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Viral Video: “To the Arctic”

Kara Swisher in Media on April 16 at 1:01 am PT

Incredible.

Dark Side of the Download: Pink Floyd Sues EMI Over Online Sales

Peter Kafka in Media on March 9, 2010 at 1:45 pm PT

It’s standard operating practice for the music industry: Musicians sue labels, claiming they got screwed out of royalties. But from a writer’s perspective, it’s always nice when the plaintiff is a well-known act whose catalog includes a hit called “Money.”

Viral Video: Twitteleh, Yet Another Twitter Parody Has Wings

Kara Swisher in News on September 23, 2009 at 1:40 am PT

Since it debuted last week, a spoof video for Twitteleh is rising fast, with close to 200,000 views on YouTube. It’s one of the many parodies of the popular microblogging service, Twitter, which attracts them the way it attracts valuation-mad VCs.

If Some Dad's Rants on Twitter Can Go Viral, My Mom Needs to Turbo-Tweet

Kara Swisher in News on September 4, 2009 at 6:43 am PT

Oh, dear; now my mom is going to be really pissed at me for not making her a Twitter sensation. Unlike Justin Halpern–who has been tweeting wacky quips uttered by his dad without him knowing much about it, under the handle: @s—mydadsays. And, lo and behold, with only 28 tweets, the cranky 73-year-old has attracted almost 250,000 followers. My brother and I did the same for my mom this summer, but obviously have to step up our game pronto.

A Google Guy Keeps His Charity in the Family

Peter Kafka in Media on August 28, 2009 at 8:15 am PT

Google guy Sergey Brin and his wife, 23andme CEO Anne Wojcicki, have donated $500,000 to Creative Commons, the nonprofit that’s trying to reinvent copyright. It also happens to have a direct tie to the couple, in the form of Wojcicki’s mother, Esther.

Happy Virtual Mother's Day: Modern Mom Site Gets a Celebrity Relaunch

Kara Swisher in News on May 11, 2009 at 4:44 am PT

What’s one of the ways you might attract a lot of attention online? Here’s one possible equation: Celebrity + Mom + Tips Galore. That’s the formula behind a new site relaunching today called Modern Mom, which is backed by “Dancing With the Stars” winner Brooke Burke and partner Lisa Rosenblatt, wading into what the pair hopes will be a lucrative market. It’s an interesting effort to watch in online publishing, to see if the pair can attract both an audience and advertisers without a big brand name in the mother space and by leveraging Burke’s online and offline popularity.

BoomTown Asks "Ask Amy" for Some Web Advice

Kara Swisher in News on May 9, 2009 at 6:53 pm PT

Several years ago, my longtime friend and colleague Amy Dickinson suddenly became, well, Ann Landers. Well, not exactly Ann herself, as that would be weird–but she took over the famous syndicated advice column in the Chicago Tribune, which changed the name to “Ask Amy.” So, BoomTown did just that on my recent visit to Chicago, interviewing Dickinson about what questions she gets about the Internet from readers.

Kara (and Her Mother) Visit the Flagship Apple Store in Manhattan

Kara Swisher in News on July 11, 2008 at 5:38 pm PT

BoomTown landed at New York’s JFK Airport this morning and, of course, could not resist visiting the flagship Apple store on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan on iPhone 3G-Day. That’s right! JesusPhone 2.0 is nigh! So I took my Mom for a look-see at the iMadness.