YouTube

Watch This Incredible Video Inspired by Today's Google Doodle - Posted 2 days, 11 hours ago
Synthesizer creator Robert Moog, who would have been 78 years old today, is having the best birthday ever. Not long after Google's artists created an interactive Moog synthesizer doodle for the homepage, a fan responded with a crazy cover of Daft Punk's "Aerodynamic" using Google's tool, which he posted on YouTube. The... [AllFacebook]

Watch This Incredible Video Inspired by Today's Google Doodle - Posted 2 days, 11 hours ago
Synthesizer creator Robert Moog, who would have been 78 years old today, is having the best birthday ever. Not long after Google's artists created an interactive Moog synthesizer doodle for the homepage, a fan responded with a crazy cover of Daft Punk's "Aerodynamic" using Google's tool, which he posted on YouTube. The... [SocialTimes.com]

How YouTube, Google+ and Social Media Affected the Arab Spring [Video] - Posted 2 days, 19 hours ago
Ahmed Shihab-Eldin, a host and producer for the Huffington Post, talks about his experience with various social media feeds as he tried to cover the Arab Spring for the Huffington Post. What's notable about the video is that he identifies the new journalistic experience and it is remarkably fast and... [SocialTimes.com]

YouTube Partner Onision: "YouTube Is Murdering Off Some Of Our Favorite YouTubers" - Posted 2 days, 20 hours ago
YouTube has undergone a lot of changes over the past few months, from a new design to the launch of new professionally-produced content channels and more, but at what cost? Many of the most popular YouTubers have reported that since YouTube has started rolling out these new "upgrades" their subscribers,... [SocialTimes.com]

In Facebook IPO Probe, Morgan Stanley Subpoenaed | Google+ Photographers Conference | NY Weighs Anonymous Commenting Ban - Posted 2 days, 22 hours ago
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The Facebook Follies? 'Zuckerberg: The Musical' Invades YouTube - Posted 4 days, 16 hours ago
Yes, indeed: Facebook Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer ... [AllFacebook]

YouTube Celebrates Its 7th Birthday, 72 Hours Of Video Now Uploaded Every Minute - Posted 4 days, 20 hours ago
Last May YouTube celebrated its sixth birthday with an announcement that more than 48 hours of video were being uploaded every minute and that the site was racking up 3 billion daily views. In January of this year, they increased that number t... [SocialTimes.com]

Friday Morning Laughs - Pranks, Gingers & An Epic Lamborghini Crash - Posted May 18, 2012
Happy Friday, ladies and gents! The workweek is coming to a close and we've put together a list of laugh-inducing videos to help you start the weekend with a smile on your face. This week's Friday Morning Laughs includes a Lamborghini crash, a funny kid, a hilarious bachelor party... [SocialTimes.com]

Study: Google Ads More Effective Than Facebook | Social Media-Sex Connection? | Flickr Rolls Out New Photo Layout - Posted May 16, 2012
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INFOGRAPHIC: 59.5 Percent Of News Via Social Media Is From Facebook - Posted May 14, 2012
Nearly 30 percent of Americans get their news from social media, a... [AllFacebook]

Do Video Sharing Apps Like Viddy & SocialCam Threaten YouTube's Dominance? - Posted May 10, 2012
If you've taken a look at your Facebook newsfeed recently then odds are you've been noticing a rise in posts from video sharing apps like Viddy and SocialCam. A new study from ... [SocialTimes.com]

10 Awesome Gotye 'Somebody That I Used To Know' Covers On YouTube - Posted May 9, 2012
Gotye seems to be rivaling Adele as one of the most coverable musicians on YouTube. New covers of his song "Somebody That I Used To Know" are popping up on a daily basis and after two new covers went viral this week we were inspired to put together a list... [SocialTimes.com]

Google To Drop Millions On Investment In Machinima - Posted May 8, 2012
Machinima is in the process of raising a new found of funding and Peter Kafka of All Things D reports that Google will be one of the investors. YouTube has been giving out millions of dollars to profess... [AllFacebook]

Google To Drop Millions On Investment In Machinima - Posted May 8, 2012
Machinima is in the process of raising a new round of funding and Peter Kafka of All Things D reports that Google will be one of the investors. YouTube has been giving out millions of dollars to profess... [SocialTimes.com]

Feds Urge Social Media Wills | Facebook's Next Stop: Boston | 'Hangouts on Air' Rolling Out - Posted May 8, 2012
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An Infographic History Of YouTube Partners - Posted May 4, 2012
Following last month's news of YouTube opening their partner program to everyone, New Media Rockstars... [SocialTimes.com]

Meet THNKR, @radical.media's New YouTube Channel Designed To Stimulate Your Mind - Posted May 3, 2012
As part of YouTube's initiative to launch upwards of one hundred new, professionally-produced content channels we've seen all sorts of celebrities and brands jumping on the YouTube bandwagon in niches from ... [SocialTimes.com]

GOP Members Battle For Facebook Fans - Posted May 1, 2012
Republican members of the U.S. House of Representatives are entering the Facebook round of the 201... [AllFacebook]

One YouTuber Says "YouTube's Content ID Is Broken And Needs A Fix" - Posted May 1, 2012
Back in February I wrote a post about YouTube's Content ID coming under fire for false copyright claims. YouTubers complained of inaccurate copyright claims on videos in which they owned the rights to all the content. A couple of mo... [SocialTimes.com]

Facebook Announcement | Zimmerman Defense on Social Media | Cyber Attacks Target Social Media - Posted May 1, 2012
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Successful YouTuber Trashes Some Of The Most Commonly Given YouTube Advice - Posted April 30, 2012
Over the past couple of years I've had the opportunity to talk to some very successful YouTubers and to ask them about what advice they would offer to video creators looking to follow in their footsteps. Their advice usually falls into the same categories--sticking to a schedule, asking people to... [SocialTimes.com]

Volume, Emotion, Sponsorship: What Brands Have An Edge on Social Media Strategies? - Posted April 30, 2012
Market Strategies International recently released the first edition of what it says will be an annual Social Media Brand Index, a measure for brands both of consumer-generated soci... [semanticweb.com]

Facebook Video Views Drop 8 Percent In March - Posted April 27, 2012
Fewer people now log time watching videos on Facebook compared with this time last y... [AllFacebook]

Friday Morning Laughs - Bohemian Rhapsody & A Frog Sitting Like A Man - Posted April 27, 2012
Happy Friday, ladies and gents! The weekend is just around the corner and we've put together a list of funny videos to brighten your mood. This week's Friday Morning Laughs includes an awesome family singing Bohemian Rhapsody on the way to school, a frog sitting like a man, an... [SocialTimes.com]

Facebook Embraces Antivirus, Faces Protesters | WordPress Is a Powerhouse - Posted April 26, 2012
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'I Cried' YouTube Button Ranks The Internet's Saddest Videos - Posted April 24, 2012
YouTube is just as good for a great cry as it is for a good laugh. A new Google Chrome extension called the 'I Cried' button is helping to create a catalogue of the Internet's saddest videos. How does it work? Basically, when y... [SocialTimes.com]

Facebook and Microsoft's AOL Patents | YouTube and Twitter's New Ads - Posted April 24, 2012
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YouTube Launches Advertiser Playbook, Gives Away $50 Million In Free Advertising - Posted April 23, 2012
YouTube is making a major push to attract advertisers to the site and, to that end, are launching some new initiatives designed to help businesses get into the world of advertising on YouTube. YouTube group product manager, Baljeet Singh, explains on the ... [SocialTimes.com]

Facebook's IPv6 Preparation | Skype For Xbox | YouTube's Copyright Case - Posted April 23, 2012
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Tipp-Ex Hunter Shoots A Bear Gets An Interactive, Time Traveling Sequel - Posted April 20, 2012
Remember the awesome Tipp-Ex 'Hunter Shoots a Bear' interactive YouTube campaign that went viral back in Fall of September 2010 for letting viewers make the hunter to everything from dance with a bear to hug a bear, sing to a bear and... [SocialTimes.com]

