4 posts and columns on Godfather

Google’s Punit Soni: We’re Not Just Playing Around When It Comes to Social Gaming

in Commerce on February 2 at 10:00 am PT

After finding out yesterday that games contribute a staggering amount to Facebook’s top line, we now know exactly how important the category is to the success of Google’s social plans.
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Viral Video: Team Coco Is Back (Though Bullet-Riddled)

in News on November 9, 2010 at 12:10 am PT

Here is the very funny opening video for the premiere of late-night host Conan O’Brien’s new talk show on TBS. The first line of O’Brien’s monologue was about his Web popularity: “Thank you and welcome to my second annual first show. Yes, I know what you guys are thinking–’Hey, it’s the guy from Twitter.’” It is indeed, and BoomTown could not be more thrilled he is back on television:

Viral Video: The Beast on Oscar Do's and Don'ts

in News on February 19, 2009 at 6:39 am PT

The increasingly entertaining online content site, The Beast, edited by Tina Brown, is getting very good at putting together juicy collections. Besides one on “Seven Great Talk-Show Trainwrecks” recently, it has cued up a nice group of videos of past Oscar speeches in anticipation of the 81st annual awards show this weekend, analyzing what works and what does not.
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The Yahoo Circus Pulls Into Sun Valley Next Week

in News on July 6, 2008 at 4:28 am PT

Starting Tuesday this week, all the major players in the Yahoo-Microsoft-Everyone-And-Their-Mother circus will line their private jets up in Sun Valley for the high-powered 26th annual Allen & Co. confab of tech and media moguls. That would be Microsoft, Yahoo, News Corp., Time Warner (which owns AOL), as well as Google. It could be like that five families sitdown in the “Godfather” movies, except none of the parties can even seem to metaphorically whack each other, as the Yahoo saga drags on interminably.