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Viral Video: Pretty As a Picture, Sweeter Than a Swisher (No, Really)

Kara Swisher in News on April 5, 2011 at 1:25 am PT

Here’s Keri Hilson performing “Pretty Girl Rock” on “The Ellen DeGeneres” television talk show. Her hit song has some saucy lyrics, including the refrain: “Pretty as a picture/Sweeter than a Swisher.” Obvi, it is a reference to BoomTown.

Tiny Tim Takes Over AOL–But Does He Have Big Plans?

Kara Swisher in News on March 25, 2009 at 3:22 pm PT

This is is just too cute to pass up. Apparently, some staffers at AOL are using a teeny-weeny cartoon of new CEO Tim Armstrong as the icon on their instant messaging program. Since he got the job, the big version of Armstrong has been busy making the rounds, even though he does not officially start until April 7. He’s been talking up many current and former AOLers–many from its glory days–to learn as much as he can about what he needs to do to force the once-mighty online icon back to relevance.