YouTube Video Editor Now Lets You Edit Multi-Track Audio - Posted April 19, 2012
The YouTube Video Editor is a handy feature that lets users clip, mashup and remix their videos. However, one big complaint about YouTube's editor has always been the fact that you couldn't edit audio. You could use your original audio or ... [SocialTimes.com]

YouTube Starts Letting Creators Link Videos To Indiegogo & Kickstarter Fundraising Pages - Posted April 18, 2012
It just became a whole lot easier for YouTube creators to raise funds for Kickstarter and Indigogo projects via YouTube. Yesterday YouTube ... [SocialTimes.com]

Twitter's Patent Agreement | Hulu's Ad Guarantee | Tumblr to Beat Blogs - Posted April 18, 2012
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Path Gets More Funding | Foursquare's Holiday | Klout Dating - Posted April 17, 2012
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Help Kickstart A Documentary About The YouTube Community - Posted April 16, 2012
Have you ever wondered what a day in the life of a YouTube Partner is like? YouTuber Dan Dobi is working on a documentary about the YouTube community called 'Please Subscribe' and he has launched a ... [SocialTimes.com]

YouTube Opens Partner Program To Everyone, Drama Ensues - Posted April 16, 2012
Last week YouTube made a pretty major announcement--they've opened up their once very selective Partner Program to everyone. I think Kevin Nalty, aka Nalts, puts it best when ... [SocialTimes.com]

The Fine Brothers Spoil 50 Viral Videos In 4 Minutes - Posted April 13, 2012
March 2012 was a big month for viral videos. A 2-year old covered Adele, a guy's wife had some funny trouble with simple math, a drunk guy sang... [SocialTimes.com]

Friday Morning Laughs - A Dramatic Surprise On A Small Square - Posted April 13, 2012
Happy Friday boys and girls! The workweek is coming to a close and, as usual, we've put together a list of funny videos to carry you into the weekend with a smile on your face. This week's Friday Morning Laughs includes the most dramatic flash mob you've ever seen,... [SocialTimes.com]

YouTube Live Celebrates First Birthday, Now Lets Users Monetize Live Streams - Posted April 11, 2012
It's been a year since YouTube started streaming live video officially and to celebrate YouTube Live's first birthday, the company has released a number of new features, including the option for publishers to charge viewers to watch live streams. Varun Ta... [SocialTimes.com]

CIR Launching YouTube Channel For Investigative News Video - Posted April 11, 2012
The Center for Investigative Reporting will soon have a new way of sharing watchdog journalism with the masses: An investigative YouTube Channel. The organization announced today that, in partnership with the ... [10,000 Words]

Who Will Facebook Buy Next? Place Your Bets! - Posted April 11, 2012
"We don't plan on doing many more of these, if any at all," Facebook Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg said in announcing the social network's $1 billion acquisition of photo-sharing... [AllFacebook]

YouTube Pays Hearst $10M For Content From Cosmo, Marie Claire & Other Popular Magazines - Posted April 10, 2012
As part of their initiative to add more professional, scheduled programming to the video site, YouTube has been announcing partnerships with production studios, networks and celebrities over the past few months. ... [SocialTimes.com]

Friday Morning Laughs - What Google Glass Would "Really" Be Like - Posted April 6, 2012
Happy Friday, folks! A holiday weekend is upon us and to get you into the Passover, Easter or just plain weekend spirit we've put together a list of videos to put a smile on your face. This week's Friday Morning Laughs roundup features some Google Glass parodies, some April... [SocialTimes.com]

Viacom Wins Reversal | Facebook on Nasdaq | Twitter's Spam War - Posted April 6, 2012
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YouTube Now Lets You Turn Your 2D Videos Into 3D Videos - Posted April 5, 2012
Today YouTube is announcing a cool new feature that literally lets you convert your 2D YouTube videos into 3D videos automatically. The 2D to 3D conversion feature was released in beta last September... [SocialTimes.com]

Google's Project Glass Unveiled | Reality Tech TV | Introducing Aviary - Posted April 5, 2012
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StreamGlider iPad News Reader App Will Evolve To Help Businesses Correlate Diverse Data Sets - Posted April 5, 2012
The latest version of the StreamGlider iPad news reader app for providing consumers with topic-oriented streams of information debuted this week. It brought with it the capability to limit hashtag or keyword searches in a Twitter, YouTube, or Flickr frame to a local area and turn on ... [semanticweb.com]

YouTube Launches Free Partner Promotion On The Google Display Network - Posted April 3, 2012
YouTube depends on their creators for revenue and, as a result, like to do what they can to help their partners get as many views as possible. To this end, they've launched YouTube Partner Promotion--a new initiative through which YouTube Partners can enjoy free promotion on the Google Display Network. ... [SocialTimes.com]

This Book Will Teach You Everything You Need To Know About YouTube And Video Marketing - Posted April 3, 2012
Whether you're just getting started in the world of online video or have been at it for awhile and are looking to sharpen your marketing skills, Greg Jarboe's 'YouTube and Video Marketing: An Ho... [SocialTimes.com]

3 Benefits of Answering YouTube Comments on Your Channel - Posted April 3, 2012
Engagement is a huge buzz word in the social media space. Brands are often tasked with spurring this engagement with their audiences on each social network they are active on, but often comments on a brand's YouTube channel are left unanswered. It's just as important to respond to the comments of... [SocialTimes.com]

How To Make Your Own YouTube Slam Video Duels - Posted April 2, 2012
At the end of last year, YouTube announced YouTube Slam--a video discovery experiment that pins videos head-to-head and asks viewers to vote on which they like best. YouTube Slam offers contests on a variety of ... [SocialTimes.com]

'Charlie Bit Me' Family Has Made Half A Million Dollars Since 2007 [Video] - Posted March 30, 2012
We've all seen 'Charlie bit my finger,' the adorable viral video in which baby Charlie bites his brother's finger and it "really hurts." It's the most popular viral video of all time, with over 436 million YouTube views and, ... [SocialTimes.com]

Friday Morning Laughs - Tenacious D Kills Val Kilmer - Posted March 30, 2012
Happy Friday, Folks! It's the end of the workweek and almost the end of the month and our Friday Morning Laughs is here, as usual, to help you make the transition into the weekend with a smile on your face. This week's funny video roundup is a doozy! ... [SocialTimes.com]

YouTube Offers $15,000 In Equipment & Promotion To Promising Vloggers - Posted March 29, 2012
Video blogging, known commonly as vlogging, is one of the most popular video formats on YouTube. Popular YouTubers like Philip DeFranco and iJustine have made names for themselves sitting in fro... [SocialTimes.com]

Tonight: The Switch and La Blogotheque Bring You Live, Interactive Music - Posted March 28, 2012
Music lovers--if you don't have any plans tonight, you may want to check out The Switch, an interactive music experience on YouTube, powered by 5 Gum, that lets you literally switch back and fort... [SocialTimes.com]

Nice Peter Gets Fired From The Digitour - Posted March 28, 2012
Over the weekend a tweet from The DigiTour let fans know that YouTuber Nice Peter would not be performing at his remaining Digitour dates. ... [SocialTimes.com]

5 Tips For Building Brand Channels On YouTube - Posted March 28, 2012
These days, more and more brands are hopping on the YouTube bandwagon, but if you're planning to start a YouTube brand channel you'll want to do it right. In her latest episode of New Media Minute, ... [SocialTimes.com]

What Makes Pinterest So Popular and Other Tips for Going Viral [Podcast] - Posted March 23, 2012
On today's Morning Media Menu (MP3 link), GalleyCat editor Jason Boog took a look at how content goes viral and what to do with negative feedback. This week, we learned that ... [SocialTimes.com]

KSWB Mistakes Singer Meatloaf for Actual Meatloaf - Posted March 23, 2012
As the KSWB morning team teased an interview with the singer Meatloaf on Thursday, a graphic appeared with a photo of actual meatloaf. "Hello, YouTube!" anchor ... [TVSpy]

YouTube Now Lets You Color Correct & Stabilize Video In A Click - Posted March 22, 2012
Last night YouTube announced that they've added a brand new feature to the YouTube Video Editor that will let you color correct and stabilize your videos in a click and it looks pretty sweet. John Gregg, software engineer at YouTube, writes on the ... [SocialTimes.com]

