Posted with tags
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New York City,
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Sparhusen on 2/10/2010 9:32:27 AM by KT Pierce ~ Voodoo Priestess
It's snowing outside and New York City has issued a Blizzard Warning and is shutting down schools, day cares, some businesses, and many restaurants.
All of us over at My Damn Channel are all alone in our homes today (missing each other terribly), but staying in touch via the magical world of the Internet.
Two of the crew sent in photos (above) of the snow along with a very special photo of what might be MDC's new mascot (move over sloth).
If you live in NYC, stay inside - unless you're throwing snowballs, stay warm, and check out the brand new uncovered footage of Spärhusen - filmed just 3 weeks before their tragic plane crash.
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Mardi Gras,
New Orleans,
Mitch Landrieu,
Saints,
Super Bowl,
Grace Helbig,
Dave Ahdoot,
Grace Crashers,
Smokybanjo,
Puca,
Southern Comfort on 2/8/2010 11:12:52 AM by KT Pierce ~ Voodoo Priestess
Mardi Gras is here (Jan 30 - Feb 16) and The Saints won the Super Bowl. Mitch Landrieu is the mayor of New Orleans and all seems right in the world.
To celebrate, My Damn Channel threw a Mardi Gras party that was inevitably crashed by our own Grace Helbig and Dave Ahdoot (and ended up being WAY more fun than we intended). Look out for an all new Grace Crashers - presented by Southern Comfort - coming soon!
That's not all - we were paid a surprise visit by two very special My Damn Channel viewsers (Smokybanjo & Puca) who came all the way from Ireland to join in on the fun.
We don't care what that groundhog said last week, Spring is soooo on the way.
January 30th kicked off the first night of Mardi Gras 2010 and our own Harry Shearer became King of New Orleans - appointed by Captain of
We're on the scene in Vegas. My Damn Channel Founder/CEO, Rob Barnett, was selected as one of the "25 Executives to Watch in Digital Entertainment" by Digital Media Wire.
Digital Media Wire is a full scale media company that owns and produces 8 major conferences, publishes daily newsletters and directories, and operates the popular www.dmwmedia.com news and community portal.
Rob and his fellow honorees dissected all things digital at today's all-afternoon conference in the city of sin.
Rob was also a guest speaker on a Kodak panel at CES moderated by Kodak Chief Marketing Officer, Jeff Hayzlett. You can find the 20-minute video called "I Want My Web TV" (part 1) from 1p today here.
Part 2 features our wonderful wizard, star and guiding light from "Easy to Assemble," Illeana Douglas. You can also catch her TubeFilter interview from CES here.
As soon as all the advils and bloody marys take effect, we're getting ready to launch all new episodes of EASY TO ASSEMBLE on Wednesday, January 20 on My Damn Channel. And what about SPARHUSEN??? More shall be revealed 1.20.10.
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interns,
jobs,
new media,
fun on 12/29/2009 6:56:05 AM by Rob Barnett
Starting Monday, we wake from vaca, check our inbox, and see if you want to be INTERN OF THE DECADE.
Wanna be David Wain's wingman on a date?
Wanna help constantly uncurl and re-curl Grace's hair?
Wanna review hundreds of mildly amusing pitches for the next great web series?
If you live in New York and can somehow afford to be an intern, let us know.
Here's the shazizzle: We're seeking new interns in the NY office to bathe in the warm waters of content development, site programming, marketing, promotion, social networking and operations.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Reviewing content submissions and pitches
- Assist with video archiving
- Assist with site programming
- Prep videos for syndication
- Assist with marketing and promotions
- Social networking outreach
- General office assistance
- Opportunities to conceive and produce short-form video and graphic content
ABOUT YOU:
- Exceptional communication skills
- Highly motivated
- Detail oriented
- Quick learner
- Ability to prioritize multiple projects and tasks
- Ability to manage deadlines in a fast-paced environment
- Sense of humor (or more than a sense)
- Social Networking Nutjob
- Entertainment Junkie
- Knowledge of Final Cut Pro, Photoshop, HTML desirable
BENEFITS
- Learn multiple disciplines inside a leading new media company
- Dramatically increase your contacts in all areas of entertainment and new media
- Possibility for future employment (no...really)
INTERESTED?
Send the world's most convincing cover letter, plus resume, and specific availability (3 days per week minimum) to: info@MyDamnChannel.com
Posted with tags
Ardi,
Ardipithecus Ramidus,
New York Times,
My Damn Channel on 10/2/2009 11:25:54 AM by Meg Mylan
Deep in the dirt of some place not in America, scientists
have found the remains of a four foot, 120 pound female from a really, really
long time ago named Ardi. Ardi’s hunched
shoulders, propensity for nudity, and un-groomed body hair were strong
indications that she was an early My Damn Channel fan. You human descendants of Ardi can continue
watching MyDamnChannel.com just as Ardi did 4 million years ago right here.
It may be wise for us to let the Beatles Rock Band take over the world for a few days before putting out the My Damn Channel 'new fall season' announcements.
We do have a new deal with Sir Paul McCartney - in some fashion. And we'll reveal all the secrets about new, XTRA LARGE talent & a full slate of new series...
this coming Monday, September 14 on www.MyDamnChannel.com
Brad O'Farrell gave our almost official mascot the Labor Day treatment. Njoy. He's linked to one of our happiest videos of all-time.
New unemployment stats are the worst in 26 years. If you're like any of the dreamchasers at My Damn Channel, it's a fair bet you're no stranger to losing a gig in TV, radio, music, or the arts & little sciences.
