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June 2008
- YouTube Punishment Fits YouTube Crime
  
  newser | Florida Today | Jun 9, 08 3:35 PM CDT
  
  A judge has ordered two teens to create and post an apology video on YouTube as punishment for a vicious prank, Florida Today reports. The boys were convicted of battery and criminal mischief after posting video of one of them throwing a soda back at a drive-thru fast-food server after yelling, “Fire in the hole.” More »
  
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  Internet • crime • YouTube • Florida • apology • prank • sentence
- YouTube Vid 'Brutal' to McCain
  
  newser | The Jed Report | Jun 9, 08 12:52 PM CDT
  
  A YouTube video assembled by a Ron Paul supporter is a “devastating” blast at the John McCain campaign, the Jed Report blog contends. The piece focuses on Iraq, playing and re-playing the Republican's suggestion that Baghdad has neighborhoods safe enough for generals to walk around unprotected—and juxtaposing them with stunned rebuttals from Wolf Blitzer and Pat Buchanan. More »
  
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  Iraq • John McCain • YouTube • David Petraeus • Ron Paul • gaffes
- Internet Killed the Video Star That Killed the Radio Star
  
  newser | Independent (UK) | Jun 7, 08 9:44 AM CDT
  
  The MTV generation is pushing middle age, and its favored video-delivery system is falling victim to YouTube, the Independent reports. Younger audiences–those key 16- to 24-year-olds–turn to the Internet for the hottest new music, and MTV's attempts to reconnect have failed. They include stabs at social networking and user-generated content. More »
  
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  television • YouTube • business • social networking • music industry • MTV
- YouTube Lets Ballerinas DIY
  
  newser | Wall Street Journal | Jun 3, 08 2:44 PM CDT
  
  Formal ballet is one of the most rigid education systems in art—dancers spend years doing exercises before they are even allowed to purchase pointe shoes. But some students are abandoning the hierarchy and turning to a less-stringent, modern master—YouTube. The Wall Street Journal takes a look at aspiring ballerinas who record their home practices and critique each other’s videos online. More »
  
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  YouTube • dance • teacher • ballet • American Ballet Theatre
- The YouTube Divorcée Spills in Person
  
  newser | New York | Jun 2, 08 2:28 PM CDT
  
  Now that 4 million people know intimate details of her marital problems—at least her side of the story— New York magazine sends Phoebe Eaton to size up the YouTube divorcée in person. Tricia Walsh-Smith, flamboyant actress, sometime playwright, and wife of a theater operator 25 years her senior, posted a series of videos skewering her husband, dishing about their sex life (or lack of same), and complaining about a miserly pre-nup. More »
  
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  YouTube • divorce • Tricia Walsh-Smith
May 2008
- YouTube Election Goes Against McCain
  
  newser | Los Angeles Times | May 30, 08 4:51 PM CDT
  
  John McCain is losing the YouTube election in a landslide, writes James Rainey in the LA Times. A search for Barack Obama turns up a "swoon fest" of videos showing him at his “uplifting best,” but querying McCain's name nets these winners: A debate miscue juxtaposed with a Miss Teen USA contestant’s infamous stumble on geography. More »
  
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  Barack Obama • John McCain • YouTube • Ellen DeGeneres
- LA Cops Bust Tagger— With Help From YouTube
  
  newser | Los Angeles Times | May 28, 08 2:18 PM CDT
  
  LA cops have finally busted a tagger they say is one of California's most prolific graffiti artists—with the help of videos of him posted on YouTube, the Los Angeles Times reports. The 24-year-old art-degree grad who goes by the moniker "Buket" is accused of causing $150,000 in damage. He became a YouTube sensation, particularly after a video featuring him in a daredevil tag high above a freeway. More »
  
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  California • YouTube • Los Angeles • vandalism • graffiti • tag
- New Weezer Video Rules, Borrows From YouTube
  
  newser | Wall Street Journal | May 27, 08 6:05 PM CDT
  
  In less than a week, Weezer's video for the new single "Pork and Beans" has attracted more than 3 million viewers to YouTube—partly by featuring nearly that many existing YouTube sensations. Miss Teen South Carolina, aka Caitlin "the Iraq" Upton, appears, happily lip-syncing the catchy ditty, as does the star of the "Leave Britney Alone!" video, looking slightly less sunny. More »
  
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  YouTube • Britney Spears • viral video • music videos • Weezer • Rivers Cuomo • Chris Crocker • Lauren Caitlin Upton
- Kimbo Slice: Where Rage Meets Honor
  
  newser | ESPN | May 27, 08 11:44 AM CDT
  
  ESPN takes the measure of Kimbo Slice, streetfighting YouTube star and soon-to-be network TV darling, when mixed martial arts makes its broadcast TV debut Friday."Kimbo combines Mike Tyson's mystique and Mr. T's personality," Dan le Batard writes of the man who hit it big when a video of one of his street brawls racked up 2 million hits on a porn site. He loves to kick ass, but has never been a bully. More »
  
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  YouTube • homeless • mixed martial arts • Street Fights
- YouTomb Knows Where the Videos Are Buried
  
  newser | Wired | May 21, 08 12:55 PM CDT
  
  When YouTube videos get taken down, YouTomb is watching. The new site, the brainchild of a group of MIT students, tracks every video removed from YouTube, along with who requested its removal. YouTomb doesn’t archive the videos—“We’re not interested in bootlegged videos of Naruto, ” says co-creator Dean Jansen—it’s interested solely in watching for fair use abuses. More »
  