Jonah Peretti on Launching Huffington Post and BuzzFeed [Video] - Posted March 22, 2012
Before founding BuzzFeed, Jonah Peretti helped launch the Huffington Post. In part three of our "Media Beat" interview with Jonah Peretti, the founder shares his experiences using social media to boost traffic. "What we've seen is that with... [SocialTimes.com]

Video Of Man Flying Like A Bird Has The Internet Crying Hoax - Posted March 22, 2012
By now you may have already seen the video of a man flying like a bird with custom-built wings. The video, which features a Dutch man named Jarno Smeets achieving flight with a sweet winged contraption, has been viewed over 2.5 million times since it hit YouTube on Monday, but... [SocialTimes.com]

Could Reddit Rival YouTube for Discovering Talent? - Posted March 22, 2012
James Erwin, 37, didn't have Hollywood in mind when he started writing Rome, Sweet Rome. He was just taking a break from writing software manuals at his home in Des Moines, Iowa, when he saw this question posted on Reddit: "... [SocialTimes.com]

Vote Now For Your Favorite Nonprofit For The DoGooder Awards On YouTube - Posted March 21, 2012
Last month we told you about the DoGooder Nonprofit Video Awards--a celebration of the best in nonprofit video. Members of YouTube's Nonprofit Program were invited to submit their non-profit videos for a chance to win r... [SocialTimes.com]

My Damn Channel Launches The First Live Comedy Show On YouTube - Posted March 21, 2012
If you love YouTube and you love live comedy, you're about to have your mind blown because My Damn Channel is launching a daily 60-minute live comedy show...on YouTube! The live comedy show, aptly titled My Damn Channel LIVE, will be airing live Monday through Friday ... [SocialTimes.com]

Nifty Multi-Browser Extension Lets You Pause YouTube, Vimeo & Hulu Videos For Later - Posted March 21, 2012
If you watch much long-form online video content then you know it can be annoying to try and pause a video and save it for later. I find myself yelling "Nooo!" as I accidentally close the browser or shut down my computer and lose the page with my paused video... [SocialTimes.com]

BuzzFeed's Jonah Peretti Explains How to Predict When Videos Go Viral [Video] - Posted March 20, 2012
The social media mavens at BuzzFeed are always on the lookout for the stories that draw a gut reaction from the social web. In part two of our "... [SocialTimes.com]

MysteryGuitarMan Tells Reddit His YouTube Views Dropped 60% After Redesign - Posted March 20, 2012
Over the weekend, popular YouTuber Joe Penna, aka MysteryGuitarMan, did an AMA (ask me anything) on Reddit, revealing some interesting information about the implications of YouTube's new redesign. In response to a... [SocialTimes.com]

Once You're In the Weird Part of YouTube, There's No Way Out - Posted March 20, 2012
Rob Shap (not his real name) never thought "Bird Face" would go viral. He was just testing the camera on his new Macbook Pro when he recorded himself, shirtless, in his Brooklyn apartment and added some special effects. But something happened when the video made its way to that... [SocialTimes.com]

Reporter Wipes Out in KTXL 'Viral Video' - Posted March 15, 2012
In a moment made for YouTube, KTXL reporter Sean Bennett attempted to snowboard (or, as he called it, "surf skating") on live TV while covering a snow storm that hit the Sacramento area this week. It didn't go well. KTXL quickly ... [SocialTimes.com]

Create A New YouTube Channel With Your Google+ Profile - Posted March 15, 2012
If you like to keep your social persona consistent with the same user names a profile pictures across the board, YouTube and Google have just made things a whole lot easier for you. Yesterday they added a new YouTube feature that allows users to sign up for a new YouTube... [SocialTimes.com]

KONY 2012 Creators Respond To Criticism as Documentary Becomes Most Viral Video Of All Time - Posted March 13, 2012
By now you've probably seen or at least heard about KONY 2012--the documentary film about violence in Uganda aimed at drawing attention to the crisis and rallying support by making Joseph Kony, the crisis' villain, famous. The campaign, which has drawn its fair share of controversy in ... [SocialTimes.com]

YouTube Responds To Reply Girls, Changes Related & Recommended Videos Algorithm - Posted March 13, 2012
There's been a war raging on YouTube as the community has lashed out against "the reply girls"--a group of girls that have learned to game the system and make tons of money on YouTube by posting pointless video replies prominently featuring their boobs (to entice viewers to click, of course). Reply girl... [SocialTimes.com]

TED Launches Educational YouTube Channel, Seeks Educators And Animators For Content - Posted March 12, 2012
TED, the non-profit group devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading, launched a brand new educational YouTube channel today. Videos can be discovered on YouTube and on the TED website at education.ted.com. The launch was announced this morning on the TED website: TED-Ed's mission is t... [SocialTimes.com]

Social Media Brings Bullying Issue to the Forefront - Posted March 9, 2012
The power of social media to bring about change has been made evident once ag... [PRNewser]

Critics Come Forward As KONY 2012 Hits 30 Million Views - Posted March 8, 2012
Do you know who Joseph Kony is? After yesterday you probably do, thanks to KONY 2012--the documentary film about violence in Uganda that went crazy viral yesterday, racking up over 30 million views so far between YouTube and Vimeo. The film, created by nonprofit group ... [SocialTimes.com]

How Reddit Saved Bear Silber's Life [Video] - Posted March 8, 2012
A frequent Redditor known as Bear Silber recently has Reddit to thank for helping him diagnose a severe health problem that even his doctor couldn't figure out. The story begins 5 years ago, when Silber first got ill. He couldn't find a doctor to understand why he was... [SocialTimes.com]

Net Subscriptions Up 50% Since YouTube Launched Their New Design - Posted March 8, 2012
When YouTube launched their new design back in December 2011, including a new homepage and new channel design, the YouTube community had their reservations (after all, in general people don't love change). But now that the new design has been out fo... [SocialTimes.com]

Here's A Sneak Peek Of The New YouTube Player - Posted March 7, 2012
Over the coming weeks YouTube is planning to roll out some pretty major changes to their video player. Rumors have been flying about a new player complete with thumbnail previews and storyboards, but now those rumors are about to become a reality... [SocialTimes.com]

Politics Go To The Dogs On YouTube With Hilarious Mock Senatorial Campaign...For A Cat - Posted March 6, 2012
As the Election 2012 shenanigans get underway the usual influx of crazy political ads has begun flooding YouTube, but none sillier than the Senatorial campaign for Hank, a 9-year old Maine coon with a heart of gold and a passion for politics. ... [SocialTimes.com]

How To Use Social Media To Support Yourself As an Artist - Posted March 6, 2012
If artists are still starving in the digital age, they're not trying hard enough. At DIY Days on Saturday, March 3, filmmakers, writers, performers, hackers, and other artists from 12 countries and 20 states gathered at The New School in New York City to brainstorm ideas on how to ach... [SocialTimes.com]

Have You Set Up Your New YouTube Channel? New Design Goes Live For All Next Week [Checklist] - Posted March 2, 2012
At the end of 2011 YouTube rolled out a new site design, including a new homepage and new channel design. The video site gave users some time to get used to the new design and get set up, providing an option to switch back and forth between the old ... [SocialTimes.com]

YouTube Has Tripled Their Number Of Captioned Videos Since July 2011 - Posted February 29, 2012
Over the past few months YouTube has been making major strides towards making content accessible for as many people as possible, putting a lot of effort into new initiatives to get as many of their videos captioned as possible. Today on their blog, YouTube provides an update on their recent... [SocialTimes.com]

10 Ways to Make YouTube Work for Your Brand - Posted February 27, 2012
YouTube viewers have to sift through an estimated 60 hours of content that are uploaded every minute to the site. To get a share of the page views, which totaled 4 billion in February, brand marketers have to be creative. After interviewing the experts, ... [SocialTimes.com]

The Chrome Extension That Tells You Whether A Video Is Worth Watching - Posted February 27, 2012
How many times have you clicked on YouTube video because the thumbnail or title seemed interesting, only to be sorely disappointed? But with so many videos to choose from, it can be hard to avoid clicking on a few duds for every good video you come across. That's where... [SocialTimes.com]

Customization is Key to YouTube's New Features - Posted February 27, 2012
Brands classified as ... [PRNewser]

