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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

Cute Animal Video Needles
China's Censors

'Grass-mud horse' sounds like something a whole lot dirtier

Mar 12, 09 8:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - Two months after it first appeared as a cartoon on a Chinese website, the grass-mud horse is everywhere; videos of the adorable alpaca-like creature have drawn millions of hits, and stuffed animals are for sale. But the grass-mud horse is not a children's cartoon; it's a filthy pun that slipped... More »

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China • Internet • censorship • online videos • Internet censorship

 Octu-Mom 
 Offered $1M 
 to Do Porno 

Plus, second Octu-Fam video released

Feb 25, 09 10:31 AM CST
(Newser) - Nadya Suleman may not be getting her own reality show, but she could make $1 million starring in a porno, TMZ reports. Porn distributor Vivid Entertainment also promised Suleman and her 14 kids medical and dental insurance if she makes more than one. The offer comes on the heels of... More »

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in vitro fertilization • pornography • online videos • multiple births • octuplets • Nadya Suleman • Angela Suleman

 Octu-Mom, 
 Grandma 
 Face Off 
 in New Vid 

Mom rips daughter for irresponsibility

Feb 24, 09 9:09 AM CST
(Newser) - Octuplet mom Nadya Suleman and her own mother, Angela, have been sniping at each other in interviews—and now a video from Radar captures their first face-off. The bizarre sit-down includes an argument over how Nadya could have dealt with her frozen embryos and Angela’s apparent suggestion that she... More »

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in vitro fertilization • foreclosure • online videos • multiple births • mortgage delinquency • octuplets • Nadya Suleman • Angela Suleman

tech review

 Website Lets You 
 Into Harvard—Free 

Academic Earth offers video lectures from top schools

Feb 22, 09 11:35 AM CST
(Newser) - No notes, no homework, and you can wear your PJs the entire time you "sit in" on Harvard classes—online. Academic Earth's online classes are "unexpectedly irresistible," Farhad Manjoo writes for Slate. "It's like Hulu, but for nerds." The company's collection of videotaped lectures from... More »

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Stanford • online videos • Harvard • Yale • college course • Academic Earth • Richard Ludlow

 'High' Boy Newest 
 YouTube Star 

Clip of woozy 7-year-old viewed over 6 million times

Feb 10, 09 7:55 AM CST
(Newser) - A YouTube video of a little kid's post-dentist trip has become a viral hit, reports the Daily Telegraph. Spaced-out 7-year-old David, belted into the backseat of a car after having a tooth removed, asks “Is this real life?” and "Is this going to be forever?" The video... More »

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YouTube • children • online videos • dentists • viral video

ANALYSIS

Hulu Solves Online Video Puzzle, Cashes In

Site has settled many questions of what works in online video

Feb 6, 09 2:45 PM CST
(Newser) - YouTube established online video as a phenomenon almost instantly. But its user-generated content and lack of quality control made advertisers reluctant to embrace it. How then, to monetize online video? Do users want to stream or download, view through web browsers or special applications? Hulu, the video site run by... More »

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television • Internet • NBC • online videos • Hulu • Internet advertising • News Corp

 Ashton Rails 
 on 'Jackass' 
 Neighbor, 
 Apologizes 

Actor later apologizes for rant

Jan 30, 09 9:29 AM CST
(Newser) - Ashton Kutcher has apologized after lashing into his neighbor with a profanity-laced online video, the Huffington Post reports. The actor vented after his "jackass" neighbor dared to start noisy construction on his house at 7am (which is perfectly legal in LA). After the neighbor shot back, calling Ashton “... More »

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construction • online videos • video • celebrity • Ashton Kutcher • Demi Moore • Twitter • rants

OPINION

 Time to Give Netflix 
 Its Dot-Com Due 

Disciplined growth has helped it through many setbacks

Jan 28, 09 4:47 PM CST
(Newser) - Despite plenty of naysayers, Netflix boasts success like few other dot-coms, Chris O’Brien writes in the San Jose Mercury News. The movie-rental service reported record earnings despite the recession, “a neat trick that eBay and Yahoo could only dream of emulating.” Netflix’s innovative distribution system, inventory... More »

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Silicon Valley • Apple • Blockbuster • online videos • video • innovation • Netflix • Xbox • TiVo • movie rentals • movies

Online 'Pied Piper' Urges Followers to Ditch Families

Philosopher preaches that the parent-child relationship is artificial

Dec 13, 08 8:38 AM CST
(Newser) - A libertarian web philosopher who counsels converts to cut off contact with their families is being accused of operating a cult, the Toronto Globe & Mail reports. Stefan Molyneux preaches through his Freedomain Radio site that the parent-child relationship is inherently abusive and encourages troubled young people to break away.... More »

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Internet • families • parents • online videos • podcast • cult

