Pages tagged “youtube”

The 10 Best Internet Memes of the Decade (2000-2009)

Richard Dawkins minted the term "meme" to explain the movement of information...  read more

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Hulu to Charge Users by 2010

Much has been lamented about the impending buyout of NBC Universal by Comcast. Among the expected consequences of this deal would be the switch at Hulu from an ad-generated business model to a subscription or fee-based service for consumers....  read more

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Watch U2 Live on YouTube This Weekend

If life’s constant hustle and bustle (not to mention that recession thing) has kept you from being one of the millions who have seen U2 during the band’s monstrous 360 Tour, fret not! Bono & Co. have teamed up with YouTube to bring this weekend’s show to your computer screen....  read more

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Warner Music Re-Allows YouTube to Feature its Videos

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Take a spin with us in the way-back machine, to ancient history: December of last year. Eleventh-hour negotiations between Warner Music Group and YouTube broke down, and Warner decided to pull (or mute) all their music on the video-sharing website. Now, this had more to do with YouTube's enormous popularity than any specific beef; musicians and record labels account for a huge percentage of pageviews on the 'Tube, and record labels don't see too much ad revenue in return....  read more

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Watch Three More New Sufjan Stevens Songs

Three more new Sufjan Stevens songs have been revealed through new footage from his performance at Ithaca, N.Y.'s Castaways, Pitchfork reports....  read more

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Full-Length Classic Television Interviews Now on YouTube

Just in time for your-post Emmys time wasting, YouTube has launched a channel for the Archive of American TV devoted to showing interviews with classic television figures....  read more

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Michael Cera, Jack Black and Danny McBride Walk Into a Bar

All right, not exactly, but Drunk History is funnier than that joke probably would've been anyway. In this video series created in 2007 and 2008, various funny folks combined forces to present "history as it's never been told before: Drunk." It goes a little something like this:...  read more

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YouTube May Enter Movie-Rental Business

YouTube is reportedly in talks with major Hollywood studios to offer new-release feature films for rent on their site. If the deal goes through, the site would offer streaming movies for a per-viewing rental fee....  read more

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Outside Lands Becomes First Festival Streamed Live on YouTube

Music fans without transportation to Golden Gate Park's Outside Lands this weekend need not wallow in envy. Instead, they can watch the concert live on their computer screens....  read more

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Chris Brown Inspires Ultimate Wedding-Entrance Video

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A friend sent us this video clip yesterday morning. We clicked on it, loved it, noticed the play count was about 77,000. Pretty impressive for a home movie from some random wedding in Minnesota!...  read more

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