How To Optimize Your YouTube Videos For A Global Audience - Posted February 27, 2012
YouTube is a global platform but language and cultural barriers can often make it difficult to reach a global audience. In the latest update to the YouTube Creator Playbook, version 2, YouTube offers up some tips on how to... [SocialTimes.com]

Google Updates the YouTube Creator Playbook to Version 2 - Posted February 23, 2012
Last summer YouTube released their Creator Playbook--an awesome manual for video creators about everything you need to know to maximize your YouTube success. The original YouTube Creator Playbook was chock full of great tips... [SocialTimes.com]

Make A 5.9 Second YouTube Video & You Could Win A BMW - Posted February 22, 2012
Want to own the new BMW 3 Series? All you have to do is create a 5.9 second video about how much you want it and the car could be yours! BMW of North America has launched a YouTube video contest and they're giving U.S. residents 18 years and over the... [SocialTimes.com]

YouTube Next Cause Launches To Help Nonprofits Use Online Video Better - Posted February 22, 2012
Over the past year or so, YouTube has launched a number of initiatives aimed at helping creators make better content, learn to market themselves and maximize their YouTube success. Last May they launched the YouTube Creator Institute... [SocialTimes.com]

Disturbing YouTube Trend: Teens Ask The World 'Am I Ugly Or Pretty?' - Posted February 21, 2012
Have you ever wondered what other people think of the way you look? I mean what they really think of the way you look? According to Amy Graff of the San Francisco Chronicle blog, a rising number of teens are postin... [SocialTimes.com]

OK Go Manager Likens YouTube Revenue To Finding Change On The Street - Posted February 21, 2012
We've all heard the rumors that some of YouTube's top partners are making 6-figure incomes, so with over 158 million views on their channel you'd expect that OK Go is making quite a killing from the video site, right? Wrong. According to manager Jamie Kitman... [SocialTimes.com]

YouTube Updates Annotations & Adds New Social Features - Posted February 17, 2012
YouTube has been busy fine-tuning the site, adding new features and responding to user feedback ever since they launched their major site redesign at the end of 2011. Last month they rolled out ... [SocialTimes.com]

Experienced YouTubers Have a Leg Up Over Celebs On New YouTube Channels - Posted February 16, 2012
By now you've probably already heard the news that YouTube is in the process of rolling out a slew of new professionally produced content channels on any topic you can think of from news to education, pop culture, sports,... [SocialTimes.com]

5 Tips For Video Freelancers Looking To Grow Their Client Base On YouTube - Posted February 16, 2012
If you've worked in the world of freelance video production for more than a few years then you know what a nightmare it can be to get new clients. Luckily the days of having to mail out DVD copies of your reel are over, as everything has moved online, but... [SocialTimes.com]

A Complete Ranking of the Most Popular Profiles on Google+ and 5 Other Social Networks - Posted February 16, 2012
Social ranking sites like Klout have made a person's influence online very valuable to both brands and consumers. But the next wave of influence tracking systems might look more like ZoomSphere, a site for ranking brand and profile pages on Facebook, Twitter, Google+, Youtube, LinkedIn, and... [SocialTimes.com]

Police Pay A Visit To The Dad That Shot His Daughter's Laptop In YouTube Video - Posted February 13, 2012
Unless you live under a rock you've probably seen the video of the dad shooting his daughter's laptop that went viral last week. In the 'Facebook Parenting: For the troubled teen,' which has been viewed over 21.1 million times since it hit YouTube last Wedne... [SocialTimes.com]

Google Research Team Creates "aLOLgorithm" to Measure YouTube Videos' Hilarity - Posted February 13, 2012
There are a ton of funny videos on YouTube, but which are the most hilarious? How would you quantify funniness? Is 'Surprised Kitty' funnier than the 'Sneezing Baby Panda'? Where does ... [SocialTimes.com]

KUSA News Director Does Her Best to Block Video of Kyle Dyer Dog Bite - Posted February 10, 2012
Calling it "traumatic to people at KUSA," news director Patti Dennis has done her best to ensure that viewers don't see the video of KUSA anchor ... [TVSpy]

Video: Making 6-Figures From YouTube...In Your Spare Time? - Posted February 9, 2012
Earlier this month the Wall Street Journal reported that YouTuber Ray William Johnson is making an estimated $1 million a year thanks to the video site, and ... [SocialTimes.com]

39% Of Marketers Will Use Twitter For Their Campaigns In 2012 - Posted February 6, 2012
Facebook might still be the juggernaut of social media advertising, but Twitter takes the second-place silver medal. More advertisers will be turning to Twitter this year than YouTube, LinkedIn or Google+ to get at their customers' eyeballs - and their ... [AllTwitter]

Nonprofits: Enter YouTube's DoGooder Nonprofit Video Awards - Posted February 6, 2012
YouTube has just announced that they have teamed up with See3 Communications for the third year to present the DoGooder Nonprofit Video Awards. The DoGooder awards are a celebration of the best in nonprofit video and members of the YouTube Nonprof... [SocialTimes.com]

Creators' Guide To The New YouTube - Video Manager - Posted February 6, 2012
This is part three in a series covering the ins and outs of the new YouTube design, which launched in December. We previously covered Channel Design & Layout and the new ... [SocialTimes.com]

Wall Street Journal Brings WSJ Live Content To New YouTube Channel - Posted February 1, 2012
In a press release distributed today, The Wall Street Journal announced that it would bring its WSJ Live content on-deman... [TVSpy]

Wall Street Journal Launches YouTube Channel and New Lifestyle Show 'Off Duty' - Posted February 1, 2012
The Wall Street Journal joins a growing list of publications that are launching dedicated YouTube channels. The channel will feature on-demand content from WSJ'... [FishbowlNY]

Set Up Your New YouTube Channel By March 7, Before YouTube Does It For You - Posted January 31, 2012
Back in December YouTube launched a new homepage design followed by a full site redesign that's being called the "New YouTube." The New YouTube features a brand new channel design and layout that requires a bit of setting up for content creators and... [SocialTimes.com]

Conservationists Call For YouTube To Ban Adorable Slow Loris Videos - Posted January 30, 2012
If you've ever seen the YouTube viral hit "Tickling Slow Loris," in which an adorable wide-eyed creature throws his arms up while being tickled by his loving owner, then you probably thought that the slow loris was the cutest thing ever and maybe ev... [SocialTimes.com]

YouTube Rolls Out Updates To Video Editor, Video Manager & Browse Page - Posted January 26, 2012
It's been just over a month since YouTube launched their major site redesign, but it looks like they're not done yet! Today they've announced updates to the Browse page, Video Editor and Video Manager. Read on to find out what's new. ... [SocialTimes.com]

Every 10 Days A Century Of Video Is Uploaded To YouTube - Posted January 23, 2012
Back in May of 2011, YouTube announced that more than 48 hours of video were being uploaded to the site every minute. Today they have announced some new statistics that blow the 48-hour statistic out of... [SocialTimes.com]

Will Marijuana Questions Top The Charts For Obama's YouTube Interview Again This Year? - Posted January 23, 2012
Last January over 139,000 questions were submitted for a YouTube interview with President Obama. This year, YouTube is accepting question submissions for the next interview with the President, but this time they're taking things to the next level--the interview wil... [SocialTimes.com]

YouTube Rolls Out A Whole Slew Of New Action Sports Channels With Tony Hawk & More - Posted January 19, 2012
2012 has arrived and, as promised, YouTube has begun rolling out the first of around 100 professional content channels from well-known personalities and content producers. Earlier this week they ... [SocialTimes.com]

YouTube's Robert Kyncl Backs Cisco's Prediction: 90% Of Web Traffic Will Be Video - Posted January 17, 2012
Back in November, Cisco's VP for Marketing and Emerging Technologies, David Hsieh, predicted that web video would soon account for a huge portion of Internet traffic saying, "Today over h... [SocialTimes.com]

Brace Yourselves! YouTube Is Preparing To Remove Some Of Your Subscribers - Posted January 17, 2012
How many subscribers does your YouTube channel have? Enjoy them while you can because YouTube is preparing to remove subscribers in order to improve the accuracy of subscriber counts. David Boyle, YouTube staff, reported on the ... [SocialTimes.com]

