page_title: SourceFed
section_title: Hosting
hierarchical_section_title: SourceFed / Hosting
caption_attribution_description: English: Elliott Morgan, Lee Newton, Joe Bereta (left to right), at VidCon 2012.
context_page_description: SourceFed was a YouTube channel and news website created by Philip DeFranco in January 2012 as part of YouTube's $100 million original channel initiative, and was originally produced by James Haffner. SourceFed mainly focused on popular culture, news and technology.
  SourceFed was a part of DeFranco's portfolio of Internet-based media properties, including his own eponymous news YouTube series. That portfolio was named DeFranco Creative and later renamed SourceFed Studios when acquired by Discovery Communications' Revision3.
  On March 20, 2017, the cancellation of SourceFed, along with its SourceFed Nerd and People Be Like spinoffs, was announced. The closure of the SourceFed Studios network was decided by the newly formed Group Nine Media, led by Discovery Communications, which was formed as a merger between SourceFed Studios and four other networks in October 2016. The final SourceFed video was a farewell live-stream broadcast on March 24, 2017. Around the time of the closure of SourceFed Studios, the SourceFed channel had accumulated over 1.7 million subscriptions and 900 million video views.
context_section_description: When the channel launched in 2012, YouTube content creator Joe Bereta of Barats and Bereta, actor Elliott Morgan, and comedian Lee Newton, were introduced as the original three hosts of SourceFed. DeFranco, who hand-selected the three, also appeared as a host for the channel's first two weeks. DeFranco also hand-selected a second batch of three hosts (Trisha Hershberger, Meg Turney, and Steve Zaragoza) who debuted on the channel in 2012. After the launch of Nerd, Bereta, Morgan, and Newton primarily hosted on the main SourceFed news channel; Hershberger, Turney, and Zaragoza primarily hosted on the Nerd channel. All but Zaragoza would eventually leave the channel throughout 2014 and 2015. However, these hosts later made guest appearances on the channel after their departures, and Morgan specifically was briefly brought back on the main channel to host The Study.
  Ross Everett was introduced as the seventh on-camera host, after spending time as a writer for the series. In April 2014, DeFranco announced Everett was moved back to his writing position. However, near the end of the month, Everett announced his departure from SourceFed in a Tumblr blog post. Amidst the 2014 departures of Everett, Morgan, and Turney, SourceFed brought on William Haynes, Matt Lieberman, and Reina Scully in March 2014, serving as the de facto replacements for the former. While Haynes and Lieberman stayed on with SourceFed through its cancellation, Scully left the company in August 2016.
  With Bereta, Hershberger, and Newton's departures in late 2014 and early 2015, new hosts were brought on. On February 24, 2015, Sam Bashor accepted an offer to become an official host on the SourceFed and Nerd channels. He was previously a writer for the channels and made several appearances in videos. He was also the host for DeFranco's merchandising branch, ForHumanPeoples, which he would leave to join SourceFed as a host. Early 2015 would also see YouTube personalities Steven Suptic and Bree Essrig, as well as Australian TV & radio host Maude Garrett join SourceFed. While Essrig and Garrett joined Bashor in hosting on SourceFed and Nerd, Suptic joined to launch the gaming-focused sister channel, SuperPanicFrenzy (SPF). In addition to Suptic, Scully would also be a presence on SPF. Additionally in 2015, Haynes, Liberman, and Essrig began hosting and producing content for separate sister channels; Haynes worked on People Be Like (PBL), and Lieberman and Essrig worked on Nuclear Family.
  Early 2016 saw Mike Falzone join the main channel as the host of a revised form of #TableTalk, which was brought back to SourceFed's main channel content output. SPF was shut down in April 2016, causing Suptic to be temporarily released from the staff and Scully to return as a host on the Nerd channel. In June, Yessica Hernandez-Cruz was introduced as William Haynes' co-host on PBL. In addition to Scully's departure, Garrett also left the Nerd channel in August. Coinciding with their departures, Ava Gordy and Candance Carrizales were introduced as hosts on the main SourceFed channel. Additionally, recurring SourceFed guest Whitney Moore, and writer and comedian Filup Molina joined Bashor as full-time hosts on the Nerd channel. Suptic was brought back on the staff in September.
  Host timeline
  Guest hosts
  
  
   
  Keith Jordan (February 14, 2012)
  Harley Morenstein (March 5, 2012 and April 4, 2013)
  George Watsky (May 1, 2012, SF Nerd; April 7, 2014 and August 12, 2014)
  The Gregory Brothers (Michael, Andrew, Evan and Sarah Gregory) (June 26, 2012)
  Sean Klitzner (October 10, 2012)
  Timothy Ferriss (November 19, 2012)
  Grace Helbig (June 10, 2013; 2 episodes)
  Laci Green (July 25, 2013)
  Rhett and Link (Rhett McLaughlin and Link Neal) (September 5, 2013)
  Megan Batoon (March 10 and July 29, 2015)
caption: From left to right: Morgan, Newton, and Bereta, the original three hosts of SourceFed
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