The recession isn’t slowing down National Lampoon’s acquisition binge: the humor site is getting into e-commerce with the purchase of JerkassClothing.com. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The apparel maker aims its t-shirts and merchandise at college students, and explains its ethos on its site: “We enjoy the finer…

It sounds like a laugh line, but this piece of news from National Lampoon is real: The company says that during the quarter ending July 31, its revenues grew “1900 percent” to $3.4 million from $167,000 last year. The business has gone through several permutations since forming as a production…

National Lampoon should be lampooned for this one: it is announcing today that it has acquired the website BarackObamaJokes.com, for an undisclosed sum. Which of course is a timely move, but considering that people are predicting he may turn out to be one of the most boring and centrist Presidents…

National Lampoon’s acquisition binge continues, as the comedy site has bought photo sharing site ZingFu.com. Terms were not disclosed. ZingFu lets users place “funny” scenes and thought-bubbles—or “zings,” as the site calls them—on their photos and turn them into widgets. The site has been around for three years. National Lampoon,…

National Lampoon has made several digital investments over the past several months, with most geared towards male users (CollegeHangover.com, Drunk University, RivalFish). Now it’s looking to reach more females—though still in a way that’s logical to its existing demographic: The company is acquiring AllModelZone.com, a site for photographers and would-be…

Comedy media company National Lampoon continues its aggressive pace of acquisitions ... this time, it’s acquiring Comedy Express, a distributor of comedic content across a range of platforms, including TV, online and mobile. As with its recent purchases of RivalFish and CollegeHangover, Comedy Express already has a relationship with National…

The National Lampoon continues its online shopping spree: This time, the humor media company is buying RivalFish.com, which offers content and merchandise having to do with college sports and sports rivalries. The site had already been a member of National Lampoon’s Humor Network, and it sees the buy as helping…

Add it to the tab: Comedy media company National Lampoon has announced the acquisition of user-gen site CollegeHangover.com. The site, as the name would imply, has a collection of user-submitted media, mostly consisting of college students doing embarrassing things at parties (beer bongs seem to pop up a lot). Prior…

National Lampoon continues to expand its online reach, this time by taking a minority stake in Capazoo, a hybrid social net/entertainment site. Financial terms were not disclosed. The deal calls for National Lampoon to distribute video clips from its various units to Capazoo. National Lampoon’s was motivated to tie-up with…