Creators' Guide To The New YouTube - Analytics - Posted January 17, 2012
This is part two in a series covering the ins and outs of the new YouTube design, which launched last month. We previously covered Channel Design & Layout. This installment will focus on YouTube Analytics. At the end of No... [SocialTimes.com]

Tubalr: Like Pandora For YouTube Music Videos - Posted January 11, 2012
Earlier today I saw a tweet that a friend posted-- "Anyone tried using tubalr.com?" I checked out the link and I was instantly hooked. Tubalr is a simple, yet awesome, servi... [SocialTimes.com]

YouTube Announces January 16 Deadline for Becoming a YouTube Music Publisher - Posted January 11, 2012
Earlier this month we shared a post on how independent music artists are making money through viral video, specifically via the Vimeo Video Store. These artists are primarily making money via commis... [SocialTimes.com]

'Sh** Girls Say' Sparks A Hilarious New YouTube Trend [Video] - Posted January 6, 2012
Back in December 'Sh** Girls Say' from Twitter hit the ground running with a hilarious new web series that racked up millions of views in a matter of days. The series, al... [SocialTimes.com]

7 Predictions For Online Video In 2012 - Posted January 4, 2012
2011 has been a big year for online video. YouTube boasts over 1 trillion playbacks this year, and has announced a new plan to launch a huge amount of ... [SocialTimes.com]

Miss America Contestants Take To YouTube For Online Video Contest - Posted January 3, 2012
The 2012 Miss America Pageant broadcasts live from Las Vegas on January 14, but the show has already started on YouTube. This year, each of the 53 Miss America contestants have created their very own YouTube video, showing off their style and personality, and fans are invited to vote for... [SocialTimes.com]

Google Launches Election Page - Posted January 3, 2012
Ahead of tonight's Iowa Caucus, Google has released a new portal site to find everything someone would ever want to know about this year's presidential election. The site, google.com/elections, is a dashboard for many of Google's products that could come in handy for following the elections. When you go to the site,... [TVSpy]

Coming To YouTube In 2012...Professional Bull Riding?! - Posted December 30, 2011
In 2012 a new sport will be streaming live on YouTube--professional bull riding! YouTube reports that starting next month the over 100 million worldwide Professional Bull Riders... [SocialTimes.com]

Creators' Guide To The New YouTube - Channel Design & Layout - Posted December 29, 2011
At the beginning of the month, YouTube launched a new homepage and upgraded their site design, revamping their analytics, channel design, video manager and more. To help y... [SocialTimes.com]

Pro Tip: Check Out YouTube's Creator Playbook - Posted December 27, 2011
Finding success on YouTube can often be a difficult thing to do. There are tons of different variables that can make or break your video -- whether it's a 15-secon d clip or something you consider a masterpiece. Luckily, YouTube itself is here to help. They've produced a little-known bible for content... [10,000 Words]

Cebu Pacific Flight Attendants Dance On A Plane To Celebrate The Holidays - Posted December 23, 2011
In October of 2010, Cebu Pacific Airlines flight attendants went viral with a safety flash dance that got over 5 million views in 5 days. The original video, which features flight attendants dancing to ... [SocialTimes.com]

From Rebecca Black To Nyan Cat: Top 10 YouTube Videos Of 2011 - Posted December 20, 2011
Drum roll please! The end of the year is fast approaching and YouTube has just announced the top 10 videos of 2011. Kevin Allocca of YouTube Trends writes on the YouTube blog, "In total, there were more than 1,000,0... [SocialTimes.com]

Twitter Tops Social Media Buzz List - Posted December 15, 2011
Zeta Interactive, a digital marketing agency, recently released its annual rankings of social networks. They are categorized by "buzz," a ranking calculated by volume and tone (percent positive ranking) of all the sites. This year, T... [10,000 Words]

10 Of The Best Viral Dubstep Videos Of 2011 - Posted December 15, 2011
2011 is coming to a close and what better way to celebrate than with a list of videos from one of the year's biggest YouTube trends--Dubstep. Dubstep, the underground genre of electronic dance music ... [SocialTimes.com]

TwitVid Gets A Social Facelift, Now Feels More Like Twitter For Video - Posted December 13, 2011
Twitvid has made a name for itself as one of the biggest repositories of videos shared on Twitter, second only to YouTube, with over 40 million monthly views and over 12 million unique viewers. However, starting today Twitvid is going from repository to social destination with a major facelift... [10,000 Words]

The DigiTour Returns: YouTube's Biggest Musicians Back On Tour In Spring 2012 - Posted December 13, 2011
In Spring 2011, a group popular YouTube music megastars got together to tour the US, performing live for fans from across the country that had previously only seen them on computer screens. They called it the DigiTour and it was a huge success. So... [SocialTimes.com]

TwitVid Gets A Social Facelift, Now Feels More Like Twitter For Video - Posted December 13, 2011
Twitvid has made a name for itself as one of the biggest repositories of videos shared on Twitter, second only to YouTube, with over 40 million monthly views and over 12 million unique viewers. However, starting today Twitvid is going ... [SocialTimes.com]

Everyone's Getting Connected with the Boob Tube - Posted December 7, 2011
If Fred is the future of connected TV, please allow me to disconnect. It is a time when TVs that are aligned with and act like our computers -- smart TVs -- are the ones on... [PRNewser]

10 Emotional Anti-Bullying Videos On YouTube - Posted December 6, 2011
Over the last couple of years bullying has reared its head as the most serious issue faced by children and teens today. To spread the word about this issue, try to garner support and put an end to bullying, teens and adults alike have turned to YouTube. Sad, as... [SocialTimes.com]

Old Spice Guy Giving Out Holiday Gifts To Every Single Person On Earth - Posted December 5, 2011
Isaiah Mustafa is back with a new Old Spice campaign, just in time for the holidays. He has taken over the Old Spice YouTube channel as "MANta Claus" and is on a quest to give a gift to every person on Earth this holiday season. MANta Claus' first holida... [SocialTimes.com]

Fred Figglehorn Gets His Own Nickelodeon TV Series Plus His Third Movie Deal - Posted December 2, 2011
Fred Figglehorn, the tantrum-throwing, lovable (and also hatable) character created by YouTuber Lucas Cruikshank in 2006, has seen success after success. Fred was the first YouTube channel to hit the 1-million subscriber mark, has been one of YouTube's top 10 ... [SocialTimes.com]

5 Tips on How Local News Stations Can Optimize the New YouTube - Posted December 2, 2011
This week YouTube unveiled a brand-new interface that makes the site more TV-like. While the "You" in YouTube originally emphasized the amateur aspects of the platform, it now hints at the new site's personalized viewing experience. With the new interface, users can essen... [TVSpy]

Three Website Redesigns That Should Be On Your Radar - Posted December 1, 2011
A website redesign can be a tricky thing. The main goal should be to make a site more user-friendly, attractive, and easily navigateable than the previous version. A good redesign will hopefully gain you praise and more readers. It should be an upgrade. Yet not every site can achieve that. Case in... [10,000 Words]

YouTube Officially Launches Its New Homepage Design [Video] - Posted December 1, 2011
A little over a week ago we reported that YouTube was testing a revamped design. Today they've made the new design official, and they've launched a video to show off the new features. According to the ... [SocialTimes.com]

YouTube Launches Locally In Colombia With Partner Program - Posted December 1, 2011
Colombia is the latest addition to YouTube's list of locations, bringing YouTube to a total of 37 localized countries around the world, from Algeria to Yemen. Colombia is the fourth international country to launch a local YouTube domain (youtube.com.co), following Argentina... [SocialTimes.com]

Tech Round Up: Brands Missing Links on Google+, Twitter Buys Whisper - Posted December 1, 2011
-In news that suprises probably no one on the planet, brands are not as engaged on Google+ as they are on Facebook. SEO company BrightEdge found that within the first 10 days of availability, 61 percent of the top 100 brands around the globe had a presen... [PRNewser]

