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    Apr 5, 2012 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  1. Kick Picks: Crowd-funded games about lovable perverts, the Black Plague and Ron Paul

    <strong><a href=&quot;http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/peterwhite/plague?ref=category">Plague</a></strong>
    Plague The Pitch: "You play as the plague, trying to spread sickness to as many inhabitants of each level as possible - but in a fun way!" Goal: $20,000 Status: 5% funded, ends April 29 There’s a contingent of people who hate playing as the good...

    Tags: Epidemics and Plagues, Ron Paul, John McCain, Gaming

    2. Jan 13, 2012 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  2. Kickstarter isn't just for rock stars anymore

    Natasha Brown-Wainwright, 41, still calls it The Twitter. She doesn't upload photos to Facebook without her 16-year-old daughter's help. Her grasp of the Web is fuzzy.
    Natasha Brown-Wainwright, 41, still calls it The Twitter. She doesn't upload photos to Facebook without her 16-year-old daughter's help. Her grasp of the Web is fuzzy. But last summer, she decided to get a clue and join the latest, buzziest social...

    Tags: Computing and Information Technology Industry, Media Industry, Butchers Hill, Movies, Literature

    3. May 25, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  3. Counter Intelligence: Ración is Basque country

    San Sebastian's old town may be the most food-intensive neighborhood in the world, with street after street of <em>pintxos</em> bars and taverns and roaring restaurants, and hundreds of counters heaped with shellfish, hams and roasted meat &mdash; the answer to a tapas lover's sweatiest dream. You stumble down the crowded streets of this Basque city, stopping in one bar for its anchovies, another for its famous cuttlefish, another for the delicious spider crabs, washing each down with a glass of cider or thin, acidic Txakolina wine.
    Los Angeles Times Restaurant Critic
    San Sebastian's old town may be the most food-intensive neighborhood in the world, with street after street of pintxos bars and taverns and roaring restaurants, and hundreds of counters heaped with shellfish, hams and roasted meat — the answer to...

    Tags: Tapas, Dining and Drinking, Michelin Group, New York City, Restaurants

    4. May 23, 2012 |Story| Reuters

  4. CORRECTED-YOUR MONEY: Will investors take to crowdfunding?

    Reuters
    By Lou Carlozo CHICAGO, May 23 (Reuters) - Artists are not renowned for financial savvy, but their success in raising money on the Internet through donations to crowdfunding websites like Kickstarter and Indiegogo could lead the way for a new class of...

    Tags: James Allen, Barack Obama, Media Industry, Business, Finance

    5. May 21, 2012 |Story| Wrap

  5. 'Space Command': A Bold Revolution In Collaborative Filmmaking Blasts Into Hollywood

    Reuters
    With May 21 (TheWrap.com) - over 700 backers gathered in less than a week, the new epic four-movie project “Space Command,” by “Star Trek” screenwriter-producer-director Marc Zicree, is lighting up the crowdsourcing website Kickstarter. “Space...

    Tags: Music Industry, Science Fiction (genre), Defiance (movie), Movies

    6. May 19, 2012 |Story| LA Canada

  6. Q & A: A 'forgotten' battle of the Iraq war

    Konrad Ludwig grew up in La Ca&ntilde;ada Flintridge and as a teenager, enlisted in the Army. Ludwig saw combat during the American troop surge in a hotly contested part of Baghdad known as Sadr City. In August, Ludwig expects to publish his combat memoir, &ldquo;Stryker: The Siege of Sadr City,&rdquo; and is using the online fundraising tool Kickstarter to help cover publishing costs. He answered questions from the La Ca&ntilde;ada Valley Sun via email.
    Konrad Ludwig grew up in La Cańada Flintridge and as a teenager, enlisted in the Army. Ludwig saw combat during the American troop surge in a hotly contested part of Baghdad known as Sadr City. In August, Ludwig expects to publish his combat memoir,...

    Tags: Democratic Party, Iraq War (2003-2011), International Military Interventions, Baghdad (Iraq), Wars and Interventions

    7. May 9, 2012 |Story| Reuters

  7. FEATURE-European start-ups court crowds for cash

    Reuters
    * Crowdfunding raised $1.5 bln worldwide in 2011 - Massolution * Total set to double this year * Europe has yet to regulate crowdfunding By Natalie Huet PARIS, May 9 (Reuters) - When Vincent and Heloise opened a mash eatery in Strasbourg, they had a...

    Tags: PayPal, Inc., New Products, Paris (France), Business, Finance

    8. May 10, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

  8. Indie films find financial backers online through Kickstarter

    24 Frames
    Increasingly, websites such as Kickstarter and its chief rival, Indiegogo, are helping ultra-low-budget productions make their way into movie theaters. Looking to raise money to finance a movie's production or distribution, a filmmaker will take his or...
    9. May 3, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

  9. Curating short fiction: Recommended Reading

    Jacket Copy
    One short story will be curated and delivered weekly, electronically, by Recommended Reading, an Electric Literature project. Editor Benjamin Samuel explains what readers can expect....
    10. Apr 18, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  10. Pebble smartwatch raises $4.7 million on Kickstarter funding site

    Venture capitalists, shmenture capitalists.
    Venture capitalists, shmenture capitalists. That is not what Eric Migicovsky said to himself when he went out to get funding for a new smartwatch he and his team developed called Pebble. Migicovsky, who had some critical success with a Blackberry-...

    Tags: Nintendo Company Ltd., IKEA, Apple iPhone

    11. Mar 20, 2012 |Story| WTXX-LTV

  11. The Return of Cotton Mather's Kontiki

    Cotton Mather, Kon Tiki (Star Apple Kingdom label)
    Cotton Mather, Kon Tiki (Star Apple Kingdom label) Gosh, was I amazed to read that Cotton Mather had amassed enough cash (through online donations) to reissue its 1997 album Kontiki. This is one of those CDs that I cherished because I thought if I lost...

    Tags: Music, John Lennon, Cotton Mather, SXSW Music and Media Conference & Festival, Apple iTunes

    12. Mar 14, 2012 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  12. A long road to realizing their pipe dream

    Gerrit Lewis and Beejay Oslon spent a long time talking about Pipeworks Brewing. Now, finally, they get to live it.
    Gerrit Lewis and Beejay Oslon spent a long time talking about Pipeworks Brewing. Now, finally, they get to live it. Four years after first envisioning the brewery at an Indiana beer festival, the duo, who barely knew each other at the time of their idea,...

    Tags: Bucktown, Alcoholic Beverages, Bars and Clubs, Dining and Drinking, Distilling and Brewing Industry

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