5 posts and columns on airtime

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Airtime Raises $25M, Brings in Early Hulu Team by Acquiring Their Start-Up, Erly

in Social on May 22 at 9:16 pm PT

Airtime, the soon-to-launch video start-up from the co-founders of Napster, has raised $25 million in Series B funding led by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and including Andreessen Horowitz, Accel Partners, Google Ventures, and the Social + Capital Partnership, as first reported by TechCrunch and confirmed by the company. Airtime also acquired Erly, the young, KP-backed event-photo-sharing start-up created by the early Hulu product team.

Napster Founders’ Airtime to Debut June 5

in Social on May 8 at 10:52 am PT

Sean Parker and Shawn Fanning’s Airtime has invited media to a launch event in New York City on June 5.
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Here Come the First D10 Speakers: New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Entrepreneur Sean Parker, Zynga’s Mark Pincus and More on the Red Hot Seat

in D10 on March 9 at 10:40 am PT

Speakers? We got your speakers right here.
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Sean Parker and Jim Breyer Slam Silicon Valley Funding Glut

in News on November 15, 2011 at 12:53 pm PT

Early Facebook exec Parker and Accel partner Breyer claim that freely available money spreads talent too thinly among too many Internet start-ups, lessening the impact of each company.
Sean Parker and Jim Breyer with Techonomy host David Kirkpatrick

The Winner of the 2008 Election Is … Tina Fey

in News on October 13, 2008 at 2:14 pm PT

“If she wins, I’m done. I can’t do that for four years. And by ‘I’m done,’ I mean I’m leaving Earth.” That’s what Tina Fey had to say about the future of her uncanny impersonation of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin. And while that’s understandable, it’s a pity for “Saturday Night Live,” which has been enjoying record online viewership thanks to Fey’s performances.