YouTube Celebrates The Holidays With 3.5 Billion Daily Views - Posted November 28, 2011
Back in May, YouTube announced that they were serving a whopping 3 billion views per day with users uploading over 48 hours of video footage per minute. The world was blown away by this big statistic, but in the last six months YouTube's numbers have... [SocialTimes.com]

Marking Sobriety on YouTube, Former WGGB Anchor Says Stress of TV News Often Led Him to Drink - Posted November 28, 2011
Former WGGB anchor Paul Mueller is back in front of the camera. The news he's delivering now, though, is very personal. In April, Mueller ... [TVSpy]

YouTube HTML5 Flash-less Player Works with Mobile Browsers Too (even Windows Phone) - Posted November 23, 2011
The independent Google Operating System blog took note of the improvements to YouTube's HTML5 player. The HTML5 interface is in an opt-in trial period that you can enter and leave at will. Once you opt-in, Adobe Flash becomes unnecessary when using a browser that supports HTML5. The question I had and... [SocialTimes.com]

Liner Notes for YouTube - Seevl Plugin - Posted November 22, 2011
Seevl, the music discovery service built on Semantic Technology that I wrote about a few months ago, has released a significant update to their plugin for YouTube. The plugin is still only ava... [semanticweb.com]

YouTube Testing Revamped Design With Google+ Integration & New YouTube Guide - Posted November 21, 2011
It looks like YouTube is testing out a brand new site design, complete with a revamped homepage, a brand new page called YouTube Guide, Google Plus and Facebook integration and more. Several YouTubers have reported that their YouTube accounts have been upgraded to the new design over the past week... [SocialTimes.com]

The Annoying Orange Finds A New Home On Cartoon Network - Posted November 21, 2011
YouTube sensation The Annoying Orange will soon be annoying the masses not only from computer screens but from television screens as well. YouTube's favorite fruit has been picked up by Cartoon Network. Variety reports, "Cartoon has ordered 30 11-minute ... [SocialTimes.com]

YouTube Launches Medals To Reward Popular & Trending Videos - Posted November 16, 2011
YouTube has offered up Honors for popular videos since the early days of the site but today they're launching Medals to celebrate YouTube's biggest hits. The Medals include awards for All Time Most Popular, Recently Most Popular, and Trending and each category has it's own page complete with the gold,... [SocialTimes.com]

An Infographic Tribute To Golden Girl & Viral Star Betty White - Posted November 11, 2011
In 2010 actress Betty White went from Golden Girl to Golden Meme, thanks to her role in a popular Snickers Super Bowl commercial. T... [SocialTimes.com]

Turn Your YouTube Channel Into A Website...For Free - Posted November 11, 2011
If you've got a YouTube channel you can now turn it into a website in minutes with VidCaster, a fun platform that launched last year to let content creators easily publish and distribute video content online. This week VidCaster announced... [SocialTimes.com]

Adobe Abandons Mobile Flash: Tips on Implementing HTML5 on Mobile Platforms - Posted November 10, 2011
A few months ago, we gave some tips on how to define your mobile newsroom presence. One of those tips talked about keeping Flash at a minimum for mobile devices: While there are mobile devices which can run Flash, using Flash should be avoided for both mobile sites and applications. For video,... [TVSpy]

HootSuite Now Offers YouTube, Tumblr, Flickr Support With New App Directory - Posted November 9, 2011
HootSuite, one of the most popular Twitter dashboards, is expanding in a big way. The company just announced its new App Directory, a platform for third-parties to integrate their existing apps (or build custom ones) into HootSuite. The first wave of big-name apps t... [AllTwitter]

YouTube Hops On The Google Plus Bandwagon With +YouTube - Posted November 8, 2011
As you may have heard, yesterday Google+ launched business pages to open up a new channel for businesses to connect with their fans, and one of the first brands to jump on the pages bandwagon was YouTube. Yesterday on the ... [SocialTimes.com]

YouTube And Disney Strike A Mutually Beneficial Online Video Deal - Posted November 7, 2011
YouTube and the Walt Disney Company are joining forces. According to Brooks Barnes of the NY Times, the two media giants have struck a deal that could mean big things for both companies. ... [SocialTimes.com]

60% Of YouTube Views Come From A Non-English Speaking Audience - Posted November 4, 2011
YouTube may be more diverse than you think. According to an exclusive report from Janko Roettgers of GigaOM's NewTeeVee, a whopping 60 percent of all video views on YouTube come from non-English speakers. This surprisi... [SocialTimes.com]

YouTube Launches New Community Forum For Movie Lovers - Posted November 1, 2011
Hey film buffs! YouTube has announced a new community designed just for you. The YouTube Movie Lovers' Community is a forum where movie lovers are invited to discuss all things movies. ... [SocialTimes.com]

Watch: 'Life In A Day' Documentary Now On YouTube For Free - Posted November 1, 2011
Life In A Day, the amazing YouTube documentary that premiered last January at Sundance and ... [SocialTimes.com]

Justin Bieber Beats Lady Gaga To 2 Billion YouTube Views - Posted October 31, 2011
Justin Bieber has become the world's first musician to achieve 2 billion YouTube views. The total upload views on the JustinBieberVEVO YouTube channel currently clock in at 2,004,941,318. LadyGagaVEVO trails Bieber with just under 1.9 bi... [SocialTimes.com]

YouTube All Set To Launch Original Programming with Major Partners - Posted October 31, 2011
The Google-owned YouTube has set forth its effort to compete with satellite and cable TV programmers. The platform announced late Friday it has teamed up with industry's best and will roll out high quality television-style channels. YouTube plans to produce professional shows that will stand out against its all to... [SocialTimes.com]

StumbleUpon: Where Should You Share? [Infographic] - Posted October 28, 2011
StumbleUpon is a platform that specializes in social sharing as a service. The infographic in this article delineates underlying causes and reasons for StumbleUpon's continued presence as a sharing service in a field of competitors like Facebook, Twtiter, Reddit and Youtube. The platform actually places itself above the rest of its competitors,... [SocialTimes.com]

How Much Money Do Viral YouTube Videos Make? - Posted October 28, 2011
Over the summer, YouTube revealed that hundreds of partners are now making six-figure incomes, but how much do individual video partnerships make? Earlier this week Claire Cain Miller of ... [SocialTimes.com]

What Influences the Social Consumer? [Infographic] - Posted October 27, 2011
Today, search on the web is the principal influence consumers use to purchase a product or service. Depending on the consumer, they might turn to their friends on Facebook or search the web using Google. If a company has a brand to sell, they should know what social media channels... [SocialTimes.com]

The YouTube Insult Generator Makes Trolling Easy - Posted October 26, 2011
When it comes to YouTube, trolls rule. At least in the comments department. On many popular videos you'll find disparaging comments and insults topping the comments, many with tens and even hundreds of thumbs ups to their names. That's where The YouTube Insult ... [SocialTimes.com]

Scenes From Earthquake In Turkey Hit YouTube [Video] - Posted October 25, 2011
On Sunday a major 7.2 magnitude earthquake shook eastern Turkey. At least 240 people have been confirmed dead and over 1,000 have been injured. As people around the world pray for those affected by the quake, videos of the disaster are rolling into YouTube, giving us a firsthand look... [SocialTimes.com]

YouTube Scores Licensing Deal With World's 5th Largest Music Label - Posted October 20, 2011
YouTube's library of licensed music just got a whole lot bigger thanks to a new deal with Merlin, the world's fifth largest music label after Universal Music Group, Sony Music Entertainment, Warner Music Group and EMI Group. Merlin represents 14,000 artists including Aphex Twin and The Prodigy and now, when... [SocialTimes.com]

German Government Launches YouTube Channel, Lets Citizens Interview Chancellor - Posted October 20, 2011
In recent years we've seen a rise in government on YouTube, from the United States to the UK, ... [SocialTimes.com]

Facebook Still the Fastest Social Network; LinkedIn and Twitter Close Behind - Posted October 20, 2011
SmartBear Software company released its standard quarterly report for overall Web Performance for Social Networks. The company ranked each social media site by... [SocialTimes.com]

YouTube Launches Merch Store, Lets Music Partners Sell Merchandise On Their Channels - Posted October 17, 2011
YouTube has just become the next site to hop on the social commerce bandwagon with the announcement that they are launching a new feature called the Merch Store through which YouTube partners can offer merchandise directly from their channels. The store will be rolled out over the coming weeks, starting... [SocialTimes.com]

