Venrock's Brian Ascher offers frank advice as our guest host Now that the presidential elections are over, sites typically devoted to politics, such as Huffington Post, are focusing on accelerating the growth of their celebrity and entertainment news. HuffPost will be yet another contender in the battle for eyeballs interested in celebrity and gossip. It's a very crowded field. There's popular online sites, such as Perezhilton, Yahoo's OMG, and TMZ, as well as traditional rags, such as People and US Weekly, vying for the same audience. The competitive landscape is just one of challenges celebrity and pop culture sites, such as Buzznet, face. Buzznet was the highlighted company of discussion in this Vator Box segment, in which Brian Ascher, venture capitalist of Venrock, was our guest host. Buzznet, which is backed ... [ Read more ]