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 YouTube Launches
Citizen Journo Channel

YouTube Direct service aims to connect editors with video

Nov 17, 09 6:35 AM CST
(Newser) - A new YouTube service aims to make it easier for citizen journalists filming everything from celebrity antics to natural disasters to connect with news outlets. The YouTube Direct service allows news outlets to request, verify, and rebroadcast video from YouTube users. NPR, the San Francisco Chronicle, and Politico were among... More »

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YouTube • online videos • journalism • Citizen journalism • YouTube Direct

 Beaver Pees on CBS Reporter 

Clip from the Early Show is, obviously, CBS News' most popular

Nov 13, 09 8:36 AM CST
(Newser) - When a beaver on an Early Show animal segment started marking its territory—and correspondent Debbye Turner Bell got sprayed in the face— CBS News must have known it had a viral video on its hands. So the network went ahead and posted the clip itself, complete with slow-motion replay... More »

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entertainment • CBS • online videos • viral video • CBS News • The Early Show

no free lunch

 Hulu Fees Likely in 2010 

News Corp. talks subscription model; paywall unlikely

Oct 23, 09 10:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - The days of free TV shows on Hulu are likely ending: A News Corp. exec says “it’s time to start getting paid for broadcast content online,” adding that “Hulu concurs with that.” Asked by Broadcasting & Cable what exactly that means, Chase Carey was... More »

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entertainment • television • Internet • NBC • online videos • Fox • Hulu • web video • News Corp • Chase Carey • paywall

YouTube Reaches 'Well Over' 1B Views Per Day

Google subsidiary takes the opportunity to gloat

Oct 9, 09 2:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - In a move ripped right from the McDonald’s playbook, YouTube’s logo today comes with the tag “1 billion views per day!” That’s right, YouTube now gets “well over a billion views a day,” according to the site's official blog. Sure, execs are... More »

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Google • Internet • YouTube • online videos • web traffic

Analysis

Comcast Weighs Charging Viewers for Hulu

Cable giant no fan of free site, and could soon own NBC's part of it

Oct 5, 09 3:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - Comcast is no fan of Hulu's business model, and the cable giant could soon own a stake in the site—which means trouble for fans of using it to watch TV shows free. Comcast is in talks with NBC to pool their entertainment offerings in a joint venture that would... More »

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television • Internet • Comcast • NBC • NBC Universal • mergers and acquisitions • online videos • Hulu

(Newser) - It looks like Erin Andrews' peeping tom has been caught. FBI agents arrested a Chicago man at O'Hare airport last night and accused him of making nude videos of the ESPN reporter after altering peepholes in two hotel rooms. He tried to sell them to TMZ, then posted clips online,... More »

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ESPN • online videos • reporter • hidden camera • stalking • Erin Andrews • peeping tom • ESPN scandal

VIral viDEO

 Watch 100 
 YouTube 
 Classics in 
 4 Minutes 

Thanks to a new mash-up, you can catch up on four years of pop culture in a jiffy

Oct 1, 09 3:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - Want to catch up on YouTube’s greatest hits but don’t have the time? No problem: Just watch a new 4-minute mash-up that brings 100 of the best (or worst, depending on your viewpoint) together. Clips include such classics as “Keyboard Cat” and “David After Dentist,”... More »

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YouTube • online videos • Obama Girl • viral video • videos • trend

Time Warner Enlists Networks for Internet TV Test

'TV Everywhere' to include CBS, HBO, and more

Aug 28, 09 10:54 AM CDT
(Newser) - Time Warner has signed up at least a dozen networks for a new Internet TV service, and plans to test the service in select markets soon, the Charlotte Business Journal reports. Onboard are CBS, HBO, Syfy, AMC, and Time Warner’s own TNT and TBS, among others. Time Warner... More »

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television • Time Warner • CBS • HBO • online videos • AMC • TV industry • Time Warner Cable • Sci-Fi Channel • Syfy

 Reporters to Supporters: 
 You 'Gave Us Hope' 

Ling, Lee thank supporters in online video

Aug 14, 09 11:14 AM CDT
(Newser) - Laura Ling and Euna Lee use a new video on Current TV's website to thank Americans “from the bottom of our hearts” for support during their North Korean captivity. “We learned about this grassroots movement on Facebook, about people writing in to their congressmen, to the president,”... More »

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North Korea • online videos • journalist • reporters • Euna Lee • Laura Ling

 Birther Boss Tantrum 
 Gets YouTube Remix 

And yes, it's pretty funny

Aug 7, 09 9:39 AM CDT
(Newser) - Orly Taitz has so many YouTube-friendly elements going for her: She’s the leader of a fringe movement, she has the bizarre career combo of dentist/lawyer—oh, and she’s “insane” and went “berserk” on MSNBC earlier this week while discussing the birther movement, writes the Cajun Boy... More »

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YouTube • online videos • right wingers • birther • Orly Taitz