YouTube
Cracks Down
on Suggestive Videos

Access will be limited to site's adult users

Dec 4, 08 2:31 PM CST
(Newser) - YouTube has announced new rules on sexually suggestive content, restricting it to registered members who claim to be adults and removing it from the video-sharing site’s most popular pages, the San Jose Mercury News reports. “Our goal is to help ensure that you’re viewing content that’s... More »

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Internet • YouTube • Web 2.0 • online videos

 After Disney, 
 Eisner Thrives Online 

Eisner believes internet programming is entertainment's future

Nov 23, 08 1:48 PM CST
(Newser) - Michael Eisner was once at the top of the heap as CEO of Disney, where he flourished. But after he was squeezed out by what some thought was poor company performance, he got creative in new media—and “I’m much happier now,” he tells the New York ... More »

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Internet • online media • online videos • Disney • Michael Eisner

 Obama Signals From Sidelines 

Walks fine line while Bush remains in office

Nov 23, 08 11:42 AM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama is swiftly filling his Cabinet and outlining the direction of his economic plans, the Los Angeles Times reports, a decisive push unusual for a president-elect. “There's no question that Bush is still president, but people are looking for signs to see what's going to happen going forward,... More »

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online videos • transition • economic plans • President Obama • Obama Cabinet

TECH REVIEW

Ability to 'See' Content Sets New Video Search Site Apart

VideoSurf.com analyzes images themselves, isn't dependent on tag search

Nov 19, 08 3:52 PM CST
(Newser) - A new Web site that makes video searchable by actual images, rather than by often inaccurate and misleading metadata tags, is making finding the clips you’re looking for easier, Katherine Boehret writes in the Wall Street Journal. VideoSurf.com—currently in its public beta form—“sees” images rather... More »

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YouTube • online videos • Hulu • ESPN.com • VideoSurf

YouTube to Sell Ads on
Search Results

Pushed by parent, Google, the company adopts a new strategy: Google's

Nov 13, 08 8:08 AM CST
(Newser) - YouTube yesterday unveiled its latest plan for making money: an auction-based ad system that puts sponsored video clips alongside search results. The video-sharing site's system mimics that of its parent company, Google, reports the San Francisco Chronicle. The company—which ranks second only to Google in searches—is hoping it... More »

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Google • YouTube • online advertising • online videos • search engine marketing

YouTube in Talks
to Show Full Movies

Could have service within 90 days

Nov 8, 08 12:48 PM CST
(Newser) - Full-length Hollywood movies will soon be streaming on YouTube, reports CNET. The site's parent company, Google, is in promising talks and could have offerings from at least one major studio online within a month. “It's going to happen,” said one executive with knowledge of the deal. “I... More »

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media • Google • YouTube • online videos • movie industry • Hollywood studios

 Online Olympics
 Viewing Shatters Records

But TV's still tops, NBC says

Aug 25, 08 6:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Internet played an unprecedented role in Olympics viewing this year, with NBCOlympics.com and Yahoo leading the online-coverage pack, the New York Times reports. With 1.2 billion page hits and 72 million video streams, NBC more than doubled its Web traffic from the past two Olympics combined. The... More »

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Yahoo • NBC • 2008 Beijing Olympics • online videos • streaming content

 Whedon's
 'Horrible'
 an Online Hit 

Evil genius is too good for his own good, and so is his show

Jul 16, 08 11:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - Hollywood’s Internet video forays have mostly been failures—remember Quarterlife?—but none of them starred a dorky singing mad scientist. Joss Whedon’s Dr. Horrible’s Sing-a-long Blog thankfully features just such a character, and it’s almost too successful for its own good. The first episode had been... More »

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online videos • Quarterlife • musical • Buffy the Vampire Slayer • Joss Whedon

 Osama's Son Stars in Terror Vid 

Calls for destruction of US, Britain, Denmark

Jul 9, 08 12:34 PM CDT
(Newser) - Osama bin Laden’s 16-year-old son is apparently going into the family business. In al-Qaeda’s latest video the young “Crown Prince of Terror” is heard calling for the destruction of Britain, the US, France, and Denmark, the Daily Telegraph reports. “Oh God, reward the fighters hitting the... More »

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online videos • Osama bin Laden • al-Qaeda • Hamza bin Laden

Google Yet to Find Pitch for YouTube Ads

Big corporate dollars missing; internal inefficiency abounds

Jul 9, 08 10:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - Google is still struggling to make advertising revenues from YouTube resemble the site's popularity, the Wall Street Journal reports, with big industry heavyweights still leery about placing their ads alongside amateur video. With a well-below-expectation $200 million in ad revenue forecast this year, it's obvious "most advertisers are still... More »

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Google • YouTube • online advertising • online videos • ad revenue • civil lawsuits

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