April 1st, 2008
YouTube Partners On Strike!
Who says only the WGA can go on strike? Revenue-sharing YouTube partners just went on strike, too!
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Who says only the WGA can go on strike? Revenue-sharing YouTube partners just went on strike, too!
Tags: April Fools, Britethorn, Comedy, KoteckiandMcMillan, MuggleSam, Nalts, YouTubeShare This
Oh Kevin, I thought you were the poster boy for technological rebellion against bullshit. Now here you are on Diggnation announcing that your online video startup Revision3 just sold out to Fox News.
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Want to be among the first humans on Mars? Then get inside online video! Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin announce a partnership with Virgin to select the first settlers on Mars through 30-second YouTube video responses.
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April 1, 2008 is not the best day to hit the YouTube Featured Videos list. You may be familiar with Rickrolling, the practice of posting a deceptive link that leads to a video of Rick Astley’s 1987 hit Never Gonna Give You Up. This April Fools’ Day, YouTube Rickrolls everyone as Featured Videos links all […]
Watch out for Claire Danes-lookalike actress/producer Felicia Day. She’s so hot right now.
The Internet gods definitely dig Felicia Day, creator and star of online series “The Guild.” Things started nicely in Austin, Tex., where she won for best original digital series at the SXSW/On Network Greenlight Series Awards. In the following days, she has picked […]
While parodying the foibles of gamer social units is a fantastic idea in a time when games outpace movies and music, it’s the execution that won The Guild Best Original Digital Series Production at The Greenlight Awards. I’m an avid gamer myself, and I’m laughing my ass off.
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Sure, we’re all laughing our asses off as Hollywood celebs adopt YouTube collab and response formulae to sing about Jimmy Kimmel fucking Ben Affleck. Andrew Wallenstein, however, points out that the star power of this sketch marks an important cultural shift.
It’s what the Oscars and really all of mainstream Hollywood has to learn from the […]
This meme’s been bouncing around among anime fans for a year and a half, but it’s only recently gaining ground on YouTube. On August 8, 2006, this guy posted a dance clip from the Japanese anime Popotan set to the chorus of the Swedish dance track Caramelldansen (Speedycake Remix).
The result was an Internet phenomenon. Anime […]
I met up with Filipina-American vlogger Christine “Happy Slip” Gambito during her visit to the Philippines, where she addressed a group of Filipino bloggers. She has some great advice for aspiring online video stars: Find that unique thing in you.
Or, as Hugh MacLeod puts it, find your own schtick.
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Few YouTube comedians make my watchlist while I’m lounging around naked with a pretty girl. Mark Day is one such comedian. That’s why I congratulate Mark on joining the YouTube team as comedy manager. My only regret is that we won’t get to hear as many of his hilarious non sequitur rants anymore.
For the record, […]
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