Ben Huh is keeping mum on Circa, his latest effort to reinvent journalism

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Cheezburger Network founder Ben Huh has built an online comedy empire around silly photos of cats and people engaged in all kinds of weird situations. Now the Internet entrepreneur is turning his sights on a bigger problem: The state of online journalism. In past interviews, Huh (who studied journalism at Northwestern University) has admitted to… Read More…

Morning Radar: Steve Jobs is ‘most fascinating’ of 2011; Cheezburger’s latest; Big Fish; Wetpaint and more

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A quick rundown of stories and offbeat tidbits catching our attention this morning … Pet and animal lovers can now get all of their comedy offerings in one spot as Cheezburger Network today unveiled Meme Animals. The new site from the Seattle comedy network (best known for I Can Has Cheezburger) is described as a “meme-nagerie of… Read More…

Cheezburger’s Ben Huh talks candidly about his personal struggles with depression

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Cheezburger CEO Ben Huh is known as a master of Web humor, with his company’s network of comedy sites drawing some 20 million unique visitors each month. He’s also a talented entrepreneur, building one of the most successful Internet upstarts in Seattle, one of the reasons he scored $30 million in venture capital earlier this… Read More…

Trekkies beware: Cheezburger looks to corner the market on geek humor with new sites

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Cheezburger may be best known for funny cat photos with captions, and the occasional break dancing mishap on Fail Blog. But now the comedy maestros at Cheezburger are opening up a new chapter. The Seattle company — which scored $30 million in venture capital earlier this year — just rolled out a series of sites… Read More…

Newsmakers 2011: Ben and Emily Huh unlock secret to Web humor at Cheezburger

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What’s it like being married to one of the worst-dressed men in tech? Emily Huh lives with that pain every day, and things seem to be working out just fine. But it isn’t Ben Huh’s fashion sense, or Emily’s tolerance for it, that has landed them on GeekWire’s Newsmakers of the Year list for 2011,… Read More…

Have it your way on Cheezburger with new personalized Web pages

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The folks over at Cheezburger are masters of user-generated content — obtaining and showcasing funny photos and videos from the cat, dog and fail lovers who show up in droves every day. But a new offering that quietly launched this evening could take user-generated content to an entirely new level. It’s called Cheezburger Sites, and… Read More…

Celebrate the joys of the holiday season with a Cheezburger greeting card?

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Cheezburger, Seattle’s oddball network of comedy Web sites, already does a pretty healthy business selling T-shirts, plush toys and calendars. Now, the company that revolutionized cat photography with silly captions is rolling out a new line of holiday greeting cards. Working in partnership with The Madison Park Group, the Christmas card collection includes 16 dog… Read More…

Ben Huh: The history of cat photos and advice for entrepreneurs

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Ben Huh chats with Microsoft’s Channel 9 about the early days at Cheezburger and offers some wise advice based on the lessons he picked up from the failure of his first company. “What great entrepreneurs do is that they find an opportunity where other people see none,” said Huh. That certainly was the case with… Read More…

Cheezburger opens a new chapter: Beautiful photos

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Cheezburger, the oddball Seattle based network of humor sites, is best known for its captions on funny cat photos and videos of vomiting hang gliders. But it’s not all about the laughter over at the Cheeburger world headquarters in lower Queen Anne. The company just introduced a new site called Five Minute Getaway which isn’t funny… Read More…

Cheezburger’s latest pursuit: Captions on polar bear photos and other random stuff

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Cheezburger Network grew to prominence by allowing its users to attach funny captions to dog and cat photos. But who says that captions should be limited to felines and canines? Continuing to expand its empire of comedy sites, Cheezburger introduced this week a new site called Just Capshunz. And like the poorly-spelled name suggests, the… Read More…