Think naming a band is hard WSJ? Try naming a show about naming bands!

Thursday, February 18th, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized, comedy, current events, media coverage | Comments

Apparently, it is hard to find a name for a band. Problem is, as the Wall Street Journal reported today, all the good names are taken. We ran into this problem too, and wrote about it - and our unique, rigorous, ...

Dorm Life inspires Facebook Craze. Can a web series spawn a new Holiday?

Tuesday, December 1st, 2009 Posted in awards, comedy, media coverage, video | Comments

National Hug Your RA Day! Inspired by Dorm Life. We knew Dorm Life was popular. We knew Dorm Life was influential. But did we know it would start a push for a new national 'holiday'?  Maybe.  And it has - ...

Hulu Interview

Friday, July 24th, 2009 Posted in media coverage | Comments

Hulu - taking over your entertainment life, one awesome show at a time Earlier this week, ASM's Josh and Brian sat down for an interview with Rebecca at Hulu - Thanks for the opportunity Rebecca!  You can ...

NY Mag on Dorm Life: Between Barbecues and Supercomputer Jeopardy!

Thursday, May 7th, 2009 Posted in media coverage | Comments

We've come to enjoy The Approval Matrix, New York Magazine's witty and multivariate monthly cheers-and-jeers item.  So we were pumped to see a Dorm Life shout-out in this week's Matrix: [caption id="attachment_232" align="alignleft" width="523" caption="NY Mag May 11 09"][/caption] According to this ...

Dorm Life Semester 2 Gets Industry Love

Sunday, March 1st, 2009 Posted in development, media coverage | Comments

We were excited by the barrage of press on Dorm Life this Friday.  First, there was Reed Kavner's spot on Tilzy.tv: If you’re a long-time fan, get excited. If you’re a newcomer, get caught up. Dorm Life is the finest example ...

Short-Form Ads

Monday, February 2nd, 2009 Posted in media coverage, video | Comments

We at ASM were tickled pink about the prospects for Miller High Life's 1 Second Super Bowl Ad.  In practice, however, we were a little disappointed.  Like the folks over at OnlineVideoWatch, a few of us missed the one 1-second ...

Twilight crowds nearly stampede ASM execs in Westwood

Friday, November 21st, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized, comedy, media coverage, video | Comments

After seeing this post, ASM CEO Peter White sent a tersely-dictated memo via the intra-office pneumatic communications channel, expressing concern about the potential that the media trade press would interpret this post as an admission that ASM execs were actually ...

ASM’s Dorm Life Wins double W3 Gold, Silver

Wednesday, October 15th, 2008 Posted in awards, comedy, media coverage | Comments

Pictures being worth an estimated 1,000 words, let's forgo effusiveness for efficiency: ASM collected gold awards from the W3 panel in both the "Comedy - Extended or Series" and "Entertainment" categories, and silver awards for web design and distinction in the ...

Dorm Life is #2 web series on Hulu

Thursday, August 28th, 2008 Posted in comedy, media coverage, ratings | Comments

Have a look at Hulu. Dorm Life is #62 overall in popularity for the month of August 2008. That's 62nd of the 525 shows Hulu carries, all genres, most of them relatively expensive TV shows (see screenshot below). Even more impressive ...

The Daily Voice: Beeing Aware

Friday, August 8th, 2008 Posted in PSA, current events, media coverage | Comments

"A new way to save the honeybees: music videos, web sites and more" Looks like the CCD awareness effort is taking off in NYC (online) print: Link to story: ....Another bee video from Attention Span Media uses humor, and a tad bit of bleeped ...