“Reading Rainbow” Kickstarter Ends Campaign With $5.4 Million Michael Lee, July 3, 2014July 2, 2014 Briefly: LaVar Burton‘s Reading Rainbow may have reached it’s $1 million goal in a day, but fans would keep backing the project for days and weeks until it reached its $5 million goal. And now that the 35-day campaign has come to an end, it’s time to count how backers donated to the project. We recently reported that Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane promised to match every dollar donated to the campaign when it reached $4 million. That must given the campaign the extra push it needed to reach the $5 million goal, plus approximately $400K of interest.Mashable is reporting that the Reading Rainbow Kickstarter’s final numbers are $5.4 million. You can add another million that will be donated by MacFarline as promised, which would make it a grand total of $6.4 million. The campaign first started back on May 28, and as aforementioned, the project reached its $1 million target in a day. Then it reached $2 million on day two. ARGs & Campaigns Viral Marketing Viral News LaVar BurtonReading Rainbow
AMC Scares New Yorkers in “Walking Dead” Viral Video Aimed At Dish Network July 31, 2012The AMC television network has been having a long battle with Dish Network, with Dish Network actually cutting the network, along with sibling channels like IFC, Sundance, and WeTV, at the beginning of July. The dispute is complicated, but as usual, involves money. AMC has now started a campaign to… Read More
Viral Video Round-Up: Dexter, Reservoir Dogs, and Sofia Coppola January 28, 2011March 29, 2011It’s Friday, which often means there’s a few viral videos from the week that we’re just now having a chance to share with you. We have two “in 60 seconds” videos, a parody of Dexter from Landline TV (via GeekTyrant), and a stop motion one of Reservoir Dogs from the… Read More
LOST Video Round-Up: Fan-Made and Official February 9, 2010February 9, 2010Everyone by now already knows I’m a huge fan of ABC’s LOST and all of the awesome fan-created content that we’ve gotten over the years. I’m also a fan of the Keyboard Cat, a silly YouTube video turned internet meme and later an internet phenomenon. It’s addition to any video… Read More