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(Newser) - A British National Health Service trust posted a controversial staged video on YouTube showing a teenager giving birth amid a pack of yelling high schoolers as a way to scare girls about pregnancy, reports the Daily Mail. The video shows a teen, played by an actress, giving birth on a... More »

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pregnancy • YouTube • video • National Health Service • digital video • Britain • teen pregnancy • teenager

 Susan Boyle 
 Gets Subtitles 
 for Oprah Interview 

Singer discusses reality show stardom with Oprah

May 12, 09 9:42 AM CDT
(Newser) - Britain’s Got Talent star Susan Boyle made her debut on Oprah yesterday, but American audiences were given subtitles to help understand her heavy Scottish accent, the Mail reports. Boyle, recorded at her home in Scotland, told Oprah she’s not lonely: “I’ve got millions of new friends... More »

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entertainment • reality TV • YouTube • Oprah Winfrey • Susan Boyle • Britain's Got Talent

OPINION

 Welcome
 to Remedial 
 Web Trends 101 

David Pogue searches for the meme canon

May 7, 09 2:04 PM CDT
(Newser) - When the New York Times’ tech guru admitted on Twitter to only recently having heard of “Rickrolling”—the Internet prank in which a link promises something desirable but delivers the video for Rick Astley’s Never Gonna Give You Up—his followers blasted him for being “so... More »

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Internet • YouTube • culture • memes • Rickroll • Twitter • Rick Astley • David Pogue

(Newser) - While swine flu sweeps the world, a YouTube meme is sweeping the Web with nearly equal virulence, Butter Team blogger Z reports: Play Him Off, Keyboard Cat. Amateur video artists splice fail-type situations—guy falling down escalator, Miss South Carolina—with a clip of a keyboard-playing cat, and the kitty... More »

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YouTube • Miss South Carolina • memes • failure • cats • Play Him Off, Keyboard Cat

(Newser) - Yes, it's an actual study: Parrots can dance. Really and truly dance. A painstaking review of lab video—and YouTube—revealed that the birds have rhythm, the Boston Globe reports. Frame-by-frame analysis of birds’ motion to music shows that they bob and weave in perfect sync to a beat,... More »

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YouTube • birds • dancing • Brandeis • parrot • scientific study • rhythm • Harvard University

 From TV News to R&B Hit  

YouTube mashup shows the musical side of Couric, Hannity

Apr 30, 09 11:11 AM CDT
(Newser) - If you've ever thought the TV news needed a little something extra, meet Michael Gregory. The 24-year-old Brooklyn musician has taken YouTube by storm by mashing up the news into a faux-R&B track with the use of Auto-Tune, Time reports. The software designed to correct pitch—which can also... More »

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YouTube • Katie Couric • Cher • Sean Hannity • pundits • cable news • Michael Gregory • Auto-Tune

 Jacko Gets 
 Groove Back— 
 by Studying YouTube 

Singer forgot some of his old moves

Apr 30, 09 9:21 AM CDT
(Newser) - Michael Jackson hasn’t performed in so long, he’s almost forgotten how. Thank goodness for YouTube, which Jacko has been using to brush up on his trademark moves before returning to the stage in July, the Sun reports.  “It’s over a decade since he performed a... More »

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YouTube • dance • celebrity • Michael Jackson • concert tour

Brown Blocks Comments
on His YouTube Channel

Says volume of feedback would be impossible to monitor

Apr 28, 09 8:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - The British government has tried to harness the power of the Internet, but for Gordon Brown, the Web’s been prickly: a video of him picking his nose, for example, has been viewed far more often than recent policy address. Now the prime minister’s team has disabled comments on... More »

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Internet • YouTube • Gordon Brown • Facebook • Flickr • prime minister • Britain • Twitter

YouTube Could Take Down
Your Internet

Surging demand for video may cause Web 'brownouts': experts

Apr 26, 09 2:46 PM CDT
(Newser) - Watching those Susan Boyle and laughing baby clips on YouTube may soon come with a price: slower, shaky Internet connections, the Telegraph reports. Experts warn of a “brownout,” caused by outdated web systems unable to keep pace with surging online use of video sites, that will paralyze computers,... More »

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Internet • YouTube • broadband Internet • web traffic • computers

 Susan Boyle 
 Dyes Hair, 
 Dons Make-Up 

New look also includes new wardrobe

Apr 24, 09 7:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - Britain’s Got Talent judges can talk all they want about keeping their frumpy-chic new star just the way she is for the finals. Susan Boyle isn't having any of it: The YouTube sensation got a $50 dye job, haircut and straightening yesterday, turning her frowsy gray locks brown and... More »

