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YouTube Working on Pay-Per-View
YouTube Working on Pay-Per-View
Aug 30, 2010 7:19 AM CDT

YouTube Working on Pay-Per-View

In talks with studios for movies, TV

(Newser) - Pay-per-You-Tube? Don’t worry, you’ll still be able to watch all the goofy home movies and webcam confessions you can stomach for free, but Google is hoping to launch a new, paid section of its video behemoth by the end of the year, the Financial Times reports. Google executives...

YouTube Mix a Way Out of 'Hood for Crime News Star

He fights off attacker, reveals way with words

(Newser) - Who knew an attempted rape could turn out so well? (Relax; the perv was pounced on.) Antoine Dodson, 24, became an instant hit after he fought off an attacker who climbed in his sister's bedroom in the Huntsville projects in Alabama. The over-the-top, exuberantly gay Dodson struck a chord...

Twitter, YouTube Get Movie Trailers

 Twitter, YouTube Get 
 Movie Trailers 
hilarious spoofs
Aug 13, 2010 9:15 AM CDT

Twitter, YouTube Get Movie Trailers

Fake movies look better than 'The Social Network'

(Newser) - The debut of the melodramatic trailer for The Social Network—aka "the Facebook movie"—was basically guaranteed to be followed by parodies. Luckily, the spoofs are pretty darn hilarious. So far Twitter (sample line: "I need to create a way to blog that is as random and...

Inside Basil Marceaux's Crazy Bid for Gov

Basil Marceaux unwittingly becomes strange Internet joke

(Newser) - Tennessee’s gubernatorial primary is today, and if you vote for Basil Marceaux, he promises to “immune you from all state crimes for the rest of your life”—just one of many bizarre promises Marceaux has made in his surreal run for the Republican nod. His mumble-mouthed, incoherent...

Man Arrested for Taping Gun-Toting Cop

Prosecutors around the country try similar tactics

(Newser) - Anthony Graber is facing 16 years in prison because he had his video camera rolling in the wrong place at the wrong time. Graber was filming on his motorcycle when a cop pulled him over—by cutting him off and waving a gun at him. When Graber put the video...

YouTube Allows 15-Minute Videos

Site raises cap on upload length from 10 minutes

(Newser) - Because the world doesn't spend nearly enough time watching goofy videos: Fifteen-minute vids can now be uploaded to YouTube, a bump from the previous 10-minute cap. YouTube said lifting the limit was the most requested change from users, but one that took considerable effort, given the site's ever-increasing storage. In...

Alvin Greene Has a Music Video
 Alvin Greene Has a Music Video 
'he's unemployed, too'
Jul 23, 2010 10:48 AM CDT

Alvin Greene Has a Music Video

Senate candidate from South Carolina releases video so amazing it hurts

(Newser) - Alvin Greene has just launched his first campaign video, and it is priceless. Titled "Alvin Greene Is on the Scene," the video features a dopey hip-hop mix, with some choice lyrics like, "Well Greene's a new face in politics / And he don't show porno to college...

'Jessi Slaughter': I'll Keep Making Videos

Police to talk to her about online safety

(Newser) - “Jessi Slaughter,” the 11-year-old whose profanity-laced YouTube rant made her an object of fun for 4Chan, has been on the receiving end of so many pranks and death threats that she’s under police protection . But none of that is keeping her offline. “I’m going to...

YouTube Star, 11, Under Police Protection

Florida girl's name, phone number, address go viral

(Newser) - An 11-year-old Florida girl who became a YouTube star after a video of her dad yelling at her online haters went viral is now under police protection because of death threats. In the video "You dun goofed up," which has been viewed more than 1.7 million times,...

162 Videos in 2 Days: Old Spice Guy Goes Viral

How, and why, Isaiah Mustafa and team did it

(Newser) - The Old Spice “ man your man could smell like ” conquered the world with his hilarious commercials —and now he’s taken social media by storm, winning over everyone and everything from Perez Hilton to 4chan. He did it by gathering with a team of experts in Portland...

Is That a Palin Campaign Ad?

