Editing Adam Carolla (section)

==Podcasts==
===''The Adam Carolla Podcast''===
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Carolla started a daily podcast on February 23, 2009, at his personal website, which would evolve into the [[ACE Broadcasting Network]]. The first Adam Carolla podcast was downloaded more than 250,000 times in the initial 24 hours, and by the third podcast, it was the number one podcast on iTunes in both the U.S. and Canada.<ref name="podcast">
{{cite web |url=http://www.edibleapple.com/the-adam-carolla-podcast-jumps-to-1-spot-on-itunes-in-1-day/ |title="The Adam Carolla Podcast" jumps to No. 1 spot on iTunes in 1 day |date=February 7, 2009 |work=Edible Apple |access-date=December 6, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101226111922/http://www.edibleapple.com/the-adam-carolla-podcast-jumps-to-1-spot-on-itunes-in-1-day/ |archive-date=December 26, 2010 |url-status= live}}</ref> During the debut week, the Adam Carolla podcast recorded 1.6&nbsp;million downloads. In the second week it recorded 2.4&nbsp;million downloads. By the fourth episode of the second week, featuring former [[The Adam Carolla Show (terrestrial radio)|''Adam Carolla Show'']] sidekick [[Dave Dameshek]], the show was downloaded more than 500,000 times.<ref>{{cite news|title=Getting the ax – it's awesome|author=Stein, J.|url=https://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-oe-stein6-2009mar06,1,1953463.column|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=March 6, 2009|access-date=June 7, 2013}}</ref> Adam stated that [[Bandwidth (computing)|bandwidth]] cost more than $9,000 a month as of May 2009.<ref>Loveline, May 12, 2009</ref>

At the end of 2009, ''The Adam Carolla Podcast'' was selected by iTunes for its end-of-the-year awards as the Best Audio Podcast of 2009.<ref>{{cite web |last=Paul |first=Ian |url=http://www.pcworld.com/article/185663/itunes_picks_the_best_of_2009.html |title=iTunes Picks the Best of 2009 |publisher=PCWorld.com |date=December 31, 2009 |access-date=October 10, 2011 |archive-date=November 23, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111123014652/http://www.pcworld.com/article/185663/itunes_picks_the_best_of_2009.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>

On the April 4, 2010, episode of ''[[The Adam Carolla Show (podcast)|The Adam Carolla Show]]'', Carolla referred to Filipino boxer [[Manny Pacquiao]] as a "fucking idiot" and said of the [[Philippines]]: "They got this and sex tours, that's all they have over there. Get your shit together, Philippines." A spokesman for President [[Gloria Macapagal Arroyo]] called Carolla an "ignorant fool". Carolla subsequently apologized via Twitter.<ref name=pacquiao1>{{Cite news |title=US comedian calls Pacquiao 'illiterate', bashes Pinoys |newspaper=ABS-CBN |location=Manila, Philippines |date=April 4, 2010 |url=http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/sports/04/04/10/us-comedian-calls-pacquiao-illiterate-bashes-pinoys |access-date=January 24, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110202175833/http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/sports/04/04/10/us-comedian-calls-pacquiao-illiterate-bashes-pinoys|archive-date=February 2, 2011|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=pacquiao2>{{Cite news |title=Adam Carolla Angers Philippines With Rant About Pacquiao, Sex Tourism |work=HuffPost |date=April 5, 2010 |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/adam-carolla-angers-phili_n_525412 |access-date=January 24, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite tweet|last=Carolla|first=Adam|user=adamcarolla|number=11625856966|title=Read your comments.Sorry if I offended many of u.I don't preplan my commentary. I try to be provoctive,funny but I crossed the line&im sorry|date=April 5, 2010|access-date=October 19, 2021}}
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On May 18, 2011, Carolla noted on ''[[Jimmy Kimmel Live!]]'' that ''The Adam Carolla Show'' had taken the [[Guinness World Record]] for the most downloaded podcast ever from previous holder [[Ricky Gervais]]<ref name="digitalspy.com">{{cite web |last=Still |first=Jennifer |date=May 19, 2011 |title='Adam Carolla Show' breaks podcast world record |url=http://www.digitalspy.com/celebrity/news/a320520/adam-carolla-show-breaks-podcast-world-record.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191002144509/https://www.digitalspy.com/showbiz/a320520/adam-carolla-show-breaks-podcast-world-record/ |archive-date=Oct 2, 2019 |access-date=September 22, 2011 |website=Digital Spy}}</ref> by receiving 59,574,843 unique downloads from March 2009 to March 16, 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://community.guinnessworldrecords.com/_THE-ADAM-CAROLLA-SHOW-BREAKS-RECORD-FOR-THE-MOST-DOWNLOADED-PODCAST/blog/3640661/7691.html|title='The Adam Carolla Show' breaks record for most downloaded podcast|publisher=Guinness|date=May 19, 2011|access-date=April 11, 2017|archive-date=January 26, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120126092055/http://community.guinnessworldrecords.com/_THE-ADAM-CAROLLA-SHOW-BREAKS-RECORD-FOR-THE-MOST-DOWNLOADED-PODCAST/blog/3640661/7691.html}}</ref>

