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Exclusive: BermanBraun Buys Most of Shelby Bonnie’s Whiskey Media

Kara Swisher in Media on March 15 at 9:30 am PT

Can’t we all just get along? Yes! Hollywood grabs a piece of Silicon Valley content tech.

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

Kara Swisher in D10 on March 9 at 10:40 am PT

Speakers? We got your speakers right here.

Viral Video: Packers’ Wins Make Little Girls Cry

Kara Swisher in Media on November 21, 2011 at 1:00 am PT

Those cheeseheads can be cruel.

Yahoo’s Product Runway: Are You In or Out?

Kara Swisher in Media on November 2, 2011 at 10:41 am PT

I am here at Yahoo HQ in Sunnyvale, Calif., to check out “Product Runway,” which is the Silicon Valley Internet giant’s attempt to show that it can still innovate.

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AppRats Can Make You Huge on YouTube–It Hopes…

Drake Martinet, Associate Editor, All Things Digital in News on January 3, 2011 at 9:05 am PT

Want to get huge on YouTube? Does interacting with thousands of 13-year-old Web kids sound like your idea of fun? Do you count your “views” in the millions? If the answer is yes, then AppRats has an app for that.

Viral Video: Ustream's Top 10 Live Moments of 2010 (From Chilean Miners to Justin Bieber)

Kara Swisher in News on December 17, 2010 at 11:02 am PT

Here’s a really fun video of Ustream’s top 10 live moments of 2010. The most-watched stream was, no surprise, the rescue of the Chilean miners, but Justin Bieber and Kayne West also scored.

Viral Video: "Fast Five" Trailer Debuts on Vin Diesel's Facebook Fan Page

Kara Swisher in News on December 16, 2010 at 12:30 am PT

There are certainly a lot of movie trailers on the Web, but this one made its first appearance on the Facebook fan page of its meaty star. That would be action star Vin Diesel, who is the star of the “Fast and Furious” car thief series and has–no, really, including BoomTown–20 million fans on the social networking site.

Viral Video: Keith Olbermann's Non-Apologetic Apology

Kara Swisher in News on November 10, 2010 at 12:40 am PT

MSNBC cable television host Keith Olbermann was back on the air last night after a short suspension and chatting up a storm–as usual, almost entirely about himself. This time it was supposedly to apologize for handing over some dough in support of a trio of Democratic candidates, which is against NBC ethical guidelines for its news folk. It turned into more of a pat on the back.

Exclusive: SB Nation Raises $10.5 Million in Khosla Ventures-Led Series C Round

Kara Swisher in News on November 8, 2010 at 12:02 am PT

SB Nation, the Washington, D.C.-based sports blog and news start-up, has just completed a $10.5 million Series C round, which is being led by Khosla Ventures, according to sources. SB Nation has already raised about $13 million in total venture funding from Accel Partners, Allen & Company, Comcast Interactive Capital, as well as angel investors such as Ted Leonsis and others in Silicon Valley.

The My-Fill-In-the-Space Reset Is Here, as Struggling Social Network Morphs Into Entertainment Hub

Kara Swisher in News on October 26, 2010 at 10:56 pm PT

Empty bracket or no empty bracket: Will it work? That’s pretty much the big question at News Corp. tonight, as its much beleaguered social networking site, Myspace, rolls out a new beta version aimed at shifting its fortunes. And how will it do that? By moving dramatically away from its roots as a social networking site–and far, far away from powerhouse Facebook–and becoming a “social entertainment” hub aimed directly at the Gen Y audience.