Twitter Takes Home "Digital Service Of The Year" Award At T3 - Posted October 11, 2011
Twitter beat out Facebook, YouTube and Spotify as the best social media site of 2011 at the T3 awards last night. Held in London, t... [AllTwitter]

UK Film Buffs! YouTube Movie Rentals Now Available In The UK - Posted October 7, 2011
Film lovers in the UK can now get their fill of their favorite flicks on YouTube. That's right--today YouTube announced that they've taken their movie rental service to the UK. ... [SocialTimes.com]

Rhett & Link Use YouTube Auto-Captioning To Write Awesome Gibberish Script [Video] - Posted October 5, 2011
YouTube comic geniuses Rhett and Link have taken a quick break from their new TV series Commercial Kings to release a funny new video that illustrates the not-so-effective ... [SocialTimes.com]

Weekly Dose Of WTF - Sneeze Attack! - Posted September 28, 2011
Wednesday is here. We've made it halfway through the workweek, which can only mean one thing--it's time for our Weekly Dose Of WTF. This week we've got some weird, wacky and crazy videos, including a strange foodie shower, a baseball game mishap, an off-putting X Factor performance and the... [SocialTimes.com]

Google Announces AdWords For Video With An Emphasis On Getting Your Video Watched - Posted September 28, 2011
Today Google announced some pretty huge news for advertisers--they have launched a new AdWords feature to select users called AdWords for Video that lets advertisers easily place and manage ads on YouTube videos and the Google Display Network. AdWord... [SocialTimes.com]

Regularly Scheduled Programming Coming To YouTube In 2012 - Posted September 27, 2011
YouTube has big plans for 2012. According to The Wall Street Journal, they'll be getting into the regularly scheduled programming biz, launching at least a dozen new curated channels with regularly scheduled content spanning theme... [SocialTimes.com]

Play: McDonald's Launches Interactive "I Spy" Game On YouTube - Posted September 23, 2011
McDonald's Australia wants to play I Spy with you! Earlier this month they launched an interactive I Spy game at YouTube.com/IspywithMcDonalds and they want you to find and click on all your favorite McDonald's characters, from Grimmace to t... [SocialTimes.com]

How Orabrush Got Into Walmart Using Nothing But YouTube & Facebook For Advertising - Posted September 22, 2011
Orabrush is the first company to take their product from zero sales to nationwide distribution using nothing but YouTube and Facebook for advertising. The tongue cleaner that rose to fame on YouTube, garnering nearly 40 million total views and over 160,000 subscribers, is the third most-... [SocialTimes.com]

Online Video Startup Magisto Edits Your Video For You... On YouTube - Posted September 22, 2011
Back in May we told you about a brand new online video startup called Magisto that turns your long, boring, unedited videos into share-worthy clips in a single click. Earlier t... [SocialTimes.com]

Audit Courses From Harvard, Yale, MIT & More On YouTube - Posted September 16, 2011
Ever wish you could see what it was like to study Business at Harvard, Calculus at MIT or Law at Yale? You can, and you don't even have to leave your bedroom. YouTube EDU, YouTube's education channel, offers videos of courses at top schools around the glo... [SocialTimes.com]

The Rise And Fall Of The YouTube Cone-ing Trend - Posted September 16, 2011
Have you heard of cone-ing? Also known as coning or coneing, Urban Dictionary defines it as, "The art of grabbing a McDonalds ice cream cone from the ice cream end just to weird out the McDonalds worker." Cone-ing was a major trend this summer on YouTube, b... [SocialTimes.com]

YouTube Collaborates with 'NYT' on 9/11 Video Channel - Posted September 11, 2011
YouTube is commemorating the 10th anniversary of 9/11 with a dedicated video channel that features clips collected over the past decade from the public, archival footage, and content from the channel's partner, The New York Times. ... [TVNewser]

New Media Index: 2011 MTV Video Music Awards Top Twitter, YouTube - Posted September 8, 2011
The 2011 MTV Video Music Awards dominated Twitter and YouTube in the Pew Research Center's Project for Excellence in Journalism's New Media Index for the week of Aug. 29-Sept. 2, wh... [SocialTimes.com]

foursquare Asks Users for 'I Just Checked In' Videos, Photos - Posted September 8, 2011
foursquare thinks its users ought to be in pictures -- moving pictures, that is. The location-based mobile app has put out the call for users to upload videos of their favorite check-ins, with the best to appear in a foursquare "... [SocialTimes.com]

Back To School: 10 Videos To Ring In The New School Year - Posted September 7, 2011
Summer vacation has officially come to the end and this week many students went back to school. To help ring in the new school year, we decided to put together a list of fun back to school videos on YouTube. We've got back to school advice, back to school... [SocialTimes.com]

'Smokin' Hot Wife' Pastor Tells WTVF That His Infamous NASCAR Speech Was Off-the-Cuff - Posted September 6, 2011
The Tennessee pastor who became a YouTube celebrity after thanking God for his "smokin' hot wife" at a NASCAR race sat down wi... [TVSpy]

'Smokin' Hot Wife' Pastor Tells WTVF That His Infamous NASCAR Speech Was Off-the-Cuff - Posted September 6, 2011
The Tennessee pastor who became a YouTube celebrity after thanking God for his "smokin' hot wife" at a NASCAR race sat down wi... [SocialTimes.com]

Cyber Bully Gets All Of Justin Bieber's Videos Removed From YouTube - Posted August 30, 2011
If you tried to watch any of Justin Bieber's videos yesterday on YouTube then you may have noticed that every single one of them was unavailable, due to a copyright claim by iLCreation. Lady Gaga, Miley Cyrus and Rihanna were also ... [SocialTimes.com]

Watch The Godfather On YouTube? Yesterday You Could...But Not Anymore - Posted August 25, 2011
Fans of The Godfather had a pleasant surprise yesterday when word spread that The Godfather, in all its 2 hour and 57 minute glory was available to watch on YouTube, for free! Alas, less than 24 hours after it appeared, The Godfather was gone or, in other words, it now... [SocialTimes.com]

Does YouTube Threaten to Give Away Secrets of the NFL? - Posted August 25, 2011
With the preseason halfway done, fantasy leagues drafting, and the Packers and Saints game nearing, NFL fans are relieved and ecstatic about the 2011 football season. Only one game was lost to the lockout, and while training camps were shortened, much of the sport has proceeded with business-as-usual. However the prevalence... [SocialTimes.com]

Watch: Virginia Auto Store Commercial Catches Yesterday's Earthquake On Tape - Posted August 25, 2011
Yesterday the general manager at G&C Tire & Auto in Chantilly, VA, David, was busy recording a new commercial when the 5.9 magnitude earthquake struck and it was all caught on tape. There hasn't been much video of the quake posted to YouTube, as it didn't last long enough for most people... [SocialTimes.com]

Viral Radar: OK Go & The Muppets Take YouTube - Posted August 24, 2011
Yesterday OK Go released their latest music video and it is a doozy! It brings together two of the most viral groups on YouTube--OK Go and The Muppets--so it... [SocialTimes.com]

YouTube Reveals A Snapshot Of US Politics In Town Hall Infographic - Posted August 16, 2011
Back in May, head-to-head political debate made its way to YouTube with the launch of YouTube Town Hall. Over the last couple of months, via Town Hall, YouTubers have been able to ask questions of Congress members, listen to their responses... [SocialTimes.com]

New Media Index: Twitter Users Focus on Twitter's Role in Debt Ceiling Agreement - Posted August 12, 2011
The Aug. 2 agreement to raise the debt ceiling for the United States was the subject of the most shared links via Twitter and blogs, but the Twitterverse took a different approach, focusing on the role that Twitter itself played in the process, according to the Pew Research Center's Project for... [SocialTimes.com]

Seevl: Part II - An interview with Alexandre Passant - Posted August 10, 2011
[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="90" caption="Alexandre Passant"][/caption]Yesterday, I wrote about how I've been using Seevl as a music discovery service. Today, I catch up with Dr. Alexandre Passant, CEO and Founder of Seevl.net, for a deeper look at the music discovery service. Q:... [AllTwitter]

