{"type":"link","asset_type":"article","version":"1.0","cache_age":3600,"provider_name":"CANVAS Arts","provider_url":"https:\/\/artscanvas.org","title":"Stephen Wilhite, inventor of the GIF format, has died","publication_date":"March 24, 2022","summary":"Wilhite, who lived in Milford, Ohio, won a Webby lifetime achievement award in 2013 for inventing the GIF, which decades after its creation became omnipresent in memes and on social media, often used as a cheeky representation of a cultural moment.","author_name":"By Tali Arbel, Associated Press","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/cdn.artscanvas.org\/static\/2022\/03\/f1f41570513a235efb2703da3c79d167-GettyImages-169204854-1024x776.jpg","thumbnail_height":776,"thumbnail_width":1024}