6 posts and columns on JibJab Media

JibJab's Latest Video Spoof: "He's Barack Obama"

in News on June 19, 2009 at 6:43 pm PT

Here is the latest video from the fine folks at JibJab Media, whose online political satires were among the first viral ones on the Web. Titled “He’s Barack Obama,” it premiered tonight in front of the President at the 65th Radio and Television Correspondents Dinner in Washington, D.C. The two-minute Obama video is being launched in conjunction with JibJab’s Facebook Connect integration, so all comments on the video will run through Facebook’s platform.
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JibJab's Latest Election Video: "Time for Some Campaignin'"

in News on July 17, 2008 at 7:36 am PT

Here’s the latest election spoof video from the folks at JibJab Media, called “Time for Some Campaignin.’” At the end of the video, BoomTown included the face of our favorite Internet CEO under siege, getting kicked around by politicians–and not billionaire investors and software giants–for a change. (Customizing faces is an option on all JibJab’s Sendables products.)

Kara Visits the Tech Policy Summit: Content

in News on March 31, 2008 at 2:42 am PT

Last week, I appeared at the second annual Tech Policy Summit, held in Hollywood, which covered a wide range of important issues related to digital topics and public policy. The one on content was titled, “How New Media Is Changing Content Creation and Distribution.” Conclusion: A lot! I did video interviews after the session with [...]

Billy Joel Couldn't Stop the (Online) Fire

in News on January 3, 2008 at 3:38 am PT

While “Here Comes Another Bubble,” the hysterical but copyright-controversial online music video created by San Francisco’s Richter Scales got all the attention, the folks over at JibJab Media also made another video set to the tune of the same Billy Joel song, “We Didn’t Start the Fire.” Except JibJab actually asked for and got permission [...]

Digital Snowball Fight!

in News on December 7, 2007 at 9:29 am PT

How could I not post this beauty from the folks at JibJab Media, in which Walt Mossberg and I get to smack Microsoft’s Steve Ballmer and Bill Gates, as well as Apple’s Steve Jobs more painfully, with snowballs? The video card is part of a recent deal the online video creators just inked with BermanBraun [...]

A Thanksgiving Cranberry Massacre!

in News on November 22, 2007 at 10:19 am PT

Sure, you feel a little guilty about offing that turkey today, but did you ever think about the agonizing death-by-Cuisinart of the cranberries? Once you watch the warped Thanksgiving video “Sendables”–a must-see showing below (click on through the blank screen and it will start playing)–from the online content creators over at JibJab Media, you’ll never [...]