CBS News Buys Wallstrip - There’s Much Rejoicing
Fred Wilson posted Here that Howard Lindzon got on a plane, went to NYC, hired a couple of awesome video producers named Adam and Jeff and a wonderful host named Lindsay. He set out to make a funny short video about Wall Street five days a week for less than $1000 per show. Adam and Jeff figured out how to do that and they’ve been online every work day since October 16th of last year. 10-months later = $5 Million deal..!!
Congrats are certainly in order.. 
- Also of interest - so says the machine:
WallStrip - What CNBC is Watching
The popular daily Vlog WallStrip.com is on a tear lately with this man on the street style interview with some guy - aka CNBC's Anchor Dylan Ratigan - (staged?). The upstart project, with some decent funding now, also got a nice little write-up in the NYT on friday. Wallstrip is moreThe Blackberry Thumboff
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