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CNN.com's business of selling t-shirts is starting to gain some traction and go viral, even after the network closed a security hole that let you write whatever headline you wanted. Obama supporters flocked to buy the "Obama Makes History" headline on a shirt last week, breaking sales records. Another boost came when Anderson Cooper said he wanted Donna Brazile to be his "boo," and people flocked to buy a shirt reading, "Anderson Cooper, ‘you’re not my boo.’" It's now the number-three all-time bestseller. But, in true mainstream media fashion, CNN is doing its best to thwart its own online success. The network selectively blocks some of the best headlines, like "Grizzly Victim: 'He's eating my brain!'" There's now a whole website dedicated just to non-shirt-eligible headlines, like these:
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CNN Throwing Away Best Shirts
CNN.com's business of selling t-shirts is starting to gain some traction and go viral, even after the network closed a security hole that let you write whatever headline you wanted. Obama supporters flocked to buy the "Obama Makes History" headline on a shirt last week, breaking sales records. Another boost came when Anderson Cooper said he wanted Donna Brazile to be his "boo," and people flocked to buy a shirt reading, "Anderson Cooper, ‘you’re not my boo.’" It's now the number-three all-time bestseller. But, in true mainstream media fashion, CNN is doing its best to thwart its own online success. The network selectively blocks some of the best headlines, like "Grizzly Victim: 'He's eating my brain!'" There's now a whole website dedicated just to non-shirt-eligible headlines, like these:
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t-shirts
Dress Like a Tool For Hope!
Remember those weird meatheaded tools in Abercrombie gear who distracted everyone during Obama's rally in Evansville? Well, now you can be one of them! Sort of! By buying these Obamacrombie shirts, which are not licensed or sanctioned by either Obama or Abercrombie and Fitch so they'll probably be shut down in minutes. [Obamacrombie]
cnn
Winner!
Yesterday, CNN introduced new headline t-shirts and we bemoaned their shamelessness. Then we shamelessly held a contest for the best fake ones! Betty Crocker wins (with an assist from Tnuc)! Simple. Effective. Also it may get you arrested. Unfortunately you can't actually buy these hacked shirts, nor can you even hack them anymore. Maybe we'll try to work out something else?
fashion
Damien Hirst Has Some T-Shirts To Get Rid Of
Famous artperson Damien Hirst may sell the jeans he makes for $80,000, but he has some t-shirts that are much more affordable. They're 30 pounds, which is slightly less than $80,000. The catch is that all the money goes to support the ominous RED (Global Fund), the celebrity-infused charity that is either saving the world, or plotting to take it over on the low. The shirts feature works of art that the diamond skull craftsman auctioned off earlier to support that charity. Overall, I'm pretty afraid of them. But if you like butterflies, or pills, or balloon animals, you might like the ones after the jump. Cause hey, celebrity artist on your shirt, right? More »
contest
Win an Offensive CNN T-Shirt!
CNN.com introduced a new feature today that allows you to buy t-shirts featuring some of their more outrageous headlines. Of course, even their most outrageous headlines are no match for the ones various bloggers and commenters are creating using their easily-hacked t-shirt store URLs. So let's have a contest! Knock up one that's funny—not purely offensive, please—and whichever one tickles our fancy the most wins a prize. If we're able too! Examples to get you started here and in the comments here. Enter in the comments below with a link and, if you can manage, an image of the shirt. Quick, before they fix it! The prize? We'll buy you the t-shirt you created! (If we can.) Standard contest rules apply.
bad ideas
Make Your Own CNN T-Shirts!
Oh god we've been playing into their hands all this time. We rib CNN for their terrible tabloid-style headlines, but we had no idea how profoundly unembarrassed they are about their naked attempts at cheap traffic grabbing. Now, you see, you can click on a little icon next to selected CNN.com headlines and buy those headlines on a t-shirt. Seriously. The internet has caved in on itself! Only certain headlines merit the shirt treatment—so, like, the "weird fish" one, but not the "20 bodies found floating near Bahamas" one. It's still in Beta though! So you can quite easily mock up CNN headline t-shirts that say anything you like. Like the ones we've attached after the jump. Make your own! More »
advertising
"It's Just A Fucking T-Shirt."
The competitive high-fashion t-shirt market is divided into those who believe their clever t-shirts mean something and those who don't. And, of course, those who don't care, but cultivate an aura of meaning as a marketing tactic, and also those who act too cool to care, but really do. Australian label Goat Boy sells its Princess Di t-shirt with the slogan "SHE'S DEAD, So get over it" for $49.95, so you know it's special (somebody buy one for Tina Brown, quick!).But they market that t-shirt with the slogan "IT'S JUST A FUCKING T-SHIRT." And with this "very violent" video, after the jump [via AdScam], of a guy wearing the shirt getting beaten up by an old woman. Which is appropriate on so many levels. More »
get it?
