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IAC’s Notional Flaunts TV Ambitions; Unveils Slate

Nov 18, 2009 11:15 PM

Notional wants to be taken seriously. That might be a little tough ordinarily for a new cross-platform video production company birthed by a website called CollegeHumor but Notional has great genes and, in Barry Diller, a godfather with serious pull. It also has a very real slate with production commitments…

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Posted In: Media & Publishing, TV, Technologies / Formats, Broadband, Companies, IAC, barry diller, ben silverman, collegehumor, dave noll, electus, notional, ricky van veen

CollegeHumor’s New Production Spinoff: Notional; Van Veen’s Heading It

Jul 24, 2009 6:53 PM

Earlier today we reported on a new spinoff multimedia production company out of IAC-owned CollegeHumor. Now we have more details on it: the new company is called Notional, and is headed by Ricky Van Veen, the co-founder of CH. He will be the CEO of Notional, and will transition out…

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Posted In: Media & Publishing, TV, Companies, IAC, , collegehumor, notional

IAC Launching a New Video Venture Around CollegeHumor; Bringing In Team From CityLights Media

Jul 24, 2009 12:40 PM

Correction through the post: IAC (NSDQ: IACI) CEO Barry Diller spoke at Fortune Brainstorm Tech this morning, and is announcing a new venture around video: the company is buying is hiring Dave Noll, the president from the 25-year old video production company Citylights Media (who is then bring in six…

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Posted In: Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Mergers & Acquisitions, Companies, IAC, collegehumor

IAC-Owned CollegeHumor Buys SportsPickle.com

Mar 26, 2009 11:44 AM

And while IAC (NSDQ: IACI) is selling off some of its assets to focus on the core, it is still bullish on its CollegeHumor franchise: the online comedy site has bought sports satire site SportsPickle, for an undisclosed though likely a small amount. Both sites are aimed at a young…

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Posted In: Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Mergers & Acquisitions, Companies, IAC, collegehumor, sportspickle.com

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