9GAG releases mobile app, raises $2.8M to spread giggles like the flu

Continuing in its effort to fill the world with laughter, 9GAG rolled out a mobile app today that makes sharing its “wildly popular irreverent and hilariously funny content” easier than ever. Now, you can spread giggles as quickly as a …

My Damn Channel brings the first live comedy show to YouTube

The latest original program to hit YouTube is a new live comedy show from entertainment studio My Damn Channel, the companies announced today.

The new live comedy show, My Damn Channel Live,  is a first for YouTube. It’s also …

SNL on Verizon’s 4G marketing: “It’s an old person’s nightmare”

While it’s pretty much hit-or-miss these days, when Saturday Night Live scores, it still does so with a vengeance.

Last night the sketch comedy show aired a segment that ripped apart Verizon’s 4G LTE marketing confusion, bringing to light the …

Pauly Shore versus the Internet: Funny man takes on online video (interview)

Comedian Pauly Shore spent the month of January shilling for a web startup, YouToo, by participating in a contest on the site.

We asked him why he thought a partnership with the relatively unknown startup was a good idea.

“People …

SNL’s Stefon is on Yelp, and his reviews have everything…

We like to have fun in the VentureBeat writers’ lounge, but we don’t think we’re having as much fun as whoever is behind Stefon’s Yelp account.

Stefon, the wildly popular Bill Hader character from Saturday Night Live, is a (likely …

Louis CK’s digital distribution experiment clears $1M in 12 days

Comedian Louis CK’s recent digital distribution experiment to sell his latest standup performance independently has generated over $1 million, he announced in a statement on his website yesterday. Revenue from the special topped $500,000 after its first four days on …

Louis CK’s web-only special makes $500K in 4 days

Comedian Louis CK has divulged the results of his $5 web special experiment, and the numbers look good.

In just four days, the special has sold over 110,000 copies making over $500,000, CK said in a statement today. He …

Comedian Louis CK offers $5 DRM-free special, gives the finger to traditional distribution

Louis CK is known for pushing boundaries in his comedy, but with his recent online special, “Live at the Beacon Theater,” the wildly popular comedian is also embarking on new territory for entertainment distribution.

Typically we’d have to wait for …

Dunder Mifflin launches iPad killer, The Pyramid

Are you ready to unleash the power of the Pyramid?

Our good pals at micro-cap regional paper and office supply company Dunder Mifflin have just taken the wraps off their latest offering, the Sabre Pyramid, a tablet to end all …