Roger Stone Finds His Voice
Roger Stone got his start with the vindictive criminals of Nixon's CREEP. He also got involved in some nonsense with Elliot Spitzer last year that made no sense to anyone. It involved a tattoo of Richard Nixon's face. Anyhoo, he's forming some sort of anti-Clinton campaign built around the attached image and an organization called "Citizens United Not Timid." "It's not War and Peace," Stone explains to The Weekly Standard. "The truth is, we sat around for hours trying to come up with words for BITCH and just couldn't do it." [Daily Intelligencer]
shirts and giggles
Never Forget '23/6'
23/6 is the political satire website from the Huffington Post and IAC. You know, sort of an Onion for the crowd that goes to College Humor for the biting wit. Now's your chance to get the sure-to-be-valuable commemorative 23/6 t-shirt! Look how excited one recipient is: More »
the law comes to town
Sex In/And The City: The Lawsuit
Our resident legal expert is our very own commenter, KarenUhOh. We call upon Karen to weigh in on the legal activities of the day—but don't forget that any legal opinions should not be constituted as advice; laws may vary state by state; in general, you should read at your own risk!
There's a great peril of these modern times. All the ideas are taken! Nothing original is left! Every bon mot and swell idea has been used, and what's more, those who own those ideas all retain high-priced law firms. Take poor Jennifer Cassetta, for instance. She's a "New York fitness/martial-arts instructor" who started a business called "Health and the City," for which she now wants to obtain a legal trademark from the U.S. Patent Office.
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books
Kiddie Book Scrotumgate: There Is A T-Shirt
In a small (but precious!) corner of the literary landscape, the controversy over those librarians who want to ban a children's book for mentioning dog testes hasn't yet died down. Scrotal expert and dark-arts assistant professor Neil Gaiman even weighed in: "I've decided that librarians who would decline to have a Newbery book in their libraries because they don't like the word scrotum are probably not real librarians (whom I still love unconditionally)." Mom, we're getting that Masters in Library Science after all! Anyway, this awesome cause now has a t-shirt, which you can purchase over at Bookshelves of Doom. They also have other literary shirts. We'd like to recommend that they add 'Ain't No Houellebecq Girl' even though it is sort of last year in many ways. More »
gawker shop
Your T-Shirts Are Almost Ready
You've been there, you've done that. What's left? Ah, yes, these fine 100% cotton, American Apparel garments. These works of art in clothing form were your two top selections in our recent tee-off; they're available for pre-order from the Gawker shop at a special price. (Congratulations to Gawker commenter swedefish, who suggested "I Hate Your Kids.") Order now and soon enough you'll be explaining to all of your friends that, no, you're not wearing a shirt that says you're a douche, it's more of a play on words that - oh, never mind, you wouldn't understand. Even better news: Our quest for humorous leisurewear is far from over: Want to suggest your own creation, or simply vote on those of others? You can! Shop early and often. More »
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Gawker You-Shirt: "Douch!" in a Walk?
Despite an early lead and pre-existence elsewhere in shirt form, "Be Adequite" has steadily lost ground to the potentially immortal "Douch !" as Gawker readers' collective suggestion for a new t-shirt slogan. Numerous other douche references, in-house humor, anti-hipster jokes, and outright sexual come-ons. Feel free to add your own submissions to the fray (one submission every 30 minutes, idiocy will be deleted), or just check out the current vote totals. Next week, we'll pick a winner, or winners, and commence to rounding up orphans to operate the looms at the Gawker Media shirtwaist factory. More »
gawker shop
New Gawker T-Shirt Designed by You
Given all the accolades You have won over the past year, isn't it time we started harnessing Your enormous potential? What better use of Your talents could there be, other than designing the next Gawker t-shirt? We're not talking some namby-pamby email slogan submission this time, neither. We're getting all up in Your social media. Slogans can be entered and voted on LIVE, right in front of Your face, with Digg-style up-down votes on every candidate. After the jump, submit as many slogans as You want (though You're limited to one submission every 30 minutes). You'll be taken directly to the voting page after adding your slogan to the mix, or You can skip the sloganeering and go right to the voting. Thrill us with Your t-shirt designing acumen. More »
deadspin
You're With All of Us, Leather
A bit of sports media folklore: in a Scottsdale bar, at some undefined time in the mid-90s, a man was hitting on a woman wearing leather pants. He was quickly cockblocked, however, when ESPN anchor Chris Berman walked by and said to the woman, "You're with me, leather." She immediately got up and followed Berman out the door. The story was sent to our ball-loving brother Deadspin and has since become a favorite Deadspin non-sequitor catchphrase. Hell, they even made a t-shirt for it, wildly popular amongst all the men who still collect baseball cards. Everyone was happy. More »
payola six
Payola Six: What to Wear, Another Option
If you're simply an entertained observer, you can wear your Richard Johnson birthday t-shirt to commemorate Payola Six. But what to wear if you're an alleged co-conspirator, a Page Six stringer namechecked in JPS's surveillance tapes? A guy rumored to have an ex-girlfriend-related grudge against shakedown target and Yucaipa Cos. chief Ron Burkle? At an LL Cool J album-release party last night, Sixer Fernando Gil provided an answer. More »
payola six
Payola Six: What to Wear
How best to commemorate/celebrate/mourn this fiasco? How best to show your support/scorn/amusement/ distaste/admiration for Page Six? That's easy. In a vintage Richard Johnson t-shirt, from the gossip guru's 50th birthday party, spotted yesterday on a magazine staffer in Chelsea. More »
