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News Seriously. The first daily video news source run by comedians. News Seriously can be found not only online but also on Roku and Google TV as part of the Hollywood Outlaw Comedy Network.

ABOUT

What if you could catch the news anytime everyday in a short format of “The Daily Show” meets “The Colbert Report “ meets “Weekend Update” ? Join this fresh new comedy network that is quickly becoming a powerful movement on multiple platforms. This is your source for daily news from comedians across the globe. No matter how bad it is (almost), you will be laughing. News the way it's supposed to be delivered: informative, opinionated, and funny. It's really the news, really fast, and really funny. Who's got the time to sit and watch an entire half-hour of news and the patience to wait through the the topics you don't care about, all the while knowing you are just going to be severely depressed at the end of it anyway? Now you can watch the news your way. Quickly. Get all you need to know in minutes from educated and insightful comedians. Not sure what's happening in Gaza or where Gaza even is or why you should care? You can get a complete military and political update, find a quick geography lesson, and have a few smart talking points, so you no longer look like the uninformed jackass at the water cooler.

News Seriously will bring you everything from world news and politics to sports and entertainment. It will even give you two sides to the stories...sometimes. Its "Your News. Our Way."

COMPANY

News Seriously is part of the Hollywood Outlaw Media Empire. Started by Maija DiGiorgio and Heather McConnell, Hollywood Outlaws, LLC is quickly becoming a household name in comedy, film, TV, and radio. They have launched their comedy network on Roku and Google TV with more platforms coming soon. Their latest film Famika vs. the Tea Party is due out in the spring of 2014.

MAIJA DIGIORGIO, founder

Maija Di Giorgio is one of the industries most versatile and high voltage female comedians around. Both nationally and internationally, Maija has commanded the stage at A-List Comedy Clubs in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Canada, Scotland the UK and Japan. Both in the US and abroad, Maija has shared the stage with the modern comedy greats, Dave Chappelle, Kevin Hart, Jim Norton, Dane Cook, Louis CK and Wanda Sykes among afew. Because of her ability to hold her own with the best, it was no surprise that Maija got standing ovations on HBO’sDef Comedy Jam and Showtime’s At the Apollo. She was then invited to perform at The Beacon Theater with Def Jam’s best. In addition to her numerous comedy club appearances, Maijahas hosted live comedy events such as the LA division of Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert’s Rally to Restore Sanity Event. Maija’s career has not stopped there, she also has numerous TV credits to her name such as Fox’s Mouth Off (as a writer andco-host) NBC Friday Night and Sex in the City. Her radio career started at the top as the morning co-hostand writer on New York City’s #1 station, Hot 97. Maija then started her own radio network, Hollywood Outlaw which was a spin off of her acclaimed film, Bitter Jesters. Maija wrote, directed and starred inthis comedy juggernaut of uproarious unpredictability. With cameos from the world’s best and most respected comics in the industry; George Carlin, Whoopi Goldberg and Paul Mooney, Maija was also the last person to hold an interview with legend, Richard Pryor. The film received ravereviews from Variety and The New York Times in addition to soldout screenings at Tribeca Film Festival, Cinequest, and The London Comedy Festival.

HEATHER MCCONNELL, founder

As co-founder of Hollywood Outlaws, Heather McConnell hopes to provide a platform for fellow artists to create content that will inspire people to open their minds and impact change. Heather is writing for and starring in The Tea Totin’ Mornin’ Show, Foxxxy News, and others, along with executive producing, directing, and set designing several other shows. Heather McConnell got her professional start on stage with Debbie Reynolds in Las Vegas. She continued to work on various productions in New York City, which lead her to choreograph Maija's one woman show Rats! and then move on to co-produce the Hollywood Outlaw Movie. Heather also continues to pursue her love of music by writing songs for indie films and working on her first album.