Scott Moore, a 20-year veteran of online publishing for the likes of Microsoft, Yahoo and Cheezburger, has found his next venture. Ad Lightning scans digital publishing outlets for disruptive ads that… Read More
Ben Huh, the Seattle entrepreneur who became famous with his Cheezburger Network of comedy websites, is now San Francisco based and he’s taking on a decidedly more serious challenge. Y Combinator,… Read More
After eight years as the founder and CEO of the Cheezburger Network, Ben Huh stepped down last July and embarked on a year-long, 37-country trip around the world. Now the… Read More
Two of the biggest names in Internet comedy, Cheezburger and eBaum’s World, are now part of the same corporate family. Cheezburger this morning revealed new details about the previously unnamed company that recently acquired… Read More
I can has acquisition? Cheezburger, the pioneering online comedy network that brought cat pictures and outrageous videos to millions around the world, has been sold to an undisclosed, newly-formed private… Read More
It’s the final roar, or should we say meow for Ben Huh. The charismatic CEO of Seattle-based online humor site Cheezburger announced today that he’s leaving the company that he started… Read More
Viral, shareable content is Ben Huh’s bread and butter. His business is predicated on the notion that when we see an adorable kitten, a funny meme, or a GIF from our… Read More
Cheezburger has had its share of struggles over the past few years, but now investors are showing their support again for the humor website. The Seattle startup announced today that it… Read More
Cheezburger CEO Ben Huh, the guy who helped popularize cat photos on the Internet, is sharing some of the missteps he made over the past few years following a huge… Read More
This week on the GeekWire radio show, we’re joined by tech and media industry veteran Scott Moore, president of and COO Cheezburger, the Seattle-based network of comedy sites such as… Read More
Cheezburger may be best known for fuzzy little felines, and funny photographs of failure. But the Seattle online comedy network led by Ben Huh now has another thing to showcase:… Read More
It’s not easy putting together a one-day viral marketing campaign in three cities that involves cute kittens, customized cupcakes and seven months of planning. But that’s exactly what Seattle-based humor… Read More
Want to play with a kitten for 20 minutes today? Well, Cheezburger and Uber have you covered. In celebration of National Cat Day, Seattle-based humor site Cheezburger has teamed up… Read More
—Cheezburger continues to layer on all sorts of new executive toppings as the Seattle online humor network looks to reposition itself and grow its audience of seven million monthly unique… Read More
Cheezburger is adding a little more beef to its executive ranks. The six-year-old Seattle online humor company, best known for its I Can Has Cheezburger cat photo site, today announced… Read More
SAN FRANCISCO — You’d think that the chief executive of an internet humor company would be happy to talk about how his company is disrupting the way we think about… Read More
Circa, the mobile app hoping to redefine news presentation, today announced that it has hired Reuters social media editor Anthony de Rosa as its editor-in-chief. The seven-month-old company, which was… Read More
Cheezburger today announced that it is cutting 24 employees, or about 35 percent of its staff, as it struggles with the changing economics of more people viewing content on mobile… Read More
Seattle startups have been pretty dang creative with how they hire talented developers. Two years ago, Cheezburger stood outside of an Amazon company meeting with free Dick’s cheeseburgers in hopes of luring… Read More
In his previous life, Scott Porad ran the technical operations for one of the world’s largest cat blogs: I Can Has Cheezburger. But now Porad, who left Cheezburger last month,… Read More
Cheezburger Network, the Seattle online comedy network behind Fail Blog, I Can Has Cheezburger, The Daily What and dozens of other sites, has raised an additional $5 million in funding.… Read More
Cheezburger Chief Technology Officer Scott Porad is stepping down from the online comedy network after five years on the job, GeekWire has learned. “It’s sad to see an original member… Read More
It’s a typical path for successful entrepreneurs — take some of the new-found riches and recycle it by bankrolling other entrepreneurs. But that’s not something that Cheezburger CEO Ben Huh… Read More
As Bravo continues its march across tech land, it looks north to our own lovely Seattle and Cheezburger, the creators of the Daily What, FAIL blog, Memebase and more. Yes,… Read More
(Video courtesy of Felice Lam) Ben Huh kicked up his black and white leather dress shoes and bounced onstage mimicing the pop singer PSY, whose “Gangnam Style” now has more than 600… Read More
How do you know when an Internet meme has run its course? Executives do stuff like this at conferences. In the span of two hours today, executives from two Seattle… Read More
For months, Ben Huh was uncharacteristically mum about his online journalism startup. But finally today, Circa swung its curtains open in hopes to redefine the way readers consume their news.… Read More
Cheezburger’s former chief revenue officer is moving on. Todd Sawicki tells GeekWire that he’s left the Seattle-based online comedy network, a move that comes just a month after he transitioned… Read More
Investors are always chasing the “next big thing” in technology. And now The Wall Street Journal has created a list of its picks of those venture-backed companies poised for the… Read More
Bravo film crews have been hanging out at Cheezburger’s offices in lower Queen Anne, getting footage for the release of their new reality TV show. Cheezburger CEO Ben Huh has… Read More