Gary the Puppet — who in the clip embedded below tours the offices of Tumblr, Next New Networks, Gawker, CollegeHumor, and Wallstrip — might be the perfect metaphor for the New York tech scene. It makes a big show of itself, but it's kind of flimsy and despite how it may look, somebody much larger and more powerful is…
Sometimes the best way to demote someone is to promote them out of harm's way. And so after $23 million in funding and not nearly so much in revenues, NextNewNetworks cofounder and CEO Herb Scannell says he's met with his board and decided to take on a role as chairman of the company. That means the online video…
Announced at the Diggnation Live event in New York City tonight is the addition of Epic Fu, previously known as Jetset, to the Revision3 lineup. The pioneering online video show, founded by Steve Woolf and Zadi Diaz of Smashface Productions, was an independent production — the show had been on hiatus for months while…
Spotted at the MashBash in New York City on Saturday, CNET reporter Caroline McCarthy with Tumblr founder David Karp and Michelle DeForest of NextNewNetorks. Karp and McCarthy are officially an item we understand, which warms our geeky hearts. Can you suggest a better caption? Do so in the comments, and the winning…
BrewPR's snacky flack Brooke Hammerling penned a guest column for Silicon Alley Insider, arguing that the Web video industry needs to come up with a strict viewership metric. Though she doesn't mention it in the piece, New York-based online-video startup NextNewNetworks is a Brew client. (It's disclosed, in tiny type,…
Game, set and match goes to Rocketboom producer Kenyatta Cheese: He paid to send a singing-telegram messenger to deliver Rick Astley's "Never Gonna Give You Up," live, to NextNewNetworks cofounder Timothy Shea. Rickrolling, a common online prank, normally involves tricking someone into following a link to the…
Next New Networks, the online-video startup, just acquired Barelypolitical.com, best known for the video "I Got a Crush ... On Obama" by the performer "Obamagirl." The site's oeuvre also includes the lines, "He whipped out his iPhone / and started to play / I told him I really / Don't get down that way." No word on…