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reality TV • YouTube • singer • Susan Boyle • Britain's Got Talent • makeover

10-Year-Old Boyle Demo Tape Goes Viral

Recording surfaces as audition vid hits 93.5M views, setting record

Apr 23, 09 10:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - With Susan Boyle's I Dreamed a Dream rendition setting a YouTube record, a decade-old demo of her singing Roberta Flack's Killing Me Softly has become a new viral hit. The former—from the Britain's Got Talent audition that blasted Boyle to fame—has been viewed 93.5 million times on... More »

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entertainment • YouTube • singer • viral video • Susan Boyle • Britain's Got Talent

(Newser) - One minimum-wage worker farts on a salami sandwich, and suddenly the president of Domino's is issuing a public apology? “This is the world turned upside down,” writes Garrison Keillor in the Chicago Tribune. In the actual world, the salami fart is nothing. “The night manager just says,... More »

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YouTube • brands • fast food • humor • Domino's Pizza • pizza • Garrison Keillor

Tweeting for Peace in Iraq?

US asks social media, tech execs to help
build transparency,
fight corruption

Apr 21, 09 2:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - Iraqi lawmakers tweeting during sessions? YouTube campaign videos? Execs from communications and social media firms, including the likes of Google, AT&T, YouTube, MeetUp, and Twitter are in Iraq this week at the behest of the State Department. Their mission: to consider how their tools might be used to boost... More »

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Iraq • social networking • Google • YouTube • State Department • AT&T • Twitter

(Newser) - San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom made his candidacy for California governor official today with nary a word, the Chronicle reports—except on Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube. Though Newsom plans to publicize his run with in-person appearances, an adviser called the old sort of announcement “passé.” The state’s... More »

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social networking • Internet • California • YouTube • San Francisco • Facebook • mayor • candidacy • governor • Gavin Newsom • Twitter • announcement

 Odd Duck Boyle Is 
 Talk of Her Tiny Town 

Small world rocked by YouTube popularity

Apr 20, 09 7:57 AM CDT
(Newser) - Everyone knows Susan Boyle in her Scottish village—she’s the odd loner who does killer karaoke at the local pub. Now, she’s the topic on everyone’s lips in the community of 5,000 where she’s lived in the same house all her life. And though the... More »

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entertainment • television • YouTube • Scotland • village • Susan Boyle • Britain's Got Talent

YouTube Edging Closer
to Hollywood

Site to offer authorized Hollywood content, may start charging

Apr 16, 09 8:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - YouTube's latest move to add Sony as a partner highlights the delicate balance it's trying to strike between Hollywood and its own roots in "homegrown video," writes Chris Snyder in Wired. The deals with Sony and others authorize the site—under pressure to curb unauthorized uploads—to show... More »

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television • Google • YouTube • video • TV networks • Hulu • Hollywood studios

 YouTube Orchestra Makes 
 Strong, if Not Subtle, Debut 

Symphony orchestra was selected by YouTube viewers voting on clips

Apr 16, 09 9:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - YouTube's "crowdsourced" symphony orchestra made its debut at Carnegie Hall last night. Its 90-plus members played like "a finely tuned instrument," a BBC reviewer found, despite the fact that they had only met in person a couple of days earlier. The musicians, from 30 countries, were picked... More »

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YouTube • classical music • Carnegie Hall • orchestra

Domino's Workers Fired for Gross-Out Video

Employees filmed doing worse than anything than the Noid ever dreamt up

Apr 15, 09 2:12 AM CDT
(Newser) - Domino's Pizza is struggling to contain the damage after a video of disgusting antics in one of its kitchens surfaced on YouTube, Advertising Age reports. A male employee is filmed wiping his bare butt with a sponge he then uses to wipe a pizza pan, farting on pepperoni, and stuffing... More »

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YouTube • brands • fast food • food safety • Domino's Pizza • pizza

(Newser) - Hey, you! Yes, you, the guy who keeps posting video of your nephew batting a ball into your brother’s family jewels. You’re going to kill YouTube, warns Benjamin Wayne of Silicon Alley Insider. Owner Google will lose $470 million this year on YouTube because, he writes, “less... More »

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Google • YouTube • user generated content • paid content • Hulu

(Newser) - At last, a little peace and harmony between the music industry and the tech world. YouTube and Universal Music announced a deal today to create a new website called Vevo.com to show music videos, CNET reports. It will launch later this year, with YouTube—and parent company Google—providing... More »

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YouTube • music industry • Universal Music Group • music videos

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