Sessions at SXSW Interactive 2012 about Television and Social and Comedy in Austin Convention Center

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Sunday 11th March 2012

• What the Internet Finds Funny: Creating & Covering Humor Online

  by Adam Frucci, Christine Friar, Doree Shafrir, Sam Reich and Jesse David Fox

  Web comedy is more than YouTubes of stand-up sets and GIFs of sleepy cats; the popularity of sites writing about comedy, aggregating web humor and putting a satirical spin on breaking news is skyrocketing. Doree Shafrir (Executive Editor, Buzzfeed), Adam Frucci (Editor, Splitsider), Sam Reich (President of Original Content, CollegeHumor), Christine Friar (Associate Editor, Huffington Post Comedy) and Jesse David Fox (Freelance Writer/New York Magazine's Vulture/Splitsider) talk about writing funny things, writing seriously about funny things, writing humorously about serious things and how comedy's increasingly shaping the growth of web media.

  • Comedy
  • Social
  • Television
  • Viral Marketing

  At 3:30pm to 4:30pm, Sunday 11th March

  In Room 12AB, Austin Convention Center

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