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JibJab Debuts Obama Musical Parody Video

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on June 22, 2009 - 12:29pm.
Washington - JibJab, the California-based creator of political parity cartoon videos, on Saturday premiered its first satire of the Obama administration at the 65th Annual Radio and Television Correspondents Dinner, with the President, himself, in attendance. The 2-minute musical video, entitled "He's Barack Obama," portrays Obama as a super hero battling challenges such as the economy, foreign policy and pirates -- all to a heavy metal rendition of "When Johnny Comes Marching Home." In a departure from its banjo-centric musicals of the Bush era, the company recruited musicians from bands such as the Foo Fighters and Jane's Addiction to take part in the project, which can be viewed at the link below.

tags: Video | JibJab | Washington | Politics | Barack Obama |

Political Parody Firm JibJab Lands $7.5 Million

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on January 8, 2009 - 8:25am.

Venice, Calif. - JibJab, a producer of digital parody cartoons, will continue to turn out its popular political spoofs after landing $7.5 million in its third round of funding.

tags: Deals | VC | Video | Comedy | JibJab | Sony Pictures Entertainment | Polaris Venture Partners | Overbrook Entertainment |

Digital Comedy Studio JibJab Raises $3 Million

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on October 24, 2007 - 11:53am.

Santa Monica, Calif. - JibJab, the digital entertainment studio behind such viral comedy videos as "This Land Is Your Land," has raised $3 million in its second round of venture capital financing, from Polaris Venture Partners, PEHub.com reported.

tags: Deals | VC | Video | JibJab | Politics | Polaris Venture Partners |

JibJab News Parody Video Debuts at Press Dinner in DC

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on March 29, 2007 - 12:19pm.

*A correction has been made to the original version of this story.

Washington - JibJab, the California-based producer of digital parody cartoons, on Wednesday night released its latest musical satire entitled "What We Call the News" at the Radio and Television Correspondents Dinner in DC.

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JibJab, Verizon Name Finalists for Great Sketch Experiment Contest

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on October 20, 2006 - 1:16pm.
Santa Monica, Calif. - Online comedy network JibJab and partner Verizon Wireless announced on Friday that six finalists have been chosen for its Great Sketch Experiment contest, which will award the producer of the funniest sketch comedy video a $10,000 development deal with JibJab and see their performance featured on Verizon's V CAST service. Santa Monica, Calif.-based JibJab said director John Landis ("Kentucky Fried Movie," "Animal House") directed the six finalists' entries, which are available for viewing and voting on at JibJab.com.
tags: Internet | Video | Marketing | Verizon Wireless | Comedy | JibJab | Contests | UGC | John Landis |

JibJab Launches JokeBox Online Social Network

Authored by dmw on April 17, 2006 - 8:43am.
Santa Monica, Calif. - JibJab Media, the online media company that created the "This Land is Your Land" animated election parody, on Monday announced the launch of a comedy-focused online social network. The free-to-join JokeBox community will feature over 25,000 video, picture and written jokes, and a place for members to store funny e-mails and add to their online joke collections. Santa Monica, Calif.-based JibJab said its online community already counts 640,000 members.
tags: Launches | Internet | Marketing | Social Networking | Comedy | JibJab |

"This Land Is Your Land" Web Parody Creators Victors in Copyright Spat

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on August 25, 2004 - 1:54am.
San Francisco -- JibJab.com, creators of a popular Web cartoon called "This Land Is Your Land" that parodied the presidential candidates, announced on Wednesday that it has settled a copyright dispute with a music publisher claiming ownership of the Woody Guthrie song used in the cartoon. JibJab's attorneys from the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) sued Ludlow Music, which claims ownership of the song, after Ludlow threatened copyright litigation against AtomFilms and Speedera Networks, who distributed the cartoon online. The EFF said it found evidence that the song was already in the public domain -- meaning that copyrights had expired and it could be used without permission or paying royalties -- on top of what it said was JibJab's "fair use" right to use the song for the purpose of a parody. JibJab dismissed its suit against Ludlow after the company agreed to allow the site to distribute the cartoon without interference. "The idea of copyright law is that, after a time, every work comes back into the hands of the public, where it can be reused, recycled, made part of new creativity without having to pay a fee or call in the lawyers," said EFF attorney Fred von Lohmann.
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