The Deal
Sunday, November 8, 
8:39 am

National Lampoon deal to capitalize on Obama win

  Share     E-Mail    Discussion    Print Story
obama.jpgThe Democrats were not the only ones who scored political capital this week. Media company National Lampoon Inc. also scored with the acquisition of humor blog and content aggregator BarackObamaJokes.com.

Continue reading below

Also on Dealscape

The Web site bills itself as "The Friendly Barack Obama Joke Site" and features jokes from David Letterman, video from "The Daily Show," political cartoons and other content.

National Lampoon did not disclose the price, in a Wednesday announcement.

National Lampoon is active in feature films, television programming, book publishing and other areas. Its online properties include the National Lampoon Humor Network, the college-oriented Drunk University Network and the female-focused Zaz Network. - Chris Nolter

See announcement from National Lampoon's



Post a comment





The Deal Pipeline

Deal Video


Inside The Deal: Linklaters' Schmidt says how regulators handled Pfizer Inc.'s acquisition of Wyeth is an outlier of how others merger reviews will be conducted.


More video...

Crisis On Wall Street
Technology
Deals of The Decade

Community

Industry Insight

Dealing with frozen bank lending

If your bank is not willing to lend, what can you do as your company continues to seek growth?


Judgment Call

The coming age of the renminbi

The Chinese currency will play an increasingly important role in international commerce and finance.


Industry Insight

Banking on PE investments

Howls of protest greeted the FDIC policy statement, but the financial services industry should get over it.


footspacer.jpg footspacer.jpg footspacer.jpg footspacer.jpg footspacer.jpg


©Copyright 2009, The Deal, LLC. All rights reserved. Please send all technical questions, comments or concerns to the Webmaster.