National Lampoon, Inc. announced today that they are forming a partnership with Capazoo.  Capazoo is a social network that pays their users based on how much content they submit.  In the National Lampoon/Capazoo partnership, National Lampoon will provide video content and marketing opportunities.

National Lampoon also bought some equity stake in Capazoo.

National Lampoon has various marketing platforms that Capazoo will have access to including the National Lampoon Radio Network, National Lampoon College (in-dorm cable network), feature films, online and offline sponsored events, and the National Lampoon Humor Network.

National Lampoon’s channel is available at: http://www.capazoo.com/nationallampoon.

“We are excited to be working with Capazoo.”
“This partnership illustrates the strength of the National Lampoon brand today. We can provide partners with tremendously popular content as well as unrivalled access to a key demographic through our varied entertainment platforms. The unique membership-driven economy model of Capazoo represents a major step forward in social networking that will benefit not only National Lampoon, but our entire audience both on and off the Web.”

-Daniel S. Laikin, President and CEO of National Lampoon.

National Lampoon is widely known for the movies that the company produces including Vegas Vacation starring Chevy Chase and Van Wilder starring Ryan Reynolds.

Drunk University is a site where users can submit photos, videos, read stories, and also search for drink recipes. Before the acquisition, Drunk University was a part of National Lampoon’s Humor Network.

Sam Elhag and Gil Shafir are the founders of Drunk University. “We are excited to join National Lampoon and look forward to helping them continue to grow their brand in the college market,” stated the founders. Drunk University is roughly 5 years old. Content from Drunk University will be absorbed into National Lampoon’s College TV network.

DrunkUniversity.com is a competitor of CollegeHumor.com. CollegeHumor, a property of Connected Ventures LLC. Connected Ventures LLC had its controlling interest acquired by InterActiveCorp last year.