Viacom acquires Signalnoise

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Viacom Inc. (NYSE: VIA, VIA.B) today announced that it has acquired Signalnoise.com, a privately-owned design blog based in Nova Scotia, Canada. Signalnoise.com, the online presence of Signalnoise Studio, produces an online inspiration blog, custom design and intellectual property sold through the Signalnoise Store.

Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Viacom will use Signalnoise as the platform to launch and distribute its global content from various brands like MTV, VH1, BET, Nickelodeon and Paramount Pictures. As part of the agreement, Viacom has secured Web & Print rights for an unidentified subsidiary in the U.S. as well as all merchandising distribution rights of Signalnoise IP in the following regions: U.S., Latin America, Canada, United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand.

About Viacom
Viacom is home to the world’s premier entertainment brands. Through its BET Networks, MTV Networks and Paramount Pictures divisions, Viacom connects with audiences through compelling content across television, motion picture, online and mobile platforms in more than 160 countries and territories. With approximately 170 media networks reaching more than 600 million global subscribers, Viacom’s leading brands include MTV, VH1, CMT, Logo, BET, CENTRIC, Nickelodeon, Nick Jr., TeenNick, Nicktoons, Nick at Nite, COMEDY CENTRAL, TV Land, Spike TV and Tr3s. Paramount Pictures, America’s oldest film studio and creator of many of the most beloved motion pictures, continues today as a major global producer and distributor of filmed entertainment. Viacom operates more than 500 branded digital media properties, including several of the world’s most popular destinations for entertainment, community and casual online gaming.

For more information about Viacom and its businesses, visit www.viacom.com.
CONTACT: April Foolio, Viacom Inc., +1 212-645-5550, april.foolio@viacom.com
Web Site: http://www.viacom.com


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48 responses to “Viacom acquires Signalnoise”

  1. daan Avatar

    Happy April’s Fools to you, too, James :)

  2. Alex Canning Avatar
    Alex Canning

    Had to happen sooner or later…

  3. Lee Hung Nguyen Avatar

    James, it had to be done… Those global tyrants eventually will take over us all.

  4. Jorden Tually Avatar

    well you got me!

  5. invenio design Avatar

    yeah…for 100 billions dollars….james you’re rich now…. :P i’ll send a letter at the new viacom adress XD

  6. holeycoww Avatar

    Bit late in the day for a APRIL FOOL isn’t it? Only meant to go on till 12pm!

  7. Cecilio Mendes - ceciliow Avatar

    Guys, try to visit the link about viacom, explains better the transition
    ;)

  8. simran singh Avatar

    Is this an April fools joke I read the email april.foolio? haha

  9. Renaldo Avatar
    Renaldo

    Good one!

  10. Levi Avatar
    Levi

    Too much effort for april fools haha

  11. catalin Avatar

    I get it.. it’s April 1st :)

  12. vlad gidea Avatar

    I hate this day ^^ I dunno what is true and what not, this is not the case anyway ;)

  13. Nick Flynn Avatar
    Nick Flynn

    … April Fool’s? :/

  14. Timthing Avatar

    So what date is it today exactly?…

  15. Fill Avatar

    hahaha guys, don’t you forget thats today is 1st april ?

  16. Nathaniel Avatar
    Nathaniel

    Nice one to start April fools day

  17. thomasmburu Avatar

    April fools, or is it?

  18. ricardo machado Avatar

    great signalnoise/viacom website design! you should consider it for real.

  19. J Marsh Avatar
    J Marsh

    Awesome.

  20. Alex R. Avatar
    Alex R.

    April fools :)
    Last year’s April fools was AWESOME, so many people fell for it :))

  21. Nick Girard Avatar

    SELLOUT !!!!!!!!! I’ve always knew deep down inside you had a little something for Adam Lambert.

  22. WHY? Avatar
    WHY?

    What the fuck is this?

  23. George Lazaris Avatar

    lol…it was actually pretty believable.

  24. Greg Crossfield Avatar
    Greg Crossfield

    Haha. You had me until I started reading the other comments. Does look good though!

  25. charleyquest85 Avatar

    Wow… i fell for that one hard, until I saw Just Beiber.

  26. Lee Avatar
    Lee

    my gawd….. Had me thinking it was for real.

  27. rod rodriguez Avatar

    hahahaha, so funny I was hurting while reading, knowing deep down inside I would hate to see signal noise go to the “MAN” *the management (big corporations who just wants to make big bucks). But was also happy for James kind of like in sell out way. Hehehe! Anyway this was really good! It got me big time to be honest. Cheers! Happy April fools everyone!

  28. Shawn Richardson Avatar
    Shawn Richardson

    i was wondering why MTV would be interested in a design blog to host music on. Almost got me.

  29. Shawn Richardson Avatar
    Shawn Richardson

    the lorem ipsum text kind of gave it away too,lol

  30. LucasG Avatar
    LucasG

    I love the contact name: April Foolio.

  31. Melissa Avatar

    This is the best part

    “CONTACT: April Foolio, Viacom Inc., +1 212-645-5550, april.foolio@viacom.com

    april.foolio!!!!

  32. Cameron Avatar
    Cameron

    Haha, good effort James!

  33. Dave Avatar

    Nicely executed, sir.

  34. David Avatar

    This is real… the joke’s on YOU.

  35. james Avatar

    Oh snap!

  36. Luke Desroches Avatar

    FINALLY there will be some interesting content on this site. :)

  37. Jason Avatar
    Jason

    well played. :)

  38. Theo (Mind5tate) Avatar

    Truly hilarious for actually getting some of us to believe it happened :p You’re a legend dude XD

  39. Javier Avatar
    Javier

    HAhahahah awesome effort James, you got me!

  40. Justin Avatar

    Nice! You put more effort into this than most would’ve… Bravo! Well played.
    Nashville Web Designer

  41. Jessica Lee Avatar

    OMG!!! You got me! lol I even clicked on viacom.com link! Haha…. Happy April Fools! :)

  42. Ryan Bingham Avatar

    Hahaha James. I seriously believed it until I saw the april.foolio…hahaha

  43. Johnny Avatar

    This made me seriously go WTF!? I saw Justin Beiber and my blood boiled. Worst thing is, I was scanning your blog after not looking at it for a while and didn’t realize this post was April 1st til I clicked the preview image. Nice one!

  44. Neal Hacker Avatar

    Ugg… Corrected for grammar and revised to make sense…

    Well played sir. You got me good…

    Your joke seemed to be a subtle statement of something like “you would never sell out.” When I realized it was a joke, the question of the quality of my reaction to your joke was presented to me. In turn, I asked what did I like about about my reaction; what did I dis-like about my reaction?

    The answer was, how can I be more true to what I want my reaction to be vs what my immediate reaction is.

    By showing me that you are true to yourself, in a subtle and humorous way, in turn, I want to be truer to myself.

    With gratitude
    -n

  45. tehPaperCut Avatar

    Well played sir, well played.

    *slow claps*

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