April 23, 2008
Indy Mogul profiled on CNN’s “News to Me,” April 20.
Herb Scannell and NNN on the cover of Mediaweek, April 14. 
Herb Scannell and NNN on the cover of Mediaweek, April 14. 
April 16, 2008
Exec Cella Added to Next New Advisory Board (Mediaweek)
Next New Networks, a startup digital media venture which has launched over a dozen niche Web networks over the last year-plus, has installed former MAGNA Global Worldwide chairman and CEO Bill Cella on its advisory board.
April 14, 2008
NNN Goes Fashion Forward (Mediaweek)
Thread Heads caters to creative types and fashion lovers, while maintaining an unpretentious vibe. The show has demonstrated spray painting a pattern on an old dress using a discarded metal window screen. In another episode, Czar and Leigh fished a box of Café El Aquila espresso out of a dumpster and used it to vintage-ize a pair of jeans. During this year’s Valentine’s Day show, the duo made corsets out of old flannel shirts and a pair of boxers from a pillowcase.
Viacom Vet Herb Scannell: Act 2.0 (Mediaweek)
“What’s cool and interesting about those guys is that they are a hybrid of a new and traditional media company,” observes Jennifer Gavin, director of digital strategy at Bartle Bogle Hegarty. “This is the first time that anyone is really doing that.”
Obama Girl: NNN's Girl Power (Mediaweek)
“She’s been a guest on Saturday Night Live. Her work has been featured on CNN and MSNBC. She’s generated 7.7 million views, and counting, on YouTube. And recently, Amber Lee Ettinger’s career reached new heights, landing a coveted one-on-one interview spot with Geraldo Rivera on Fox News.”
April 9, 2008
Why Obama and Clinton are YouTube stars (Web Scout : Los Angeles Times)
You don’t need to be a celeb or an “SNL” writer to get noticed. Ben Relles put himself on the map when he and two partners brought the world “Obama Girl,” the candidate’s sultry, singing follower who rings in millions of page views every time she bobs onto the computer screen. (“I’ve got a crush on Obama,” was nominated Monday for a Webby Award). Relles’ fledgling BarelyPolitical.com was bought by the Web TV company Next New Networks last October and now has four full-time employees.
Obama Girl, NPR contend for honors at Web awards (Reuters)
Obama Girl, who rose to fame with her musical ode to U.S. Democratic Presidential hopeful Barack Obama, “I got a crush on Obama,” competes for best viral video with deep voiced singer and composer Tay Zonday’s “Chocolate Rain,” and “Tony vs. Paul” a video of a fight made in stop motion.
April 3, 2008
Marketing gold could be found in Web video
“It’s like the early days of cable,” says former Viacom executive Herb Scannell, now CEO of Internet video investment and support firm Next New Networks. “We’re inventing new business models, new talent and new programming models.”
March 13, 2008
NNN Raises $15MM on Building Communities, Not Hits (Tilzy.TV)
JAMISON TILSNER: [Next New Networks are] leading the development of the next generation entertainment studio. I say this with due respect to the other visionaries who invest in and create web entertainment.