SarahPAC releases 'Mama Grizzlies' video

(Newser) - Sarah Palin's political action committee has released what looks suspiciously like a campaign ad. Called "Mama Grizzlies," the video splices audio from Palin's speech at a pro-life event touting the power of conservative women with video of female tea partiers. It doesn't address any specific positions other than...

YouTube Creating 'Day in the Life' of the World

User-generated documentary will record July 24, 2010

(Newser) - Want to be in a YouTube movie directed by Kevin Macdonald and produced by Ridley Scott? Record your ordinary daily life on July 24, upload it to YouTube, and you just might end up in the feature-length documentary "Life in a Day," a compilation of user-submitted footage from...

Ala. Tea Partier: Health Reform Is 'Slavery'

Candidate Rick Barber ups ante with even crazier ad

(Newser) - Tea party Republican Rick Barber has outdone himself. In a kind of sequel to his last crazy ad , the Alabama congressional candidate has released a new video in which a man dressed like Abraham Lincoln declares that paying taxes amounts to slavery. “Hey Abe,” Barber asks, “If...

6 Weird Uses for the iPad
 6 Weird Uses for the iPad 
cutting board, menu...
Jun 28, 2010 12:16 PM CDT

6 Weird Uses for the iPad

Not sure you need one? Maybe one of these will convince you

(Newser) - Maybe you never read magazines or play games…but the iPad could still be the gadget for you. Mashable rounds up six videos of people using the Apple device in unconventional ways, from cooking to performing a musical encore. Watch the best videos in the gallery; for the complete list,...

YouTube Adds Vuvuzela Button

If you actually like the horns, this button is for you

(Newser) - Fans of the vuvuzela rejoice: YouTube has made it possible to hear the loud, grating horn over more than just soccer matches. Certain videos now have a vuvuzela button, shaped like a soccer ball, which produces the distinctive horn blast over the video's audio, Mashable reports. See the video in...

Meet Zach Anner, the Next Oprah?
 Meet Zach Anner, 
 the Next Oprah? 
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
Jun 19, 2010 8:29 AM CDT

Meet Zach Anner, the Next Oprah?

Viral video star could get his own show

(Newser) - Zach Anner, a self-described “wheelchair-bound lady magnet,” is the latest viral video star—and he could be the next Oprah. Anner submitted a video to the talk show queen’s “ Your Own Show ” contest, a search for the next TV star, Time reports. Anner, who has...

Israel Sends Out Video Mocking Gaza Aid Flotilla

Then immediately apologizes, says it's not official

(Newser) - The Israeli government circulated, and then immediately apologized for, a video mocking the activists aboard the Gaza aid flotilla this weekend. A spoof of "We Are the World" titled “We Con the World,” the video shows people dressed in vaguely Arab garb singing lyrics like, “We...

Hollywood Goes Ga-Ga Over Iron Baby Spoof

YouTube hit snags Tinseltown offers

(Newser) - A slick YouTube spoof of Iron Man featuring a metal-clad, space-soaring, bunny-busting baby is attracting the attention of Hollywood money men. The special effects tour de force Iron Baby grabbed 3.5 million views in a mere week and two offers from Tinseltown. The star of the 70-second video is...

Cool Cats Explain Lost Finale
 Cool Cats Explain Lost Finale 
May 26, 2010 4:31 AM CDT

Cool Cats Explain Lost Finale

Entire tail in 60 seconds

(Newser) - The Lost finale wasn't that confusing. In fact a few cool cats pretending to be Lost characters explain the whole kitten kaboodle in 60 seconds. The video by Tremendous News also squeezes in a recap of the entire season's highlights. It's catnip to fans, notes the Los Angeles Times.

Now Pakistan's Blocking YouTube

Crackdown adds site to growing list

(Newser) - Yesterday, Facebook ; today, YouTube: Pakistan has blocked access to the video-sharing site—along with 450 other links, including some Wikipedia pages—because of its “growing sacrilegious content.” The Pakistan Telecommunications Authority didn't refer to specific offensive material, but said it acted after the site failed to take down...

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