Humor site JibJab doesn’t think White Castle’s animation is very funny, and has filed a lawsuit to stop the fast food chain from using its name to promote “chicken rings” on Facebook. Read more at paidContent »
Early online video pioneer JibJab announced this morning that it reached a new milestone, having completed more than a million transactions over the past 12 months, as it transitions from a business primarily driven by advertising to one selling personalized videos, pictures and other services. Read more »
Jibjab co-founders and brothers Evan and Gregg Spiridellis are pulling no punches in an interview that NewTeeVee reader and CinemaTech blogger Scott Kirsner was kind enough to pass on to us. Asked if advertising works for his industry, Gregg responds: “To support a high-quality produced product […] Read more »
From the tragedy of 9/11 to the groundbreaking election of Barack Obama as the first black president of the United States, the first decade of the 21st century had its fair share of memorable moments. However, what really set these years apart from decades before is […] Read more »
Turns out I was premature when compiling my end-of-year vid picks, as musical comedy video creators JibJab didn’t debut their tribute to 2009 until this week. And this year, Liz Gannes will be happy to know, Michael Phelps did make it into the song — though […] Read more »
Verivue Raises $20 Million; IP video distribution company adds third round led by Sigma Partners, which follows a $40 million round the company disclosed just in March. (peHUB, via a regulatory filing) Telcos Taking Share from Cable Cos; AT&T and Verizon grew to 4.4 percent share […] Read more »
Bill Clinton Met with Kim Jong-Il Over Current TV Journalists; former president spoke with North Korean leader today about the release of Laura Ling and Euna Lee. (CNN) RCN Partners with TiVo; the cable operator will make TiVo its primary DVR platform in 2010, will integrate […] Read more »
