If you only have 140 characters, they should be worth reading, no? Depends on whose Twitter feed you read. Time Magazine has just published a list (of course they did) of the top 140 Twitter feeds around the country. No, sorry, neither Charlie Sheen nor Kim Kardashian made it -- Neil Gaiman is #1, S ... More >>
Melissa Jun RowleySocial Media Rock Stars: Digg's Kevin Rose and Mashable's Pete CashmoreFor more than half a century the Grammy Awards have been the pinnacle institution of American music. (But that doesn't mean the tone of the show and the brand itself have to be institutional.) While the ... More >>
L.A.'s brash tech superstar
City Sourced just got a unanimous thumbs-up from Techcrunch50 judges Lior Zorea, Bradley Horowitz, Kevin Rose, Satish Dharmaraj and Tim O'Reilly (!) and as Techcrunch is reporting, might have a potential investment opportunity from Kevin Rose coming up. Founded in L.A. by Jason Kiesel and Ku ... More >>
Maybe because we used to work on the dark side, we're suckers for a good viral marketing ploy (see: viral buzz, brand ambassadors, evangelizing, product seeding, online influencers, etc.). That being said, when we saw Digg founder Kevin Rose, L.A.'s own Mahalo CEO Jason Calacanis and Rubicon Project ... More >>
She's the human manifestation of the convergence of tech and entertainment the stepsister of American Apparel's Dov Charney, Shira causes a commotion just by showing up
From the NBC/Hulu partnership to the fact that former Disney exec Michael Eisner is spending his time post-mouse investing in the online video site Vuguru, it seems like everyone wants to be the Internet's date to the prom. The problem with this lies in the punchline of the joke told by head of the ... More >>
View more photos in the SXSW Parties: Bigg Digg Shindigg Driskill Flashmob slideshow Erin BroadleyL.A. Weekly's Alexia Tsotsis and Digg's Kevin RoseAfter spending long afternoon holed up in the Hilton lobby getting our blog on, LAWeekly.com decided to hit the streets of Austin to find out where ... More >>
On the precipice of a tech revolution
Erin BroadleyZannel's street superherosWalking into Twiistup 5 was like walking into a tech-set Disneyland -- the high security, lasers, fog machines, and neon props from Bladerunner adding to the surreal experience of being surrounded by the latest in groundbreaking technology. In fact, it would se ... More >>
Hundreds of Diggnation fans, Diggers and general tech industry geeks barraged the Knitting Factory last night for the Digg.com Meetup L.A. -- the crowd on Hollywood Boulevard started lining up at 8 a.m. with attendees setting up folding chairs, the general vibe reminiscent of a Star Wars or LOR prem ... More >>
