Episode #319: CollegeHumor’s Sam Reich
by Sam Reich was 21 when CollegeHumor hired him as its first Director of Original Content in 2006. In a few short years, the success of …
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Episode #314: Adam Conover
Adam Conover is a comedian and writer best known for the truTV series Adam Ruins Everything, which he created and hosted from 2015-2019. Conover’s comedy …
CollegeHumor lays off 100+ employees as IAC pulls funding, hands reins over to longtime CH’er Sam Reich
CollegeHumor launched online in 1999, begat an MTV show in 2009, and turning the corner from 2019 into 2020, now finds itself in a financial …
CollegeHumor launches subscription streaming service: DROPOUT
Old-school online comedy giant CollegeHumor is getting into the newer-school game of subscription streaming services. They just announced the launch of DROPOUT, its own ad-free, mixed-media subscription …
CollegeHumor mocks Bassem Youssef for leaving heart surgery and Egypt for comedy in Hollywood
Bassem Youssef left a career as a heart surgeon to become a successful comedian in Egypt, with a talk show the likes of Jon Stewart’s …
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YouTube unveils YouTube Red to compete with Netflix, Hulu and Amazon
A few years ago, YouTube invested $200 million in boosting the profiles and content of 100 of its already higher-profile channels. This time around, YouTube is going …
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CollegeHumor’s Comedy Music Hall of Fame, on IFC
CollegeHumor and IFC created the hour TV special, CollegeHumor’s Comedy Music Hall of Fame, but after watching it twice over the weekend, I still cannot …
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Musical comedy news: IFC/CollegeHumor combine to celebrate it, The Lonely Island making a movie about it
Your song of the summer now just got funnier. IFC and CollegeHumor are collaborating for an hour-long special on June 19 — CollegeHumor’s Comedy Music …
truTV orders Adam Conover’s “Adam Ruins Everything” to series, more from #Upfronts 2015
truTV showed up for its part of the Turner Networks 2015 Upfront presentations today with two new series ordered up, an extended trailer for another …
Netflix, Funny or Die, CollegeHumor, Fallon among 2015 Webby Awards winners
Netflix helped take home multiple honors in the annual pay-to-play Webby Awards, with Funny or Die, CollegeHumor and The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon also …