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Kickstarter Fesses Up: The Crowdsourced Funding Start-Up Has Funding, Too

Peter Kafka in Media on March 17, 2011 at 6:47 pm PT

About $10 million in funding, it turns out. From some pretty high-profile folks, too: Union Square Ventures, Betaworks and lots of angels you’ve heard of. For some reason, the company hasn’t talked about them before. But that’s over now, courtesy of a Wired profile.

Bleacher Report's Brian Grey Talks About New Content Biz, as Patrick Keane Joins Board

Kara Swisher in News on November 24, 2010 at 11:30 am PT

Earlier this week, BoomTown went downtown to the San Francisco HQ of Bleacher Report, one of the many interesting efforts trying to change the way content is made and distributed. Bleacher Report, no surprise, is focused on sports, and competes with sites such as Yardbarker and SB Nation. All take different approaches, with Bleacher Report delivering a grassroots platform for both professional and hobbyist writers who want give their take on any topic about college and professional sports, from the latest draft to explaining what’s the deal with “Fear the Beard.”

Svpply Is a Social Shopping Site With a Funny Name, Good Buzz and a New Funding Round

Peter Kafka in Media on November 22, 2010 at 4:00 am PT

It’s Tumblr meets Amazon! Svpply is a shopping site for stuff you want your friends to know you own, or at least that you’d like to own. Which could be a very good idea–good enough that several start-ups are taking a crack at it.

More Facebook Fun: "If Other Directors Made 'The Social Network'"

Kara Swisher in News on November 17, 2010 at 3:48 pm PT

The folks over at College Humor have completely nailed this one, in a spoof video titled: “If Other Directors Made ‘The Social Network.’” In BoomTown’s critical estimation, it is much better than the original movie about the Silicon Valley social networking giant, especially the Christopher Guest version.

College Humor Gets a New Grown-Up: Time Inc. Digital Dude Paul Greenberg

Peter Kafka in Media on October 7, 2010 at 5:44 am PT

Here’s the new adult supervisor at College Humor, Barry Diller’s much-smarter-than-you’d-think humor site: Paul Greenberg, who most recently has been running digital operations at Time Inc.’s Lifestyle group.

Why TV Still Won’t Embrace the Web Quite Yet

Peter Kafka in Media on June 8, 2010 at 6:30 am PT

You know the answer, right? But just to spell it out: Even two million Hulu eyeballs a week don’t mean much for a hit TV show like “Modern Family.”

Meet Merton, the Chatroulette Piano Guy (Who Isn’t Ben Folds)

Peter Kafka in Media on March 23, 2010 at 1:14 pm PT

How a guy who likes playing piano like Keith Jarrett became Internet famous in a few days. “I guess that’s why they call it viral.”

What Do You Really, Really Want From Your PC?

Peter Kafka in Media on February 23, 2010 at 4:00 am PT

The answers Microsoft doesn’t want to hear.