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Friday, June 19, 2009

JibJab’s Latest Video Spoof: “He’s Barack Obama”

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Here is the latest video from the fine folks at JibJab Media, whose online political satires were among the first viral ones on the Web.

Titled “He’s Barack Obama,” it premiered tonight in front of the President at the 65th Radio and Television Correspondents Dinner in Washington, D.C.

The two-minute Obama video is being launched in conjunction with JibJab’s Facebook Connect integration, so all comments on the video will run through Facebook’s platform.

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Thursday, July 17, 2008

JibJab’s Latest Election Video: “Time for Some Campaignin’”

Here’s the latest election spoof video from the folks at JibJab Media, called “Time for Some Campaignin.’”

At the end of the video, BoomTown included the face of our favorite Internet CEO under siege, getting kicked around by politicians–and not billionaire investors and software giants–for a change. (Customizing faces is an option on all JibJab’s Sendables products.)

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Monday, March 31, 2008

Kara Visits the Tech Policy Summit: Content

Last week, I appeared at the second annual Tech Policy Summit, held in Hollywood, which covered a wide range of important issues related to digital topics and public policy.

The one on content was titled, “How New Media Is Changing Content Creation and Distribution.” Conclusion: A lot!
I did video interviews after the session with two [...]

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Thursday, January 3, 2008

Billy Joel Couldn’t Stop the (Online) Fire

While “Here Comes Another Bubble,” the hysterical but copyright-controversial online music video created by San Francisco’s Richter Scales got all the attention, the folks over at JibJab Media also made another video set to the tune of the same Billy Joel song, “We Didn’t Start the Fire.”
Except JibJab actually asked for and got permission from [...]

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Friday, December 7, 2007

Digital Snowball Fight!

How could I not post this beauty from the folks at JibJab Media, in which Walt Mossberg and I get to smack Microsoft’s Steve Ballmer and Bill Gates, as well as Apple’s Steve Jobs more painfully, with snowballs?
The video card is part of a recent deal the online video creators just inked with BermanBraun Media–an [...]

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Thursday, November 22, 2007

A Thanksgiving Cranberry Massacre!

Sure, you feel a little guilty about offing that turkey today, but did you ever think about the agonizing death-by-Cuisinart of the cranberries?

Once you watch the warped Thanksgiving video “Sendables”–a must-see showing below (click on through the blank screen and it will start playing)–from the online content creators over at JibJab Media, you’ll never [...]

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About Kara

Kara Swisher started covering digital issues for The Wall Street Journal's San Francisco bureau in 1997 and also wrote the BoomTown column about the sector. With Walt Mossberg, she co-produces and co-hosts D: All Things Digital, a major high-tech and media conference. Read more »

Ethics Statement

Here is a statement of my ethics and coverage policies. It is more than most of you want to know, but, in the age of suspicion of the media, I am laying it all out.

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