WonderCon 2012: Chris Hardwick Announces Extensive New Nerdist YouTube Line-Up Dan Koelsch, March 17, 2012 YouTube seems to be making a big push to become an alternative to Cable Television, as it looks to bolster its original content by supporting partners and bringing in Hollywood talent. As part of this evolution, TV host and nerd Chris Hardwick announced at WonderCon yesterday that his YouTube Channel Nerdist has a whole new line-up of original content starting April. Get the details after the break. At the Nerdist panel, Hardwick showed a video press conference that detailed the upcoming shows.There’s a lot of new content here, and if you know Nerdist at all, then you know their credentials to bring the full amount of nerd needed here. I’m excited to see how it goes. Will you tune in? Comic-Con Conventions Events Social Networks NerdistWonderconYouTube
Spielberg’s “Falling Skies” Viral Campaign? – 2ndMass.com July 12, 2010July 12, 20102nd Mass, a new viral campaign, has launched after ComingSoon.net received a package containing a flip camera and an attached note that read “PLAYME.” The video points us to a new viral website 2ndMass.com. See the video and other clues after the jump. Read More
Statler and Waldorf Take Over Twitter September 20, 2011September 20, 2011Briefly: Everyone’s favorite trolls, the grumpy old Muppets Statler and Waldorf, have taken over the Muppets Studio Twitter account after a “random drawing”. Check out the feed for such gems as “We’re not exactly sure how Twitter works, but Fozzie doesn’t know how a joke works and it never stopped… Read More
Interview: James Erwin talks “Rome Sweet Rome”, Reddit, And Jeopardy November 4, 2011A little over a week ago, I debuted an article about how one man’s response to a question on Reddit landed him a Hollywood agent and a Warner Bros. movie deal. At the time, we had little detail on what actually went into the process, but that’s all changed, as… Read More