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Rise & Ruin press kit

Everything you need to write about, feature or partner with Rise & Ruin.

About Rise & Ruin

Rise & Ruin is an independent YouTube channel of short, sourced documentaries about how business empires rise and why they fall. Each episode, called an Empire File, tells the story of one company, from Nokia and Blockbuster to Enron, Lehman Brothers and Pan Am, and ends with three lessons for founders, investors and anyone who works inside a big company. Rise & Ruin was founded in 2026 by M J.

Free to quote as written.

Quick facts

Format

Short documentaries (Empire Files) plus vertical Shorts.

Topics

Business history: collapses, scandals, missed shifts and the occasional comeback.

Standards

Every fact sourced and independently checked. Read our standards.

Narration

AI-generated voice reading original scripts. Research, writing and animation are done in house.

Mascot

Rex, a cracked gold crown. He cracks open at every story's turning point.

Where

YouTube @riseundruin, with Shorts on Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, Threads, Bluesky and Pinterest.

Logo files

Please do not recolor, stretch or redraw the logo. Use it on dark backgrounds where possible.

Rex, transparent

Rex mark, transparentPNG, 600 x 600

Logo on darkPNG, 800 x 800

Rise & Ruin banner

Channel bannerPNG, 2560 x 1440

Brand colors

Crown gold#F0B62C

Dark gold#CD9119

Stamp red#CE2626

Cream#F6EEDE

Ink#181412

Fonts: Anton (headlines), Special Elite (file labels), Inter (text).

Work with us

Sponsorships, licensing, research partnerships, interviews or a story we should cover.

Contact Rise & Ruin See the channel