June 4, 2015

Innovators: This Comedy Management Team May Change The Business of Comedy

As part of our series on innovators in the business of comedy, we sat down with Rick Dorfman, Conan Smith and Steve Wettenstein from New York based management company Converge Media Group to find out where the business is going and how they are serving their comedy clients in the digital age.
November 9, 2014

New York’s Funniest Contest Shows Off Amazing Young Talent, Picks a Winner

Yesterday the New York Comedy Festival hosted its annual New York's Funniest Contest at Carolines on Broadway and there was amazing talent to choose from. Chris DiStefano hosted a sold out house in the middle of Saturday afternoon as eleven young New York based comics took the stage. Caroline herself was in the house and presented the award of being New York's Funniest to Ricky Velez, from Queens New York, who was also the audience favorite.