"Go Your Own Way" may be a lame, overplayed, 70's sing-along...but it's also fine solution for what to do after getting tossed out of a gig.
We're raising a glass to everyone with the brains and the backbone to embrace a new way to get your work seen by an audience large enough to actually make you money.
One last-ever reference to Fleetwood Mac...
We got some sad news over the weekend, that one of our best co-cons at My Damn Channel is moving on. Vivian Kyinn provides much of the mystical glue that holds this house together. She wrote and co-produced a film called White Wall which got her to Cannes and now she's decided to get after her movie-making passions full-time. BIG THANKS & BIG LOVE to one of the better humans we know.
Warren Chao posted the replacement gig based in our LA office this weekend. Economic insanity created hundreds of candidates in hours. If you're read "The Night Feed" and know the best human for this gig - email: Jobs@MyDamnChannel.com
Posted in
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My Damn Channel,
interns,
New Media,
Employment on 8/23/2009 6:32:51 AM by Rob Barnett
My Damn Channel is looking for a few good interns and internettes.
Fall & Winter Enrollment is open now.
Wanna be David Wain's wingman on a date?
Wanna help constantly uncurl and re-curl Grace's hair?
Wanna review hundreds of mildly amusing pitches for the next great web series?
If you live in New York and can somehow afford to be an intern, let us know now.
If you include this coupon code in your cover letter,
we’ll know you're a suck-up: SAVE10GYMCLUB
Here's the formal listing:
ABOUT US:
My Damn Channel is an entertainment studio and new media platform created to empower artists to co-produce, distribute, and monetize original, episodic video content.
Our programming is created by filmmakers, actors, comedians and musicians for the My Damn Channel site (www.MyDamnChannel.com); for syndication on the most heavily-trafficked online communities and social networks; and for all digital platforms.
DESCRIPTION:
My Damn Channel is seeking interns to work in the NY office on content development, site programming, marketing, promotion, social networking and operations.
This is an excellent opportunity to work inside one of the leading companies creating and distributing original new media entertainment.
(who wrote THAT?)
GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Screening content submissions and pitches
- Assist with video archiving
- Assist with site programming
- Prep videos for syndication
- Assist with marketing and promotions
- Social networking outreach
- General office assistance
- Opportunities to conceive and produce short-form video and graphic content
ABOUT YOU:
- Exceptional communication skills
- Highly motivated
- Detail oriented
- Quick learner
- Ability to prioritize multiple projects and tasks
- Ability to manage deadlines in a fast-paced environment
- Sense of humor (or more than a sense)
- Social Networking Fanatic
- Entertainment Junkie
- Knowledge of Final Cut Pro, Photoshop, HTML desirable
BENEFITS
- The opportunity to learn multiple disciplines inside a leading new media company
- Dramatically increase your contacts inside all areas of entertainment and new media
- Possibility for future employment
INTERESTED?
Send the world's best cover letter stating WHY YOU & WHAT you can do,
plus your resume, and specific availability to: Info@MyDamnChannel.com
Two years ago, on 7/31/07, we declared independence from everything old. We launched our new show business battleship on a mission to deliver the best original video series to your fingertips n’ eyeballs. We set sail for a new world free from the ridiculous, red-tape creating ways of radio, TV, & film.
In two years, we’ve built a new studio to produce the entertainment – a network to showcase the goods – and a syndication business to help it all fly far and fast.
We knew if we avoided idiotic start-up mistakes, we’d have a shot at building a creative and financial win. The past two years have been about building our brand, signing talent, co-creating hit series, finding a mass audience, and finally making real revenues from multiple streams.
Our advertisers keep fueling this fun because they know that we’re one of the new companies who can deliver three essential must-haves for new media messaging to make sense for brands:
1) highest-quality, star-driven entertainment
2) customized distribution to any digital platform
3) guaranteed traffic
As we start our next trip 'round the sun thanks go to our ARTISTS. The musicians, comedians, filmmakers, actors and revolutionaries who believed in us when we were schmucks with a PowerPoint now have a safe haven to produce and distribute video directly to fans. Most of our first famous friends are all still here. And thanks go to the newest members of the My Damn Channel line-up for signing on to put us to work on their behalf. We’re getting ready to announce a handful of mind-blowing deals with more stars from da movies and da teleevision.
Special thanks to every one of you who watch and share My Damn Channel videos. The minute we start screwing up, you stop watching, and it’s game over. Thanks for teaching us how to serve at your pleasure.
If you’ve worked inside our small, determined crew, please accept a personal thank you for putting in the brains, sweat and passion to prove this all works. Warren and I are forever mindful of what you’ve brought to this picnic.
Warren Chao is the Co-Founder & COO of My Damn Channel turning ideas into action. I’ve never seen anyone combine so many skills to make up the super-human-management sensation that Warren embodies. The man is awesomely inspiring and the essential ingredient inside this thing.
We share our My Damn Channel birthday with Mark Cuban, J.K. Rowling, and a visionary named Marc Averitt. Marc is our Board Director, and the Co-Founder and Managing Director of Okapi Venture Capital. We pay tribute to the man who first believed in our vision. And we mark our two-year milestone honoring every investor who helped put technology to work for our content creators, our audiences, distribution partners, and advertisers.
We’re about to make an announcement about new investment, new revenue deals, new series from our current stars and a few jaw-droppers if tonight’s midnight emails are to be believed.
Our next new pilot may be live within hours of this post…
Thanks for being here.
Rob Barnett
Rob@MyDamnChannel.com