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Veoh Gets Big-Name Backers; former MTV President and CEO Tom Freston and former Viacom Chairman and CEO Jonathan Dolgen join Michael Eisner as investors. This is the same round of funding we reported on in June. (release)
Reality TV Vets Launch Web-Based Series; Amazing Race, Survivor, and The Apprentice alums band together for Around the World for Free travel show. (Release)
Adam Finley: 1976-2007; TV Squad blogger passes away after being hit by bus in Minneapolis. Our condolences to his family and friends. (TV Squad)
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[...] NewTeeVee just linked to a new web video project about a dude, Alex Boylan, traveling around the world with nothing but the shirt on his back. No money. No plan. Just a video crew and (presumably) a laptop to blog with. I can dig that. You as his audience can interract and tell dude where to go, what to do, who to hang with. Around the World for Free could be pretty awesome. We’ll see once he starts off on his journey next Tuesday from New York. [...]
Around the World for Free at The Poverty Jet Set on September 12th, 2007 at 1:41 pm - Permalink