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Apr 9, 2008 8:15 PM CDT

Post to YouTube, Facebook, Twitter In One Shot

Startups look to combine social network feeds

(Newser) - Several new services join personal Internet feeds into a single space, meaning you don’t have to re-post the same new information to YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter. The CEO of Seesmic, a video-conversation service, says it’s frustrating to pick through 10 different social networks—and his company has just...

Weezer Star Needs Help Writing a Song

Mar 27, 2008 9:05 PM CDT

Weezer Star Needs Help Writing a Song

Fans can work with Rivers Cuomo via YouTube

(Newser) - In yet another example of the Internet democratizing the music industry, Weezer's frontman is using YouTube to get some help writing a new song. Rivers Cuomo is broadcasting himself (don't miss the campy moustache) in a series he's dubbed "Let's Write a Sawng." His latest dispatch asks fans...

YouTube Will Show When, Where Clips Are Hot

Mar 27, 2008 12:13 PM CDT

YouTube Will Show When, Where Clips Are Hot

New feature will help marketers direct ads

(Newser) - In what could be a boon to advertisers, a new YouTube feature will allow video makers to see when and where their clips are being watched, reports the New York Times. YouTube Insight will show a map and graph representing the video’s popularity by state and over time--interesting information...

'Barbie Bandits' Sentenced in Bank Heist

Mar 24, 2008 6:57 PM CDT

'Barbie Bandits' Sentenced in Bank Heist

One ex-stripper gets 2 years in prison for giggly robbery

(Newser) - The so-called "Barbie Bandits"—two ex-strippers who were caught on video robbing a bank and giggling—were sentenced today in suburban Atlanta. Ashley Nicole Miller, 19, got two years in prison, plus eight of probation; Heather Lyn Johnston, 20, faces 10 years' probation. A male accomplice was also...

Austrian Monks Nab Record Deal

Mar 23, 2008 2:16 PM CDT

Austrian Monks Nab Record Deal

Austrian monks to record Gregorian chant album

(Newser) - Amy Winehouse and Cistercian monks wouldn't seem to have much in common, but now they've got the same record label, the BBC reports. Universal Music's search for "sacred singers" to record a Gregorian chant album turned up an Austrian monastery dating back to 1133. "It was beautiful, beautiful...

Speech Sparks Candor on Race

Mar 20, 2008 3:44 PM CDT

Speech Sparks Candor on Race

Churches, advocates, universities say race taboos have been lifted

(Newser) - While a verdict on the political wisdom of Barack Obama’s race address might be months in the coming, the speech has sparked a national conversation on the topic, the New York Times reports—with universities, churches and TV commentators chiming in. The Tuesday speech is the top video on...

For Generation 'Look at Me,' Every Moment Is Public

Mar 16, 2008 1:21 PM CDT

For Generation 'Look at Me,' Every Moment Is Public

But pitfalls lie amid flurry of documenting

(Newser) - They’re known as millennials, the documentation generation, and the Look at Me’s. But what defines Americans born after 1982 is a mindset that every moment can be turned into a performance worthy of YouTube and MySpace and maybe parlayed into broader fame, Newsweek reports. Now sociologists are asking:...

YouTube Opens to Developers

Mar 14, 2008 1:12 PM CDT

YouTube Opens to Developers

Expect more options for videos soon—including watching them on TiVo

(Newser) - YouTube is opening up to software developers, the company said Wednesday. Programmers can create new interfaces to play videos, for example, or let users upload clips to YouTube directly from other sites. And later this year, viewers will be able to watch YouTube videos via TiVo. The open platform won’...

Saudi Video Protests Driver Ban

Mar 11, 2008 7:15 PM CDT

Saudi Video Protests Driver Ban

YouTube clip shows woman driver calling for change in law

(Newser) - Activists have posted a video online to protest the Saudi ban on women drivers, the BBC reports. Made to honor International Women’s Day, the 3-minute clip on YouTube follows protester Wajeha Huwaider as she turns onto a forbidden highway and discusses the legality of the ban. “Many women...

Disney Looks to Earn $1B from Internet

Mar 11, 2008 11:48 AM CDT

Disney Looks to Earn $1B from Internet

Company says Lost , Grey's Anatomy online ads paid big dividends

(Newser) - Disney is ramping up its Internet efforts and expects to reap greater returns thanks to hit shows being streamed online, such as Lost and Grey’s Anatomy, reports the AP. The company expects to earn $1 billion in fiscal 2008, a sizable jump over last year, said CEO Robert Iger...

