2 posts and columns on Texaco

Why the Future of Video Ads Looks a Lot Like Ancient History

in Media on March 16, 2010 at 1:02 pm PT

The Web video business is still trying to get its hands around the right way to use ads. But the easiest sell is the oldest one: Integrating the advertiser with the clip, like this series of Starbucks-sponsored Onion videos.

The Comic Stylings of Carl Icahn

in News on June 25, 2008 at 10:00 am PT

Billionaire investor Carl Icahn has been unusually quiet of late about his proxy fight against Yahoo, as shares of the troubled Internet concern dip dangerously closer to under $20 a share. And with no Microsoft-Yahoo deal pending, he also must be pretty depressed right about now. And even though his many irked letters to the Yahoo board and CEO Jerry Yang definitely came with a cup full of crazy, BoomTown finds we miss him. Thus, it seems like a good time to repost two videos of the ornery shareholder activist cracking wise at Caroline’s Comedy Club in New York in 2003 about his bid for Texaco/Getty Oil lawsuit and also another about U.S. Steel.