Guess it’s time for Leo to get on the cover of Business Week like Kevin now that he’s become a leveraging buyout mogul synergizing the intertubial nets of podcasting. Personally, I would have held out for just a tad more cash though, but that’s just me. Congrats!
G4 Acquires TWiT – LOL: The Life of Leo
I have some very exciting news. G4 Entertainment Inc has agreed to acquire TWiT in an exchange for stock and $1 cash.
We’ve been in extensive conversations for the past few months, but I’ve been reluctant to say anything until today. Here’s an excerpt from the G4 press release which crossed the wires a few hours ago:
G4 CEO , Loof Slirpa, said about the merger, “The synergy between G4’s smokin’ babes and classic TV series, and the TWiTs high end tech knowledge will allow us to reach a vast audience of teenage boys and disaffected computer programmers.”
Entrepreneur and media commentator Mike Arrington of Techcrunch.com said, “The dynamic synergy between the old web and the new makes this a win-win for everyone but the audience. I wish I had thought of it first.”
Chief TWiT, Leo Laporte said, “I’m moving to Canada.”
Leo celebrating the sale
Oh yeah! It’s April 1 – this is just stupid. Leo would not do anything like that.
You can make up better April Fools jokes than this
Wasn’t G4 the one who messed up TechTV? Great!
Damn it I just realized March is over! And I also read the article… which helped me realize it was April.
I really believed that.
Oh wait, no I didn’t
G4 CEO :Loof Slirpa
means in reverse : aprils fool!!!
Lousy gag, but what a great photo!
Doh! I must admit I fell for it when reading the article until reading the comments. Guess I lost too many brain cells this weekend.
another repeat of teck tv?
I have some very exciting news. G4 Entertainment Inc has agreed to acquire TWiT in an exchange for stock and $1 cash.
1 dollar, leo really is a sell out.
God I hate April 1st…
Grade School stuff at best. 🙁
Come on Dvorak… Grow Up !!!!!!
Oooooh April fools. That’s not funny. I was about to ask for my monthly donations back with all that $$$.
April Fools day:A day for unfunny people to pretend like they are. This was funny though.
New pod… errr NETcast:
TWIH
(This Week In Hoaxes)
J/P=?
You mean G4 acquires twit then gets rid of it. Please let this be for the best, we all know how good G4 is at ruining a good thing.
Eh, I don’t get it. Who is this Leo person anyway.
And every Lexus salesman in Southern California gets sweaty palms.
In a tragic accident, Leo Laporte has unfortunately died this evening, when his new Porche crashed into a moose ten miles north of the Candian border.
In entertainment news, Anna Nichole Smith has finally reached her target weight.
I ALMOST believed it… until Loof Slirpa,
C’mon, people think of better names than that!
I think this URL tells it better: http://www.twit.tv/gotcha
G4 admins are idiots for killing The ScreenSavers, and replacing it with AOTS.
#17 Li “Anna Nichole Smith has finally reached her target weight.” that’s wickedly cool.
#15 – Leo Laporte is a non-cranky geek that likes all hardware / software that gets the job done (price doesn’t matter).
#17 – As a Canadian, your moose remark is rather insulting. Our beloved wild bovines do not travel so far south, or else, you would have wild moose in the US – which you don’t.
Deer however, would be smash on.
So, your fake headline would better read, 200 KM Northwest of Toronto.
// We don’t live in igloos and YES we put Maple syrup on our toasts, in our Kellogs Cornflakes and in our coffee (oh yeah, cough drops too)
#22 The Shiras and Northwestern moose ranges into the US;
http://www.bowhunts.com/moose_1.html
Scroll down a bit to see the range map. I thought that Leo was a Cali guy, and a run for the border would bring you into moose territory a bit before one hit the border.
As a rule, I try not to take offense at anything, as it is a waste of energy that accomplishes nothing. And it is embarrassing as all get out if you are wrong.
#23 Li, I meant it to be ironic. Just joking. That a Canadian could possibly be insulted on a moose joke is very funny.
Takes a lot to offend a Canuck, eh?
Amen, I was thinking I had met the strange exception. You guys, generally, rock.
This was an awesome prank, great for those of us still loyal to TechTV. $1? Is that all we’re worth to you Leo? =P