My Damn Channel Launches Slacktory to Turn the Internet on Itself

NEW YORK, July 12, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- My Damn Channel announces the launch of Slacktory (http://slacktory.com), a creative, remix-happy blog about the pop culture of the internet. Slacktory will publish parodies of sites like Reddit and the Cheezburger network, guides for dominating the iTunes App Store by copying everyone else, PSAs for annoying Twitter friends, a plain-English translation of the Facebook terms of service, and online dating horror stories. Slacktory will also create and curate videos which amuse and parody the net on a companion destination at www.MyDamnChannel.com/Slacktory.

Slacktory is edited by Nick Douglas, the founding editor of Gawker Media's Valleywag and recent editor of AOL's Urlesque. Douglas is the editor of the HarperCollins book Twitter Wit: Brilliance in 140 Characters or Less. His work has been published in Slate, Wired, Esquire.com, BlackBook, PC Mag and Gawker.

Nick Douglas said, "I want to assure the internet that we mean it no harm, and that our weekly column by Mark Zuckerberg is completely real, except for the spot where we say it's not at all real." 

Slacktory uses video, Photoshop, GIF makers, and any other tool its writers can wrangle to turn the internet on itself. Slacktory includes new work by contributors from McSweeney's, Thought Catalog, and the New York Times. Its inspirations include Spy and MAD Magazines, Screenwipe, Improv Everywhere, Regretsy, and Boing Boing.

My Damn Channel, the entertainment studio and distributor of original videos by top talent, marks the launch of a new blog network with the debut of Slacktory. Rob Barnett, Founder/CEO of My Damn Channel, said, "We're launching a slew of new blogs and bringing old pals into our funhouse this summer. Nick Douglas and his writers will make Slacktory an essential daily read for internet addicts everywhere...or we get our money back!" 

About Slacktory

Born July 2011, Slacktory is a comedic blog about the pop culture of the internet at http://slacktory.com. Editor Nick Douglas and a team of talented freelance contributors analyze, abuse and parody the rest of the net. Plenty of blogs act like the newspapers of the internet, reporting and aggregating news. We're the magazine. A little New York, a little MAD, a little Spy. If you want to write, draw or crunch numbers for us, email the editor. We pay.

About My Damn Channel 

My Damn Channel is a leading entertainment studio and distributor of premium videos by top talent. My Damn Channel empowers filmmakers, comedians, actors, musicians, broadcasters and brands to co-produce and distribute original video on www.MyDamnChannel.com and on its syndication network on all digital platforms. The company has launched some of the most successful, original comedy series including Wainy Days, Gigi: Almost American, Easy to Assemble, Horrible People, the cult phenomenon You Suck at Photoshop, and videos by Harry Shearer. My Damn Channel creates premium, branded entertainment and guarantees audience delivery for partners including HBO, IFC, Adult Swim, Subway, Puma, Trident, Southern Comfort, IKEA, and Lincoln. The My Damn Channel blog network launched in 2011. ARE YOU STILL READING? Please watch 2 minutes here: www.MyDamnChannel.com/SizzleReel 

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