Long-Awaited Free TV Site Counts Down to Launch

Mar 11, 2008 11:32 AM CDT

Long-Awaited Free TV Site Counts Down to Launch

NBC-Fox collaboration emerges from beta tomorrow

(Newser) - After lots of hype, a long wait, and a dollop of skepticism, NBC Universal and Fox’s Hulu is going live tomorrow with more than 200 free TV shows, feature films, and sports highlights and games, the New York Times reports. “We won’t stop until we have everything...

Fewer Clicks Are Better Clicks: Google

Mar 11, 2008 1:52 AM CDT

Fewer Clicks Are Better Clicks: Google

Company says it's part of a plan to reduce accidental ad traffic

(Newser) - Google's share price took a big hit after quarterly results released last week showed the number of paid-for-clicks on advertising flattening out, but the company says the fall is actually good news, MarketWatch reports. Google bosses say the drop is all part of their plan to improve the quality of...

Sony Goes
Viral With 'Thriller'

Mar 10, 2008 11:15 AM CDT

Sony Goes Viral With 'Thriller'

New YouTube videos promote song's 25th anniversary

(Newser) - When Sony BMG wanted to work up some excitement for the 25th anniversary of Michael Jackson’s “Thriller,” a conventional campaign using the reclusive artist didn't look like a winner. So the label went the guerrilla route, staging “impromptu breakouts” of the "Thriller" zombie dance at...

Web 2.0 Firms Taking
Slower Route to IPOs

Mar 6, 2008 1:19 PM CST

Web 2.0 Firms Taking Slower Route to IPOs

The new business model calls for a 'slow and easy' approach to going public

(Newser) - Growing Web 2.0 companies like LinkedIn, Facebook, and Slide are biding their time before going public, making sure to run up their value as much as possible to fetch top dollar with an IPO, reports Business Week. It’s a far different approach than companies took before the dot-com...

'Puppy Kill' Video Triggers Probe

Mar 4, 2008 8:46 AM CST

'Puppy Kill' Video Triggers Probe

Military investigating video showing puppy hurled from cliff

(Newser) - Military officials are investigating a video posted on YouTube that appears to show a Marine hurling a puppy off a cliff, the Marine Corps Times reports. The video shows a Marine joking with buddies in a rocky landscape before throwing the animal. An official from the Hawaii base where the...

Internet Activists Target Scientology

Mar 3, 2008 2:10 PM CST

Internet Activists Target Scientology

Church can no longer control its image

(Newser) - Scientology is increasingly under attack on the Internet, where critics and dropouts are undermining the church's traditionally tight control of its public image, reports the LA Times. Three ex-Scientologists, including the niece of the church's head, launched ExScientologyKids.com last week. Its motto: "We were born. We grew up....

Pakistan Bans Access to YouTube

Feb 24, 2008 4:25 PM CST

Pakistan Bans Access to YouTube

Anti-Islamic video prompts government crackdown

(Newser) - Pakistan has blocked the country’s YouTube access over anti-Islamic videos on the site, the AP reports. One official conceded that a particular video offended authorities: a trailer for an upcoming film by Dutch legislator Geert Wilders. The filmmaker has said that his piece paints Islam as a fascist religion...

Looting Serbian 'Riot Girls' a YouTube Hit

Feb 24, 2008 8:00 AM CST

Looting Serbian 'Riot Girls' a YouTube Hit

'Belgrade bimbos' draw hits, scorn for grabbing chocolates and shoes

(Newser) - After the violence and looting that gripped Belgrade on Thursday night, a video available on YouTube has become a Serbian phenomenon—and provoked near-universal disapproval. The clip features two female looters grabbing everything from chocolates to designer handbags and shoes while the American embassy burned. Entitled "Swapping Kosovo for...

Websites Spark 'Baracklash'

Feb 23, 2008 3:37 PM CST

Websites Spark 'Baracklash'

Even Obama-lovers put up firewall of online sarcasm

(Newser) - The Internet may love Barack Obama—he leads other presidential hopefuls in online fundraising—but some new Obama sites are a tad sarcastic, the Washington Post reports. Sites like BarackObamaIsYourNewBicycle.com and SenatorObamas.com are poking fun at Obamamania even as they partake in it. “It’s a backlash...

'Video Vigilante' Boasts
Tar and Feathering 2.0

Feb 23, 2008 11:29 AM CST

'Video Vigilante' Boasts Tar and Feathering 2.0

Crusader catches men consorting with prostitutes, posts videos online

(Newser) - Brian Bates captures unsuspecting people on candid camera, but his subjects don’t have reason to smile: He’s the self-proclaimed Video Vigilante of Oklahoma City, capturing men consorting with prostitutes and then posting the videos online. “If you get caught by the cops, you pay a fine,”...