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Dems Prep For YouTube Debate

New format shakes up political discourse

Jul 23, 07 7:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - Democrats vying for the 2008 presidential nomination are readying to face a media force that didn't even exist in 2004: YouTube. The video sharing site is teaming with CNN to host a debate for the eight contenders in South Carolina tonight, in which questions will be posed by ordinary Americans... More »

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YouTube • Democrats • Charleston • CNN • debate

PR Firms Target Customers' Google Reputations

Imagemakers offer services to improve web persona and dodge bloggers

Jul 2, 07 3:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - If your first hit on Google feels like a mafia hit, don't despair. Firms like ReputationDefender and Reputation Management offer clients an enhanced image on the top search engine by creating links, sites, YouTube videos, and MySpace profiles that promote positive Google results, and lower the pageranks of defamatory comments. More »

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Google • Internet • YouTube • MySpace • online privacy • forums • message boards • search engine

Studios Tussle with Piracy

Premature 'Ratatouille' galvanizes film brass; execs try to wrap up illegal distributors

Jun 22, 07 8:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - Hollywood is scrambling to crack down after a recent spate of online movie piracy: Disney's "Ratatouille" and Michael Moore's "Sicko" have each surfaced on the net before theatrical release. Studios have been ramping up pre-release screenings to build buzz, which the Journal says makes it easier for camcorder-wielding... More »

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YouTube • piracy • film studio • movies

Clintons Score a Mafia Hit

Does she get whacked? You'll never find out!

Jun 20, 07 8:12 AM CDT
(Newser) - A new Hillary 2008 viral ad is exploring the senator's Family ties. The Clinton campaign posted an already-ubiquitous video yesterday, starring Bill and Hillary and parodying the final scene of the Sopranos—down to the diner, the suspicious goon, and the sudden blackout. Hil seems determined lately to prove she... More »

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Hillary Clinton • Internet • YouTube • presidential campaign • The Sopranos • video • Mafia • Election 2008 • presidential election

Moore's
'Sicko' Leaks
to Youtube

Health-care expose
has early onset at
video sharing site

Jun 18, 07 8:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - Documentarian Michael Moore has a feverishly anticipated takedown of the American health-care industry set to open in two weeks—but try telling that to the internet. Sicko went viral this weekend as cinematic hackers managed to post the two-hour film in its entirety on YouTube, probably from a pirated DVD. More »

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health care • Internet • YouTube • copyright law • Sicko • Michael Moore

Venezuelan TV Station Skirts Ban, Airs on YouTube

Demonstrators protest Chavez, shutdown

Jun 1, 07 11:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - An anti-establishment TV station taken off the air by Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez has found a new way to reach viewers: YouTube. A reduced staff produces and uploads three hour-long newscasts a day for Radio Caracas Television, which stopped broadcasting Sunday. The shutdown of RCTV, which was replaced with a... More »

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media • YouTube • Venezuela • censorship • Colombia • Radio Caracas Television • Hugo Chávez

GOP Finds Itself Tangled in the Web

Candidates lag Democrats in online popularity, fundraising

May 21, 07 9:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - The digital divide is widening—between Democratic and Republican presidential candidates. Websites, blogs and online video aren't the only areas where the GOP trails; fundraising numbers reported in the Washington Post tell a similar story. In the first quarter of 2007, the top three Democrats raked in $14 million online,... More »

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Internet • YouTube • Democrats • Republican • talk radio • campaign fundraising • Election 2008

YouTube to Co-Host Debate

Viral video site goes from embarrassing candidates to sponsoring debates

May 17, 07 4:32 PM CDT
(Newser) - YouTube, the viral-video nemesis of many a gaffe-prone political candidate, will co-sponsor a Democratic presidential debate July 23rd in Charleston, South Carolina. CNN is the television partner for the debate, which will be the first of six, the DNC announced yesterday.  More »

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Google • YouTube • Democrats • politics • presidential campaign • Democratic National Convention • presidential debate • CNN

Defense Dept. Blocks Access to YouTube

Bandwidth, security issues lead to ban on MySpace, other networking sites

May 14, 07 12:38 PM CDT
(Newser) - MySpace as a national security threat? Yes, says the Department of Defense, which is blocking service members' access to the site—as well as YouTube and 11 other popular destinations troops use to communicate with family and friends—on department computers as of today. The department calls the online traffic... More »

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national security • social networking • military • Internet • YouTube • MySpace • Department of Defense

TV Moguls Blast Web Rivals

Parsons: 'They are
the Custer of the modern world. We
are the Sioux Nation.'

May 9, 07 8:01 AM CDT
(Newser) - A panel of top television executives at a Vegas conference yesterday went on the offensive against their digital rivals, blasting the perception that cell phones, the Web, and other digital formats are killing their business. Quite the contrary, pronounced Time Warner CEO Richard Parsons: "The Googles, they are the... More »

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television • media • Google • Internet • Viacom • YouTube • online media • Richard Parsons • News Corp

Musical McCain Becomes YouTube Hit

But "bomb bomb Iran" joke may be
tone-deaf political move

Apr 20, 07 11:59 AM CDT
(Newser) - If John McCain fails in his presidential bid, he may have a future in karaoke. The senator-turned-songbird's impromptu performance of "Bomb Bomb Iran"—set to the tune of the Beach Boys classic "Barbara Ann"—at a South Carolina campaign rally has picked up 118,000 YouTube... More »

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John McCain • YouTube • South Carolina • Barbara Ann • singing • viral video • Election 2008 • Beach Boys

MTV Meets Web 2.0 Halfway

Will user-generated content, viral videos, be fountain of youth?