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  Internet • Google • YouTube • copyright infringement
- Lieberman Calls on Google to Cut Terrorist Clips
  
  newser | Associated Press | May 20, 08 8:30 AM CDT
  
  Sen. Joseph Lieberman yesterday urged Google to crack down on YouTube videos aimed at spreading terrorist messages, AP reports. The Connecticut senator cited al-Qaeda-produced clips that “show attacks on US forces in which American soldiers are injured and, in some cases, killed.” Google relies heavily on users to police the site, to which hundreds of thousands of videos are submitted daily. More »
  
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  Google • al-Qaeda • YouTube • online videos • terrorist groups • Joseph Lieberman
- Teen Shares Rape Tale on YouTube
  
  newser | CNN | May 16, 08 8:05 AM CDT
  
  After her case was dropped by the courts, a 16-year-old girl turned to YouTube to share her story of rape, CNN reports. “It's the only way I know that someone out there in the world is going to listen to me," says the tearful girl in her video. She joins a growing number of young people seeking help with abuse via the Internet—a method that can be dangerous, experts warn. More »
  
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  Internet • YouTube • rape • teenager
- Nickelodeon Show Draws Stoner Crowd
  
  newser | ABC News | May 8, 08 10:40 PM CDT
  
  A Nickelodeon series aimed at preschoolers has garnered an unusual following—hipster parents and twenty-something potheads. The variety-show format of “Yo Gabba Gabba!”—celebs and indie rockers guest between animated shorts—attracts a generation weaned on “The Muppet Show,” reports ABC News. Add bright colors, trippy characters, and ironically funny life lessons and you have a recipe for stoner entertainment. More »
  
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  television • YouTube • marijuana • Nickelodeon • preschool • television watching
April 2008
- 21st-Century Campaign Trail Bumpier Than Bill Recalls
  
  newser | New Yorker | Apr 28, 08 3:08 PM CDT
  
  With an assist from a pesky, unforgiving press, Bill Clinton has turned into a faux pas machine—making him seem more a liability than an asset for his wife. But the former president is in truth the most convincing person on the campaign trail, and is animated by a deep-seated anger at Barack Obama’s attacks on the Clinton legacy, Ryan Lizza writes in the New Yorker . More »
  
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  Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Bill Clinton • YouTube • gaffes • anger
- Thriller Inmates Do Live Shows
  
  newser | Reuters | Apr 28, 08 12:44 PM CDT
  
  Inmates at a Philippines prison who made it big on YouTube dancing to Thriller are now a live attraction, Reuters reports. Hundreds of viewers each month stand on platforms around the jail's exercise grounds to watch prisoners dance to songs like Queen’s Radio Ga Ga and Bonnie Tyler’s I Need a Hero . “It was great. Two thumbs up,” said one audience member. More »
  
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  YouTube • prison • Philippines • inmates • Thriller
- How-to Vids Breed New Industry
  
  newser | New York Times | Apr 23, 08 11:57 AM CDT
  
  Take an idea, a video camera and an Internet connection, add a little how-to know-how and a portal like YouTube, and start counting your clicks. Reach enough viewers, and start counting your cash. That’s the premise behind a burgeoning Web industry attracting entrepreneurs and investors hoping to catch the next big wave, the New York Times reports. More »
  
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  Internet • YouTube
- Bitter Breakup? Time for a Blog
  
  newser | New York Times | Apr 18, 08 10:45 AM CDT
  
  Call it therapeutic or call it revenge, but more ex-spouses are airing their dirty laundry on the Internet—and courts are supporting them even if their former partners are not. Personal blogs have quadrupled since 2003, the New York Times notes in a look at the trend, with many using them to dish about everything from marital affairs, divorce proceedings, or their ex's profile on Match.com. More »
  
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  Internet • YouTube • divorce • blogging • blogosphere
- More Than Ever Like To Watch on Web
  
  newser | CNET | Apr 16, 08 4:00 PM CDT
  
  US Internet users watched 10 billion online videos in February, cNet reports, with statistics released by ComScore showing a 66% gain from February 2006. Unsurprisingly, Google’s video sites (chiefly YouTube) accounted for 35.4% of the 10 billion views, the largest portion for any one site. More »
  
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  Google • YouTube • MySpace • News Corp • online videos • TV networks • web video
- Jilted Wife Takes Divorce to YouTube
  
  newser | Associated Press | Apr 16, 08 11:40 AM CDT
  
  Divorce has a new weapon: YouTube. The former-actress wife of a millionaire theater impresario took to the Internet last week in a teary six-minute video in which she claims her older hubby is evicting her from their Park Avenue pad after years of refusing her sex despite owning porn, condoms, and Viagra, the AP reports. May not play in divorce court, but it's scored 287,776 hits. More »
  
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  YouTube • divorce • Tricia Walsh-Smith
- Mock Rocker Woos Teens to the White Stuff
  
  newser | Newsweek | Apr 16, 08 3:10 AM CDT
  
  He drinks milk out of his hollow, transparent guitar and hits power chords while singing the virtues of the white stuff. The frontman for "White Gold" doesn’t have a milk mustache, but the dairy industry hopes the ad campaign centered around the fake rock god will boost declining milk sales, Newsweek reports. Between 1981 and 2006, US consumption of milk dipped 14%. More »
  
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  YouTube • advertising • teenagers • advertising campaign • milk

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