It’s now common practice for canceled shows to find their way to fans via digital means, but there’s a big difference between uploading unaired episodes and truly coming back to life. Read more at paidContent »
For its first mobile app launch, social dining startup Grubwithus is doing away with coordinated dinner themes and focusing on immediate gratification. Read more »
In the battle to get its new youth-targeted YouTube channel filled with cable-esque reality shows heard over myriad other channels offering similarly targeted content, having the resident celebrity co-founder do a little on-camera work probably doesn’t hurt uniques. But Katalyst insists it won’t over-use its boss. Read more at paidContent »
Shawn Fanning and Sean Parker are back: The Napster co-founders will launch their social video chat startup Airtime with a press event in New York Tuesday after quietly operating in stealth mode for some months. Here’s what we already know about Airtime. Read more »
U2 superstars Bono and the Edge pony up some cash in Dropbox’s most recent funding round. But the cloud storage company shouldn’t get too cocky: Bono’s track record in tech investments hasn’t exactly set the world on fire. Read more »
Hot Berlin startup Gidsy, which lets people find and book tours, lessons and other offline experiences, is opening the doors on a service in Los Angeles on Wednesday. Read more »
While using the web to share “stuff” is still a relatively new concept, the business model is being adopted by a growing number of companies, and I think it has started to reach a tipping point and become more mainstream. Read more »
Airbnb has added Ashton Kutcher — comedic heartthrob, coveted angel investor and Twitter-master extraordinaire — to its team of investors, the San Francisco based startup announced in its blog this evening. Read more »
Ashton Kutcher has announced via Twitter that he is going to pirate part of the premiere of his upcoming movie Killers. Kutcher is known as an avid live streamer and social media user — but could this latest promotional stunt also turn him into a criminal? Read more »
Oh boy, a web series that’s set behind the scenes at a production company! And it’s documentary-style, like The Office! And it features a celebrity! And it’s branded entertainment! Seriously, is there any box on the “web series cliches” form that KatalystHQ doesn’t check off? OK, […] Read more »
