.html). *[Forbes](/source/Forbes)*.{{[cite web](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_web)}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service ([link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_deprecated_archival_service)) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Meez: Virtual World"](https://web.archive.org/web/20120717045136/http://www.meez.com/virtual-world.dm). *www.meez.com*. Archived from [the original](http://www.meez.com/virtual-world.dm) on 2012-07-17. Retrieved 2012-07-19. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** Nick O'Neill (2009-10-20). ["Meez Becomes Profitable With 3 Million Monthly Users"](http://www.socialtimes.com/2009/10/meez-becomes-profitable-with-3-million-monthly-users/). Socialtimes.com. Retrieved 2012-07-04. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** Dean Takahashi (2009-10-20). ["Meez teen virtual playground integrated into MySpace"](https://venturebeat.com/2009/10/20/meez-teen-virtual-playground-integrated-into-myspace/). *[VentureBeat](/source/VentureBeat)*. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["5 Worst Websites"](https://content.time.com/time/specials/2007/article/0,28804,1638344_1638341_1638338,00.html). *[Time](/source/Time_(magazine))*. 2007-07-09. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** Chinyere Ibeh (2021-03-09). ["10 Computer Games that Should Bring Back Memories"](https://www.hercampus.com/school/depaul/10-computer-games-should-bring-back-memories/). *[Her Campus](/source/Her_Campus)*. ## External links ### Reviews - ["Express Yourself – For a fee"](https://www.forbes.com/digitalentertainment/2006/03/27/aol-yahoo-chat-cx_rr_0328meez.html) - ["Virtual Wardrobe: Get your alter ego all dolled up"](https://www.sfgate.com/living/article/VIRTUAL-WARDROBE-Get-your-alter-ego-all-dolled-2552540.php) - ["Break-dance online with Meez.com"](https://web.archive.org/web/20070629215729/http://zdnet.com.com/1606-2-6113924.html) --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Meez](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meez) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meez?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.