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… Read More
Microsoft has made a full-length feature film — a professionally produced documentary on the startup life, of all things — and it’s slated to premiere in November at the Napa… Read More
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… Read More
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… Read More
At a Startup Weekend event in Seattle four months ago, a group of geeks built a service called Shubz.tv that allowed groups of friends to watch video clips together. The… Read More
Doxo has inked a deal with Sound Community Bank, allowing customers of the bank to get all bills and communications in their “digital file cabinet.” The Seattle company, backed by… Read More
For those of you having a hard time getting back into the startup groove following the holiday weekend, here’s a little lighthearted fare courtesy of the rapping VCs at Foundry… Read More
Cheezburger has added to its line-up of weird and wacky sites. Introducing “Bronies.” Men and boys who love the animated series “My Little Pony.” Aviation High School — where the next… Read More
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?… Read More
Too much money has flowed into too many Internet companies at astronomical valuations, leading Fortune’s Dan Primack to conclude that we are currently experiencing an “economic bubble” in which valuations… Read More
The GQ fashion police on Wednesday called out Cheezburger CEO Ben Huh as one of the 15 worst dressed men in tech, pointing to his frequent choice of ironic cat… Read More
It’s Friday, and the sun is finally shining in Seattle. But we’ve certainly missed out on a big chunk of the summer. Luckily, Emily Huh of Cheezburger Network stopped by… Read More
We’ve been talking a lot about the lack of investment dollars flowing to entrepreneurial ventures in the Seattle area. But let’s not forget all of the good stuff going on.… Read More
Sharing on Facebook and Twitter was so two months ago. Now, get ready for “smile tagging” — courtesy of Kraft Macaroni and Cheese and the folks at Cheezburger Network. Beginning Thursday,… Read More
Cheezburger Network’s growth over the past few years has been absolutely mind-numbing, with more than 19 million visitors and over 400 million page views per month. But, for the most… Read More
Every day is Take Your Dog to Work Day here at GeekWire and, for that matter, at dozens of other tech companies around Seattle. It’s pretty commonplace to see canine… Read More
Cheezburger remains the top dog (or should we say cat) on top of the Seattle Startup Index, the monthly ranking of the biggest Internet startups in the Seattle area based… Read More
It’s not just laughs, giggles and videos of failure at the Cheezburger Network. Fresh off its recent $30 million venture capital round, the Seattle online comedy network has hired Sean… Read More
Can the man who popularized LOLcats reinvent the way we read news online? Ben Huh, the chief executive of Cheezburger, the wildly popular network of comedy Web sites, wants to… Read More
Seattle’s startup community partied Thursday night at the annual Seattle 2.0 Awards, a celebration of the region’s top tinkerers, geeks, designers and investors. Team GeekWire was there in full force,… Read More
Cheezburger Network may be the master of online comedy snippets, surprises and hijinks. But the Seattle Internet company, which just landed $30 million in fresh capital, has made some pretty… Read More
Nominations were released this week for the 15th annual Webby Awards, the Oscars-style bash for Internet innovation, creativity and other wacky stuff. And like in the past, Seattle area companies… Read More
The guys from Seattle startup Giant Thinkwell will be our guests on the next GeekWire Podcast. And it looks like they’ll have a lot to talk about, because they’ve been… Read More
You can recruit smart developers in a lot of ways, offering stock incentives, big salaries or cool perks. But Cheezburger — the fast-growing network of comedy Web sites — has… Read More
Fresh off its whopping $30 million venture capital round, Cheezburger Network is adding more special sauce to its growing empire of comedy sites. The Seattle company has gobbled up Know Your… Read More
Defining exactly what constitutes a startup can be a challenge, especially for digital scribes like us. Is it a pre-revenue company? A firm that has yet to go public? A… Read More
So, just how exactly is Cheezburger Network going to use a portion of the $30 million that just arrived from the VCs? Of course, the Seattle comedy network continues to… Read More
Maybe Alex Trebek is a secret FailBlog fanatic. The wildly popular humor Web site — developed by the folks at Seattle’s Cheezburger Network — was the subject of a little… Read More