About

National Lampoon introduces the 8228Network, a new group of entertainment and lifestyle sites. Combining new and established web destinations, 8228 aims to become the online playground for the culture-savvy. The sites will feature the best in sexy, current content spanning entertainment, style, sports, and technology.

With the NL Humor Network, National Lampoon established a network of quality content that has held steady at number one in its category on comScore. Our premium advertisers expressed the desire for content aimed at a more sophisticated, mature audience, and 8228Network was born.

The 8228Network will feature brand-friendly, grown-up content. It will be a different side of the National Lampoon, featuring more sophisticated content hand-selected by the team behind the NLHN. 8228 estimates 4 million monthly uniques and 5 million daily page views at launch, with a 50-50 male-female split audience ranging in age from 18 to 34 years.

Flagship sites to include

-DerekHail.com, the enormously popular celebrity blog and photo site
-TuckerMax, the home of best-selling author and dating guru Tucker Max
-Minute (OrSo), the sports blog of stand-up comedian and ESPN host Steve Hofstetter
-XHollywood, a gossip and photo site featuring the latest in celebrity news
-Hot Chicks with D-Bags the infamous humor site that has gone from cult sensation to bona fide destination.
-and more.

This demographic spends the majority of their work day following links to entertainment, gossip, and style sites that their friends send them. NL aims to to capitalize on this delicious misappropriation of working hours. 8228 will centralize all of those great articles, gossip, lists, celebrity pics and more into one great destination network, aligning the right advertisers with the ideal content.