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Praise the Internet Gods! The Onion — the best satire, well, anywhere — is taking on BuzzFeed et al, calling out their click-bait headlines, silly quizzes, and other attention-getting practices with a new website. (Full disclosure: EW.com’s editor, Kyle Ryan, worked at The Onion’s A.V. Club until last month.)

Called Clickhole.com, the venture will put “content and sponsored posts side by side, with barely any distinction between them. People will climb into this click hole and find content so interesting they won’t be able to keep it to themselves,” according to “Jim Haggerty,” an Onion...

1. Quality Is KeyThis is the No. 1 rule; everything else is secondary. In the age of HDTV, Hulu, and digital photography, a Flip cam or webcam video screams "Amateur!" Especially in industries like performing arts, entertainment, advertising, and media, your video has to be the best quality available on the market: high-definition with clear audio.2. Be True to Your Personality and ProductUnless you're taping a film audition, this is not a time to play a character or try to be who you think they want. Show your authentic self, and make sure your video-shoot environment is comfortable so you can be fully present.3. Engage your audienceTell a story, laugh, smile, give thoughtful answers. It's painful to watch someone who is self-conscious or overthinks his or her answers. Which brings us to…4. EditFeel free to giggle or mess up or answer questions twice during your shoot—as long as you have a professional editor doing postproduction.

Litton Entertainment said Thursday that its weekly syndicated show BusinessWeek is getting some changes as it enters its fifth season, including a new title, BusinessWeek Weekend, and a new executive producer, Eric Gonon, who most recently was with CNBC. In addition, weekly production of the series and its associated Custom Wall Street Report news service has been moved to the Nasdaq's MarketSite broadcast studio in New York's Times Square. The show, anchored by Jill Bennett and Brad Holbrook, also has added a station clearance for the fall, at WPVI-TV in Philadelphia.