Kin Community was created by DECA in 2011 as part of YouTube's $100 million investment in their
YouTube Original Channel Initiative. Kin Community failed to receive follow-on funding from YouTube and instead focussed on selling ads for their network partners, while continuing to create original content. In 2013, Kin Community partnered with
Warner Bros. to represent
The Ellen Show YouTube channel. Kin Community partner, the
Lizzie Bennet Diaries, became the first YouTube series to win a Primetime Emmy, receiving the 2013
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Creative Achievement in Interactive Media-Original Interactive Program. == Kin Studios ==