<s>
RYOT	B-Application
(	O
or	O
,	O
riot	O
)	O
is	O
an	O
American	O
immersive	O
media	O
company	O
founded	O
in	O
2012	O
by	O
Bryn	O
Mooser	O
,	O
David	O
Darg	O
,	O
Molly	O
DeWolf	O
Swenson	O
and	O
Martha	O
Rogers	O
,	O
based	O
in	O
Los	O
Angeles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
specializes	O
in	O
documentary	O
film	O
production	O
,	O
commercial	O
production	O
,	O
virtual	B-Application
reality	I-Application
and	O
augmented	B-General_Concept
reality	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
April	O
2016	O
,	O
RYOT	B-Application
was	O
acquired	O
by	O
HuffPost	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
May	O
2021	O
,	O
RYOT	B-Application
was	O
acquired	O
by	O
Apollo	O
Global	O
Management	O
alongside	O
other	O
Verizon	O
Media	O
properties	O
for	O
$5	O
billion	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
working	O
alongside	O
each	O
other	O
and	O
becoming	O
friends	O
,	O
Mooser	O
and	O
Darg	O
had	O
the	O
idea	O
to	O
create	O
a	O
baseball	B-Application
league	O
for	O
the	O
young	O
boys	O
of	O
the	O
Tabarre	O
neighborhood	O
of	O
Port-au-Prince	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Celebrity	O
activists	O
Olivia	O
Wilde	O
,	O
Ian	O
Somerhalder	O
,	O
Ben	O
Stiller	O
and	O
Sophia	O
Bush	O
were	O
early	O
supporters	O
of	O
RYOT	B-Application
and	O
endorse	O
their	O
efforts	O
worldwide	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Olivia	O
Wilde	O
and	O
Elon	O
Musk	O
are	O
Executive	O
Producers	O
on	O
numerous	O
RYOT	B-Application
Films	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
RYOT	B-Application
began	O
producing	O
360/VR	O
videos	O
for	O
other	O
media	O
organizations	O
,	O
advertisers	O
and	O
nonprofits	O
in	O
2015	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
RYOT	B-Application
is	O
credited	O
as	O
the	O
first	O
company	O
to	O
capture	O
in	O
360	O
video	O
,	O
1	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
RYOT	B-Application
has	O
received	O
numerous	O
awards	O
for	O
its	O
documentary	O
filmmaking	O
,	O
including	O
two	O
consecutive	O
Oscar	O
nominations	O
for	O
Best	O
Documentary	O
Short	O
(	O
2016	O
&	O
2017	O
)	O
,	O
a	O
Peabody	O
nomination	O
and	O
an	O
Emmy	O
nomination	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
RYOT	B-Application
Studio	O
is	O
Verizon	O
Media	O
's	O
in-house	O
branded	O
content	O
agency	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
RYOT	B-Application
Films	I-Application
creates	O
award-winning	O
content	O
in	O
traditional	O
&	O
immersive	O
formats	O
across	O
film	O
,	O
TV	O
,	O
digital	O
,	O
and	O
VR	O
,	O
producing	O
content	O
for	O
nonprofits	O
and	O
brand	O
partners	O
including	O
The	O
New	O
York	O
Times	O
,	O
NPR	O
,	O
The	O
Associated	O
Press	O
,	O
Huffington	O
Post	O
and	O
Sierra	O
Club	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
RYOT	B-Application
Lab	O
is	O
Verizon	O
Media	O
’s	O
technology	O
and	O
innovation	O
hub	O
for	O
emerging	O
technologies	O
,	O
in	O
partnership	O
with	O
Verizon	O
Lab	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
RYOT	B-Application
Films	I-Application
was	O
nominated	O
for	O
an	O
Academy	O
Award	O
for	O
Best	O
Documentary	O
(	O
Short	O
Subject	O
)	O
for	O
Body	O
Team	O
12	O
in	O
January	O
2016	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mooser	O
and	O
Darg	O
documented	O
their	O
work	O
with	O
the	O
young	O
boys	O
in	O
Haiti	O
in	O
their	O
Tribeca	O
award-winning	O
film	O
Baseball	B-Application
in	O
the	O
Time	O
of	O
Cholera	O
,	O
which	O
follows	O
the	O
rise	O
of	O
the	O
Tabarre	O
Tigers	O
and	O
the	O
concurrent	O
outbreak	O
of	O
Cholera	O
in	O
Haiti	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Executive-produced	O
by	O
Olivia	O
Wilde	O
and	O
Paul	O
Allen	O
,	O
RYOT	B-Application
's	O
Oscar-nominated	O
Body	O
Team	O
12	O
profiles	O
a	O
young	O
Liberian	O
health	O
worker	O
who	O
collects	O
the	O
bodies	O
of	O
the	O
dead	O
in	O
Monrovia	O
at	O
the	O
height	O
of	O
the	O
Ebola	O
outbreak	O
in	O
2014	O
,	O
and	O
won	O
Best	O
Short	O
Documentary	O
at	O
the	O
Tribeca	O
Film	O
Festival	O
2015	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Painter	O
of	O
Jalouzi	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
documentary	O
to	O
be	O
shot	O
entirely	O
on	O
an	O
iPhone	B-Operating_System
6S	I-Operating_System
Plus	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
