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Co-Founder, CollegeHumor

Ricky Van Veen co-founded CollegeHumor.com from his Wake Forest University dorm room in 1999, and built it into one of the Web’s breakout comedy sites. In 2006, he sold control of the company to IAC, and since then he has been focused on video, both for his original site and for Notional, a production company that creates hit shows like Food Network’s Chopped. Coffee Town, his first movie, is slated for release this year.

Posts With Ricky Van Veen

Some of Our Fave D Conference Videos Before AllThingsD Signs Off in 3 … 2 … 1 …

in News on December 31, 2013 at 12:24 pm PT

Tech and media bigs on the red-hot seat.

Meet Vice Media Boss Shane Smith, Rupert Murdoch’s “Wild” New Pal

in Media on August 17, 2013 at 4:15 am PT

Why does 21st Century Fox think Vice is worth $1.4 billion? Watch this interview.
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See? Native Ads Don’t Have to Be Awful.

in Media on August 5, 2013 at 8:57 am PT

One way to make an ad people won’t ignore: Make an interesting video.

CollegeHumor CEO Paul Greenberg Leaves

in Media on July 12, 2013 at 3:30 am PT

Meanwhile, IAC’s comedy site rolls out “Coffee Town,” its feature film.

Day Two at D: Dive Into Media 2013, in Pictures and Tweets

in Dive Into Media on February 13, 2013 at 3:30 am PT

Storified: The best tweets and pictures from the second day of D: Dive Into Media.

Vice’s Shane Smith and CollegeHumor’s Ricky Van Veen Are Kings of All Media

in Dive Into Media on February 12, 2013 at 6:38 pm PT

Build a brand and an audience, and you can do whatever you want.

CollegeHumor Launches Bout, a Photo Game App

in Mobile on January 31, 2013 at 7:02 am PT

Quick, find or take a photo that answers the prompt: “Something you wouldn’t want to find in your bed.”

Game On! Xbox Bosses Mehdi, Tellem Come to Dive Into Media.

in Dive Into Media on January 4, 2013 at 5:41 am PT

The Xbox is a Web TV player that also happens to work for games. Meet the people in charge of making it an even bigger deal in the media world.

Meet the Man Who Wants to Blow Up the TV Business: Dish Network’s Charlie Ergen Comes to Dive Into Media

in Dive Into Media on December 18, 2012 at 8:44 am PT

A rare appearance from a maverick billionaire with big plans.

Old Media, New Tricks: The New Republic’s Chris Hughes and USA Today’s Larry Kramer Join Dive Into Media

in News on December 12, 2012 at 5:00 am PT

Two very smart guys with very different backgrounds and a similar problem: How do you transform iconic print publications for the digital era?

Netflix Content Boss Ted Sarandos Comes to D: Dive Into Media, With a Mystery Guest in Tow

in News, December 6, 2012 at 7:09 am PT

The Hardware Guys Meet the Content Guys: Intel’s Huggers, Samsung’s Eun Coming to D: Dive Into Media

in Dive Into Media, December 3, 2012 at 8:00 am PT

Web Video Is Easy! Just Ask CollegeHumor’s Ricky Van Veen and Vice Media’s Shane Smith at Dive Into Media 2013.

in Dive Into Media, November 7, 2012 at 6:00 am PT

Serious Business? CollegeHumor Tries Selling Web Video.

in Media, October 11, 2011 at 9:02 am PT

College Humor Gets a New Grown-Up: Time Inc. Digital Dude Paul Greenberg

in Media, October 7, 2010 at 5:44 am PT

Video: College Humor’s Ricky Van Veen on How to Make Web Stuff That Doesn’t Suck

in Media, June 9, 2010 at 1:06 pm PT

Why TV Still Won’t Embrace the Web Quite Yet

in Media, June 8, 2010 at 6:30 am PT

College Humor Dudes Grow Up, Move Into Dad’s House

in Media, September 9, 2009 at 8:42 am PT

Why Online Video Ads Still Don’t Work

in Media, May 15, 2009 at 2:12 pm PT

Boxee CEO Avner Ronen Gets a Crash Course in the TV Business

in Media, March 13, 2009 at 5:00 am PT

A Taco Truck in the Office and a Dude in a Cage: Behind the Scenes at College Humor’s New MTV Show

in Media, December 19, 2008 at 7:04 am PT