AFI BLOG: Media and Technology

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StumbleUpon’s video vertical, aptly named StumbleVideo, has just added six new content providers, including College Humor, Funny or Die, Vimeo, Dailymotion, Veoh and vbs.tv. Tack this onto existing content providers YouTube, MySpace and Metacafe, and it looks like the gang’s pretty much all here.
If you’ve ever used StumbleVideo, you know the experience is almost [...]

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Will Ferrell and the End of Media as We Know It - Portfolio
Hollywood’s screwball king and the venture capital firm Sequoia Capital are rewriting the rules of the entertainment business. But will Funny or Die survive?
The face that launched 50 million hits has cherubic cheeks, golden curls, and a gaze that’s innocent yet mischievous. It [...]

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The Dark Side Of Going It Alone In Online Hollywood - paidContent.org
On the same day we discussed the growing interest among screenwriters in self-produced digital content, Will Ferrell’s Funny or Die announced that its premier clip The Landlord had been viewed 50 million times. But before writers fully commit to this wonderful new world outside [...]

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