OPINION

 Best YouTube Wedding Dances 

Nope, Kevin and Jill weren't the first

Jul 28, 09 1:18 PM CDT
(Newser) - Jill and Kevin Heinz made a splash when their wedding-entrance dance video went viral—but they weren’t the first couple to surprise guests with their groove. E! runs down some of the most popular YouTube wedding dance clips:
  • Thriller: Brian and Sandy Lundmark managed to impress the
... More »

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entertainment • YouTube • dancing • online videos • dance • wedding • Michael Jackson • Thriller • Dirty Dancing • wedding video

review

 Lynch on Prowl for 
 American Dreams 

Director takes time-out from surreal films to study reality

Jul 21, 09 11:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - All of David Lynch's work, writes Lee Siegel on the Daily Beast, seems to take as its starting point Norman Mailer's observation that the essence of America is the smell of gasoline and cheap perfume. For his latest project, the director of “bare-knuckle surrealist films” takes a 20,000... More »

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entertainment • online videos • documentary • interview • David Lynch

(Newser) - It must be time to bolster political support. Not only has French President Nicolas Sarkozy launched his own Facebook page, he has also posted a video of himself "casually dropping in" on a magazine interview with his wife. The two can barely tear their eyes away from each other,... More »

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Nicolas Sarkozy • France • Facebook • online videos • Carla Bruni

 Princes, Celebs, Frog 
 Team Up in Green Vid 

Charles joined by sons, A-listers to promote project

May 5, 09 1:52 PM CDT
(Newser) - Princes William and Harry are joined by a cast of superstars—and a belching digital frog—in a video helping their father promote environmental awareness, the Mirror reports. Harrison Ford, Robin Williams, Daniel Craig, and the Dalai Lama are among those appearing in the clip promoting Prince Charles’ Rainforests Project.... More »

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entertainment • environment • MySpace • Prince William • Prince Charles • Prince Harry • rainforest • online videos • celebrity • Dalai Lama • Daniel Craig • Harrison Ford • Robin Williams

Yet Another Susan Boyle Tape Emerges

But this time, she's
a "very attractive" 23-year-old

May 1, 09 8:13 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Susan Boyle tapes just keep on coming. This time, the Britain’s Got Talent sensation is shown singing at a talent contest in 1984—and the 23-year-old looks good, the Mirror reports. “She was so shy but she was also very attractive back then—she turned a few... More »

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entertainment • online videos • singing • Susan Boyle • Britain's Got Talent

 Another Susan Boyle 
 Tape Surfaces 

Singer was rejected, teased by TV host

Apr 27, 09 10:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - Susan Boyle tried out for television at least once before hitting Britain’s Got Talent—and a video of the performance was recently unearthed, the Sun reports. Boyle auditioned for My Kind of People in 1995, but was mocked during her rendition of "I Don't Know How to Love... More »

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entertainment • reality TV • online videos • Susan Boyle • Britain's Got Talent

 'Crazy' LiLo Lookin' 
 for Love on 'eHarmony' 

Faux dating ad cops to "crazy" antics

Apr 14, 09 9:54 AM CDT
(Newser) - Recently single Lindsay Lohan is “looking for someone who I can spend the rest of my life with. Or, at least, the rest of my probation with,” she says in a video on FunnyOrDie.com, Perez Hilton reports. Aping an eHarmony commercial, LiLo describes herself as “a... More »

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Lindsay Lohan • online videos • celebrity • FunnyOrDie.com

 Got a Minute? 
 See Forrest Run 
 —on YouTube 

Condensed versions of Gump, Kill Bill popular online

Apr 2, 09 9:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - Hate sitting through long movies? YouTube is your friend. One-minute remakes of Forrest Gump and Kill Bill, shot by British college students in one take, are getting lots of attention, the Telegraph reports. In the 4 weeks since it was posted, the Gump short has racked up 1.5 million... More »

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social networking • YouTube • film • online videos • Forrest Gump • movies • Kill Bill

 PSA Re-enacts Rihanna Beating 

Activist organization launches new campaign

Mar 20, 09 8:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - Rihanna’s alleged assault by Chris Brown is re-enacted in a new PSA, AP reports. Actors play out the scene while a narrator reads details from the police affidavit. “There was no need to sensationalize things. It was bad enough,” says the CEO of DoSomething.org, adding that... More »

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online videos • domestic violence • reenactment • Rihanna • PSA • teenager • physical abuse • Chris Brown

For Its 1st Birthday, Hulu Gets Social Networking

Video site also vows to add more content

Mar 12, 09 1:22 PM CDT
(Newser) - To mark its first anniversary, Hulu is launching friends lists, most popular rankings, and more content—including show archives and classic cartoons and movies, CNET reports. But staying innovative isn't easy for a new media outlet with old media bosses. The website, which is owned by NBC and News Corp.... More »

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social networking • Internet • NBC Universal • online videos • Hulu • News Corp • streaming video

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