I was trying to find a page of the first “main page” we had. It was this clip: how women can cover their hips. Don’t ask, I was trying hard to skew towards women in order not to violate the terms of my non-compete which prohibited me from doing a men’s online magazine.
Oh, did I mention it was a video and not an article?
Thankfully, the quality has increased a tad.
Anyway, at the time, we didn’t automatically archive old main pages then… so I do not unfortunately have a copy of the first “main page” we published.
I recall showing that video to my friends at the Super Bowl party in 2006… indeed, they thought we were crazy for publishing video. Fitting, then, that the first sentence of a recent article on WatchMojo.com was entitled “Producer’s got his mojo working with video site” and starts off with:
Friends of Ashkan Karbasfrooshan said he was crazy to start an Internet video production company.
Of course, I knew it wasn’t only about production, it was about publishing and syndication. We now have one of the largest syndication networks out there.
Back to the point: ironically, or fittingly, the earliest archived page I have is this one, which leads off with one of the Fake News skits we did when we launched. I didn’t blog much like I do now, so to keep my sanity I’d write the fake news stuff… some of it was good, some of it was so-so. In the linked example, the first reference is an inside joke of sorts pertaining to my former employer Rupert Murdoch/News Corp., which I won’t get into right now.
Oddly, on March 17 2006, the time stamp on that page, the site was far less chaotic than it is now… I knew we’d scale our content production and publishing but to think we’d hit 4,000 or so videos under that CMS/design was not something I expected.
Starting in September 2006, after 9 months of planning, we’re pretty much (I’ve been saying that for some time, I know) on the cusp, literally, of relaunching soon on a new CMS, new redesign, new platform.
I’d love to drop a link as a sneak peek, but we’re tweaking some final things, so here’s a screen grab:
Check back next week for the real deal…
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