BUSINESS BUZZ: For a rumored $10M, HBO has staked claim of 10% of Will Ferrell and Adam McKay’s site (made famous by “The Landlord”), including five hours of TV programming and possibly live comedy. So for all who are trying to determine how viral videos can turn a profit, the answer seems to lie in already being rich, famous, and well-respected.

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The Best Links:

1. Will Ferrell: “I Don’t Want to Overstate the Importance of This Deal, But This is the Missing Link Moment Where TV and Internet Finally Merge.”
2. “The Landlord”
3. Ashton Kutcher, Are You Listening?
4. Next Step: Political Scat Porn
5. HBO Practically Stealing Cash
6. “Working With HBO Seems Like a Good Deal for Ferrell, if for Nothing Else Than the Promotion and the Revenue”

MOVIE BUZZ: Funny Or Die has picked the movie at random and called together an Internet campaign to turn the 1993 flop into a cult favorite. Now we know what Buzzfeed would have looked like in 1993! And who said irony was dead?

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The Best Links:

1. The ‘Another Stakeout’ Manifesto: “Help Us Turn This Movie Into a Giant Cult Hit for Absolutely No Good Reason”
2. Videogum Urges You to “Join the Clarion Call to Ironic Action!”
3. Show Your Love On the Movie’s IMDB Message Board
4. Run, Rosie, Run!
5. “Do I Plan On Seeing It Anytime Soon? No. Is Doing This Better Than Anything Else I Was Doing So Far Today. Most Definitely.”
6. One “Fan’s” Homemade Desktop Tribute