Press

2008

  • Quarterlife’s debut rocky, but still marks a new era
    The Industry Standard – February 28, 2008

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  • National Lampoon's Lemmings Jump into Next Generation of TV with maniaTV
    Broadcast Newsroom – February 26, 2008

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  • Dave Navarro Discusses His Online Talk Show and His Interview Style
    Starpulse Entertainment News Blog – February 25, 2008

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  • Lampoon troupe to target tabloids
    The Hollywood Reporter – February 22, 2008

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  • Homeless men who appeared in Internet spoof are off the streets
    ABC - KJCT News 8 – February 1, 2008

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  • Web TV Spoof Features the Homeless
    Time – February 1, 2008

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  • maniaTV Relocating to L.A.
    Media Week – January 17, 2008

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2007

  • Catching Up With Dave Navarro
    WashingtonPost.com – December 13, 2007
    Liz Kelly, from Celebritology, interviews Dave Navarro.

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  • Video: Online
    The Wall Street Journal Online – November 24, 2007
    More Web sites embrace freewheeling live shows.

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  • Web Video: Move Over, Amateurs
    BusinessWeek – November 20, 2007
    As more professionally produced content finds a home online, user-generated video becomes less alluring to viewers—and advertisers.

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  • Web Videos Stealing TV Viewers, and Marketers
    The New York Times – November 16, 2007
    Why are fewer viewers watching the new fall television series? Perhaps because they are too busy watching video online.

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  • Click in for laughs
    USAWeekend.com – November 11, 2007
    A look at funny, original shows on the Web.

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  • Who needs reality TV? Web sites turning shows' viewers into stars.
    SFGate.com – November 5, 2007
    If your children are not watching "Gossip Girl" or "The Ultimate Fighter," chances are they are logging on for their daily dose of television.

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  • ManiaTV Cancels User-Generated Content
    Business Week – October 22, 2007
    Citing a lack of demand for user-created clips, the online video site is abandoning amateur content in favor of professional shows.

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  • Google Executive to Keynote CSIA DEMOgala October 11
    dBusinessNews – Denver - September 19, 2007
    Tim Armstrong, President, Advertising and Commerce, North America for Google, will be the keynote speaker for the CSIA DEMOgala on October 11, 2007.

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  • YouTube Ads Bypass User-Generated Video
    Advertising Age – August 27, 2007
    Model shows consumer content draws eyeballs but not many marketers.
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  • Video Sharing: Thinning the Pack
    Business Week – February 1, 2007
    Heavy and maniaTV each broadcast shows that are financed and produced in-house.

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  • Long Live the Net Video Revolution
    Business Week – January 2, 2007
    Vlogging, citizen journalism and other facets of the online video phenomenon will shine on in the New Year.

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2006

  • Already a Hit, maniaTV Sees Bigger Picture
    Rocky Mountain News – HighBeam Research – December 9, 2006
    Long before Google snatched up YouTube for $1.65 billion, maniaTV founder Drew Massey said that online video would be the next pop culture phenomenon.

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  • Web TV Network Makes New Waves
    Denver Post – November 2, 2006
    Megan Fong had no idea she'd be an Internet pioneer when she answered a job listing a couple of years ago for an unknown Denver media company.

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  • Green to Host Online Weekly Call-In Show
    Washington Post – June 4, 2007
    Tom Green is getting another late-night talk show, this time online.

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2005

  • maniaTV Starts a Frenzy
    USA Today – April 25, 2005
    Venture capitalists told Drew Massey, founder of the 1990s young men's magazine P.O.V., that old media was dead and he believed them.

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  • Young Adults Raised on the Net a Natural Fit for maniaTV.com
    Chicago Tribune – AccessMyLibrary.com – April 20, 2005
    Take MTV, "106 and Park" and add AOL chat, and you get maniaTV.com.

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2004

  • Video Revolution maniaTV is World’s First Internet Television
    Rocky Mountain News – HighBeam Research – October 11, 2004
    "Let's hit it!" declares a tattooed cameraman named Scott, an earpiece jammed into his right ear.

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