Revver is hosting a contest for Halloween videos. I shot this one in August or September to help them promote it (Greedy Trick-or-Treaters). But I’ve already lost before judging has begin. So I’ll continue my long-running record of honorable mentions but no trophy. Here’s what I’ll lose to I think: “Second Change: A Date Between…
Frequent WillVideoForFood contributor Mark Day landed a prominent feature on the homepage of AOL Uncut. This is the first time I’ve seen such a significant “carve out” for an amateur creator. Congrats, Mark. The comedy or bribes are paying off. If you haven’t seen Mark’s work, it’s well worth it.
Here’s a brilliant sneak preview of the future plans for the YouTube homepage. Watch for a GoogleFox ad you might otherwise miss. I love this parody. It requires and understanding of this Google/YouTube partnership, a “pattern recognition” of similar “mergers,” terrific graphics abilities and sharp humor. Kudos to YouTube’s “Zun.”
An anonymous source sent me this confidential “YouTube Research by Google” video that was meant for internal use only by Google. I think it’s worth the legal risk of posting, because it gives us insights into what due diligence Google conducted before buying YouTube. Google’s board apparently commissioned ethnographic research of the YouTube community —…
The true sign of a viral video star is when viewers simply can’t wait for the next episode. I’ve been watching Jorg’s two clips (the original, the E Holywood Story, and the dance contest) over and over and over. I want more. Jorg’s creator is BrettNovak.com. His first video got more than 300K views on…
I’d better hold on to my day job. My job as the weatherman on MediaMoGirl is at risk. It’s good to be a “protected class” however. I may need to do the weather in a dress to reinforce that.
Cubicle Kim contacted CubeBreak to see if we’d be interested in featuring her collection. After watching just two videos, we gave her a dedicated widget on the homepage. Funny stuff — here’s her website. A Pennsylvania native, Kim Waldauer moved to LA 6 years ago to be an actor/writer with her husband, who is also…
From The Guardian today: Dick Parsons, the chairman and chief executive of Time Warner, fired a shot across the bows of Google, saying his group would pursue its copyright complaints against the video sharing site YouTube.com. Google paid $1.6bn for YouTube this week amid concerns that some of the fledgling website’s 100m videos breached copyright…
Curious about how people’s Revver income was impacted by the 1.0 release. Up, down, flat? Mine is significantly lower than before the launch, but I also went through a period where I couldn’t figure out how to upload new videos. Plus I’ve gotten out of the habit of checking it regularly so I’m not certain this…
Here’s a YouTube video from Ken Goldstein in which he announces Google’s decision to provide video creators 5 cents worth of stock for every video viewed before the October sale of YouTube by Google. It takes the fun out of it to know it’s a hoax, but you may want to view it anyway. And…