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Adsense on 5/16/2008 6:13:54 AM by Rob Barnett
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Taking Control
Dorothy Pomerantz 06.02.08, 12:00 AM ET
Rob Barnett's My Damn Channel gives TV creators something they've always wanted: ownership.
http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2008/0602/052b.html
Behind-da-scenes:
- meeting & scheming with artists to launch 'channel 9'
- about to mark another milestone with over 19 million views since launch
- passed 27,000 subscribers to our YouTube channel
- spilling our guts in an exclusive interview coming up in Forbes magazine
- too many interview requests for Donnie Hoyle, not only won't he agree - he's 'vanished'
- HORRIBLE PEOPLE #9 is NEW today - ANOTHER murder & the countdown to the champagne toast & our season finale next Monday, 4/14.
- and we're HORRIBLE in France! top featured video this a.m. on YouTube/France
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My Damn Channel on 3/5/2008 11:19:00 AM by Rob Barnett
8 channels
8 artists
Better original content
Consistent scheduled programming
New major clip premieres every day
COMEDIANS. MUSICIANS. CREATIVE FREEDOM
Big Fat Brain
Carnival of Stuff / Steve Kerper
Cookin' with Coolio
Harry Shearer
Horrible People / A.D. Miles
Andy Milonakis
David Wain / Wainy Days
Don Was
You Suck at Photoshop - (you do)
Established stars
Not another YouTube imitator
Damn Sexy Look & Feel
Major Traffic - over 15.2 million views & counting
Major Sponsors
Massive Offsite Syndication
Better Media Coverage than all the rest:
Jimmy Kimmel, Conan O'Brien, Bill Maher, CNN, Fox News, Bill O'Reilly, Keith Olbermann, Glenn Beck, NY Times (page one), LA Times (page one), NY Post, Newsweek, TIME, Entertainment Weekly, Wall Street Journal, TMZ, Perez Hilton, USA Today, Forbes, Washington Post, Billboard, Hollywood Reporter, Variety, Associated Press...
Low-cost, high-speed, and a business model that scales
thank u - gunnite
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Writers Strike on 11/30/2007 8:23:00 AM by Rob Barnett
Old media may be starting to fall in love with the bad boys. They've definitely gotten all hot and bothered.
Ever since the strike began, the collective power created by fans of video sites like this are captivating editors to get to the bottom of our business models and find out how and why major Hollywood talent is setting up a new rebel base here in dot-commie land.
I landed in LA late yesterday and learned that a conversation I had with Gary Gentile at the Associated Press about the writers' strike was picked up by over 100 media outlets including Yahoo!, MSN, MSNBC, ABC, Forbes, CBS News, and the Washington Post.
Our recent viral videos racked up millions of views in a matter of days. Advertisers like Lincoln/Mercury and Universal Pictures just bought a ticket on the My Damn Channel bus and this little anti-media machine is picking up speed.
If artists don't win more respect and revenues inside this strike zone, then old media is going to wind up looking like Bruce Willis at the end of "The Sixth Sense."
Here's Gary's piece.