In 2010, Carolla posed for the [[NOH8 Campaign]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.noh8campaign.com/photo-gallery/familiar-faces/photo/5658 |title=Familiar Faces |publisher=NOH8 Campaign |date=February 1, 2010 |access-date=November 27, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.advocate.com/news/daily-news/2011/08/15/adam-carollas-antitrans-rant|title=Adam Carollas Sorry for AntiTrans Rant |work=Advocate.com|last=Garcia|first=Michelle|date=August 15, 2011|access-date=September 5, 2012|quote=In 2010, the same year he posed for the No H8 campaign (pictured), Carolla said he believes that "a mom and a dad is better than two dads or two moms."}}</ref> In August 2011, Carolla released a podcast where he mocked a petition to the producers of ''[[Sesame Street]]'' that demanded [[Bert and Ernie]] get married on air. He said on air that gay activists should "[j]ust get married, and please shut up" and that "Y.U.C.K." would be more memorable acronym than [[LGBT]], and referring to [[transgender]] people he asked: "When did we start giving a shit about these people?"<ref>{{cite web |url=http://paperlined.org/external/Adam_Carolla_2011-08-11.html |title=Transcript of the August 11, 2011, Adam Carolla Show |publisher=Paperlined.org |date=August 11, 2011 |access-date=October 10, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111204222454/http://paperlined.org/external/Adam_Carolla_2011-08-11.html |archive-date=December 4, 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> [[GLAAD]] characterized the previous remarks by Carolla as offensive, including an assertion that "all things being equal", heterosexual parents make better parents than homosexual parents. Carolla responded: "I'm sorry my comments were hurtful. I'm a comedian, not a politician."<ref>TMZ Staff (August 15, 2011).[https://www.tmz.com/2011/08/15/glaad-adam-carolla-lgbt-lesbian-gay-bisexual-transgender-the-adam-carolla-show-podcast-loveline-comedy-intolerance-transgender/ "Adam Carolla – Gay Rights Group PISSED Over Anti-LGBT Tirade"], ''TMZ''.</ref><ref>Rich Ferraro (August 15, 2011).[http://www.glaad.org/releases/08152011carolla "GLAAD Taking Action Against Adam Carolla's Anti-LGBT Remarks"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110831001438/http://www.glaad.org/releases/08152011carolla |date=August 31, 2011 }}. GLAAD. (press release).</ref>

===="Patent Troll" Lawsuit====
In 2013, [[Personal Audio LLC (patent holding company)|Personal Audio]] filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Lotzi Digital, Inc., producers of ''The Adam Carolla Show'' and several other [[podcasts]] on the Carolla Digital Network, in the [[United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas|U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas]]. The suit alleged that owner Adam Carolla and his network of content infringed on Personal Audio's patent 8,112,504.<ref name="Economist-Carolla-2014">{{cite news |url=http://www.economist.com/node/21599498 |title=A podcast patent piper wants to be paid |publisher=The Economist Newspaper Limited |newspaper=[[The Economist]] |date=March 25, 2014 |access-date=August 20, 2014 |author=Fleishman, Glenn}}</ref>

Using the [[crowdfunding]] site FundAnything.com, listeners contributed more than $475,000 (as of August 2014) to support Carolla throughout the legal proceedings.<ref name="FundAnything-CarollaDefense">{{cite web |url=https://fundanything.com/en/campaigns/patenttroll |title=Save Our Podcasts Legal Defense Fund |work=[[FundAnything]] |access-date=August 20, 2014 |author=Carolla, Adam |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140822035605/https://fundanything.com/en/campaigns/patenttroll |archive-date=August 22, 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Personal Audio dropped the lawsuit July 29, 2014, stating that the defendants were not "making significant money from infringing Personal Audio's patents". However, Carolla countersued, having already spent hundreds of thousands of dollars mounting a defense against claims he deemed unfounded. Among claims sought by the countersuit was a request that the initial patent be invalidated.<ref name="Upstart-2014-Carolla">{{cite web |url=http://upstart.bizjournals.com/entrepreneurs/hot-shots/2014/07/30/adam-carolla-relentlessly-pursues-a-patent-troll.html |title=Adam Carolla relentlessly pursues a patent troll, raises $458,000 for his countersuit |work=Upstart Business Journal |date=July 30, 2014 |access-date=August 20, 2014 |author=del Castillo, Michael}}</ref> On August 15, 2014, Carolla and Personal Audio filed a joint [[motion to dismiss]] after reaching a settlement, the details of which were not made public but included a six-week "quiet period" during which neither party could speak to the media.<ref name="EFF-CarollaSettlement-2014">{{cite web |url=https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2014/08/good-bad-and-ugly-adam-carollas-settlement-podcasting-troll |title=The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of Adam Carolla's Settlement with the Podcasting Troll |publisher=[[Electronic Frontier Foundation|EFF.org]] |date=August 18, 2014 |access-date=August 20, 2014 |author=Nazer, Daniel}}</ref> Both parties' claims were dropped without [[prejudice (legal procedure)|prejudice]] and, as such, could be refiled at a later date.<ref name="ArsTechnica-CarollaSettlement-2014">{{cite web |url=https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/08/adam-carolla-strikes-a-deal-with-podcasting-patent-troll/ |title=Adam Carolla settles with podcasting patent troll, agrees to 'quiet period' |work=[[Ars Technica]] |date=August 19, 2014 |access-date=August 20, 2014 |author=Mullin, Joe}}</ref>