Apr 17, 07 1:26 PM CDT
(Newser) - MTV is fighting an unprecedented drop-off in ratings by tapping straight into the YouTube generation. The revamped bastion of youth culture will be less cable channel and more media hub, letting its teen viewers decide—and create—what they want to see, while keeping them connected to their digital world. More »

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television • media • Internet • YouTube • MTV • user generated content • pop culture

O'Reilly: Time To Listen Up On Illegals

Research shows immigrants (legal or illegal) less likely to commit crimes

Apr 10, 07 7:38 AM CDT
(Newser) - Last week's smackdown between Fox foes Bill O’Reilly and Geraldo Rivera entertained millions of YouTube addicts but shed little light on the issue that was the subject of their screaming fight:  Do illegal immigrants increase crime? In fact, Harvard sociologist Robert J. Sampson tells Salon, immigrants both legal... More »

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immigration • YouTube • illegal immigrant • crime • Bill O'Reilly • Geraldo Rivera • Fox

Mexican Drug Wars Fought
in Cyberspace

Gangs use Web to recruit, plan, and intimidate rivals; cops are clueless

Apr 9, 07 4:41 PM CDT
(Newser) - Mexican drug cartels are making themselves at home on YouTube, posting music  videos that show off the bloodied bodies of their tortured and executed competitors. The gangs have turned to the Internet to recruit members, plan attacks, and intimidate and threaten rival gangs. The result is an al-Qaeda–like virtual... More »

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Internet • YouTube • War on Drugs • drugs • law • law enforcement • Mexico • organized crime • Mexican drug war • drug cartel

Turkish Band
Faces Jail in
YouTube Flap

Fan's video of 7-year-old song dissing entrance exams runs afoul of officials

Apr 9, 07 12:07 PM CDT
(Newser) - A seven-year-old song resurrected on YouTube has five punk rockers facing time in a Turkish prison. The song, an anti-authoritarian rant against the Turkish college entrance exam by the band Deli, was the sound track to a video posted by a fan, who lip-synched the lyrics while jumping around frantically... More »

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music • Turkey • Internet • YouTube • free speech • college

Google Stares Down Viacom, Copyright

How do the boys keep YouTube from turning into  Napster?

Apr 2, 07 7:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - With Viacom incubating "the biggest copyright lawsuit in history" against YouTube, the video-sharing site is beginning to smell a bit like Napster. Which leads Clive Thompson to ponder in New York why the Google boys decided to acquire YouTube—and its looming crisis—last year. And why, once they... More »

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media • Google • Internet • Viacom • YouTube • Web 2.0 • intellectual property • copyright • Sumner Redstone

Big Guns Battle Video Sharing With Free TV Shows

Copyright-protected content will be available for free online in new NBC-News Corp. partnernship

Mar 23, 07 9:14 AM CDT
(Newser) - TV biggies NBC Universal and News Corp. are teaming up to hit YouTube with the full force of their their combined TV content, offered online for free. Starting this summer, AOL, Yahoo, Microsoft's MSN and News Corp. subsidiary MySpace will hope to win over internet users (and the advertising that... More »

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television • Yahoo • Google • Internet • YouTube • AOL • Microsoft • MSN • Rupert Murdoch • MySpace • Heroes • 24 • NBC • advertising • intellectual property • consumer • copyright • file sharing • Internet advertising • News Corp

YouTube Trickster Comes Clean  

Mar 22, 07 8:17 AM CDT
(Newser) - An employe of the tech company that handles Barack Obama’s website admits making the notorious “Vote Different” YouTube video portraying Hillary Clinton as Big Brother – now one of the most watched videos on the web. Phil de Vellis writes on The Huffington Post that he created the ... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • YouTube • politics • advertising • presidential campaign • tech companies • Election 2008

Viacom Sues Google

Mar 14, 07 8:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - Viacom filed a $1 billion lawsuit against Google yesterday for what it says is gross copyright infringement on YouTube, the company's newest acquisition. Google has promised to work with companies to remove copyrighted material, but Viacom complains that illegally posted clips of its programs like "The Daily Show" have... More »

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media • Google • Internet • Viacom • YouTube • copyright • lawsuit • acquisition

Turkey
Bans
YouTube

Greek videos are "insulting to Turkishness"

Mar 8, 07 1:03 PM CST
(Newser) - A Turkish court banned YouTube on Wednesday after Greek videos on the site insulted Turks—in particular Ataturk, the country's modern founding father—calling them homosexuals. The videos, part of an escalating "virtual war" between Greek and Turkish citizens belittling each other, were deemed an insult to Turkishness, a... More »

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entertainment • Turkey • Google • Internet • YouTube • European Union • virtual war • Turk Telekom • freedom of expression

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