Coming Soon: Web Networks for a Bevy of Celebrities

Following the cut-out-the-middleman model pioneered by Glenn Beck, who left Fox News in 2011 to start his own subscription-based Internet television channel, Whalerock Industries has made deals to create similar personal networks for some big names: the Kardashian sisters, Howard Stern and the rap star Tyler, the Creator.

via Coming Soon: Web Networks for a Bevy of Celebrities – NYTimes.com.