Scribd is a world-famous community website for uploading and sharing online documents. It was founded in Silicon Valley in 2007 by Trip Adler, Jared Friedman, and Tikhon Bernstam. The website is based on the concept of "allowing people to easily share and publish documents online" and is currently among the top 300 websites in the world.

Time Warner Inc. is a giant in the global multimedia and entertainment fields. Its business covers publishing, movies, television, magazines and other industries, including TIME, Sports Illustrated, Fortune Magazine, Life Magazine, CNN, Famous media such as HBO, DC Comics, and Warner Bros. are all owned by Time Warner. In 2000, Time Warner and AOL merged to form AOL Time Warner; they later separated in 2009.