YouTube Promoted Videos Hit 1 Billion Views - Posted August 9, 2011
Back in November of 2008, YouTube's Promoted Videos concept was born. Creators could pay to have their videos highlighted at the top of YouTube search results pages and in suggested videos for maximized visibility and viewership. This week YouTube Promoted ... [SocialTimes.com]

Blast From The Past: Johnny Carson Gets A YouTube Channel - Posted August 9, 2011
"Heeeere's Johnny!" Johnny Carson (1925-2005) may have stopped hosting The Tonight Show in the early 90s, but he's still remembered as the original King of Late Night and now, thanks to YouTube, his show will live on forever. This week an official Johnny Carson ... [SocialTimes.com]

New Media Index: Formula 1 TV Deal Starts Twitter's Engines - Posted August 4, 2011
Twitter users rushed to express their displeasure with the deal by the British Broadcasting Corp. and Sky Sports to air Formula 1 auto races, as only one-half of the events will now be on f... [SocialTimes.com]

Online Video Marketing Tips From The YouTube Partner Playbook - Posted August 2, 2011
YouTube is working on a Partner Playbook, chock full of tips to help their partners build their audiences, optimize discovery and maximize views. At a YouTube Partner MeetUp in New York on June 16, 2011, Ryan Nugent from the YouTube Next Up Lab presented a draft of the Playbook. ... [SocialTimes.com]

New Media Index: Tweeted Links Surge on U.K. Phone Hacking Scandal - Posted July 29, 2011
The News Corp. News of the World phone hacking scandal marked its ... [SocialTimes.com]

YouTube Addicts On The Rise: 71% Of US Adults Use Video-Sharing Sites - Posted July 28, 2011
According to a new Report from the Pew Internet & American Life Project, 71 percent of online Americans are now using video-sharing sites like YouTube and Vimeo. The number jumped 5 percentage points to 71 from 66 percent last... [SocialTimes.com]

Longest YouTube Video Ever Will Take You 23 Days To Watch - Posted July 28, 2011
When YouTube lifted the time limit on video uploads last December, allowing users to upload videos of any length, I'm sure they never expected a user to upload a video that would take 23 days and 19 hours to watch, but that's exactly what Jonathan Ha... [SocialTimes.com]

Watch: Keyboard Cat, Sneezing Baby Panda & Other Animal YouTube Memes Get Reenacted By Humans - Posted July 28, 2011
In an effort to prove that "everything is better with cute animals," travel search site Hipmunk has created a video of humans reenacting some of the cutest viral videos starring animals. Humans reenact ... [SocialTimes.com]

LG Glasses-Free 3D Smartphone Partnership with YouTube 3D - Posted July 26, 2011
LG Mobile and alternative rock pioneers, Jane's Addiction, made innovation history Monday night at the world's first 3D user-generated concert broadcasted live on YouTube to be later broadcasted on YouTube 3D. At a packed Terminal 5 with 1,500 guests in Hell's Kitchen, New York, more than 100 ticket holders selected by... [SocialTimes.com]

Hugo Boss Interactive YouTube Campaign Lets You Control The Story...With Your Head - Posted July 25, 2011
Hugo Boss is taking YouTube campaigns where they've never been before with a new interactive experience to promote their new Hugo Just Different fragrance. The Just Different campaign features an art film with three different variations and, with the help of your webcam, you can switch back and forth between... [SocialTimes.com]

Online Video Analytics & Insight Tips From The YouTube Partner Playbook - Posted July 25, 2011
YouTube is working on a Partner Playbook, chock full of tips to help their partners build their audiences, optimize discovery and maximize views. At a YouTube Partner MeetUp in New York on June 16, 2011, Ryan Nugent from the YouTube Next Up Lab presented a draft of the Playbook. ... [SocialTimes.com]

Watch: Oslo Killer Uploaded YouTube Video Hours Before Attack - Posted July 25, 2011
The world is still in shock following the atrocious attacks in Norway last Friday. Anders Behring Breivik admitted to murdering more than 90 people and just hours before his killing spree, Breivik uploaded a 12-minute video to YouTube. According to the ... [SocialTimes.com]

Life In A Day Sneak Preview Hits 90 US Cities This Weekend - Posted July 21, 2011
It's finally here, folks--the premiere of Kevin MacDonald and Ridley Scott's amazing YouTube Documentary, Life In A Day. The documentary hits theaters for a sneak preview on July 24, exactly one year after thousands of YouTubers from around the globe shot and submitted videos to be a part of the... [SocialTimes.com]

How Effective Are YouTube Homepage Ads? [Video] - Posted July 21, 2011
Every day millions of people visit the YouTube homepage and, because of this, the YouTube masthead is considered prime advertising real estate. Many brands dream of taking over the YouTube homepage for a day, or even for a few hours. But how effective are these homepage ads, really? ... [SocialTimes.com]

Online Video Optimization Tips From The YouTube Partner Playbook - Posted July 19, 2011
YouTube is working on a Partner Playbook, chock full of tips to help their partners build their audiences, optimize discovery and maximize views. At a YouTube Partner MeetUp in New York on June 16, 2011, Ryan Nugent from the YouTube Next Up Lab presented a draft of the Playbook. ... [SocialTimes.com]

Rebecca Black Releases New Single, Parodies Already Popping Up - Posted July 19, 2011
Ever since Rebecca Black's 'Friday' hit YouTube back in March, fans and foes of the YouTube sensation have been waiting to see what she would be doing next. Well folks, the moment is finally here! Yesterday ... [SocialTimes.com]

comScore Launches YouTube Partner Reporting - Posted July 18, 2011
YouTube and comScore, a global leader in online audience measurement, have launched a brand new feature, specifically targeted to YouTube content partners and the advertisers that want to run campaigns on their videos. YouTube Partner Repo... [SocialTimes.com]

Watch: Justin Timberlake Awkwardly Accepts YouTube Invitation To Marine Corps Ball - Posted July 18, 2011
Last week a Marine by the name of Sgt Scott Moore made headlines when he used YouTube to get a date with Mila Kunis. He asked the actress to come with him to the Marine Corps ball and she said yes, after Friends With Bene... [SocialTimes.com]

Pepsi Using Foursquare on Worldwide Social Media Campaign - Posted July 13, 2011
Pepsi is using a Foursquare badge on a worldwide campaign as a very important part of the company's "Summer Time is Pepsi Time" social media and TV campaign. According to Marketing Daily, the Foursqu... [SocialTimes.com]

New Media Index: Twitter Users Captivated by Google+ - Posted July 8, 2011
Twitter users were fascinated by the launch of another social network, Google+, while the declaration by Rep. Michele Bachmann... [SocialTimes.com]

Harry Potter Contest on YouTube - Posted July 7, 2011
Wave your wands and practice your patronus charms! MYX TV is hosting a video contest, asking hardcore Harry Potter fans to tape themselves reenacting their favorite scenes from the Harry Potter film series. We've embedded the promotional video above--it contai... [GalleyCat]

YouTube Launches Experimental Redesign Called Cosmic Panda - Posted July 7, 2011
Just days ago Google launched a redesign of their search engine and it looks like YouTube is next on their list. Earlier today, YouTube announced "a new experimental experience for videos, playlists and channels." It... [SocialTimes.com]

YouTube Adds Watch Later Feature To Embeddable Player - Posted July 7, 2011
YouTube has been busy making changes to their embeddable video player. Last month they introduced a logoless player and now they've added a feature that allows YouTube users to add videos to one of their playlists to watch later, directly from the em... [SocialTimes.com]

Discovery Channel Uses Social Media as Shark Week Bait - Posted July 6, 2011
Just when you thought it was safe to use social media ... Shark Week will take a bite out of Discovery Channel the week of July 31, and Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, GetGlue, and the iPhone and iPad are being used for bait. ... [SocialTimes.com]

Play: Google Promotes Nexus S With Addictive YouTube Game - Posted July 5, 2011
Back in February, Google took to YouTube to promote Chrome with 'Think Fast', an interactive YouTube game. They are following in the tradition of using YouTube interactivity for promotions with a brand new interactive game, designed to promote ... [SocialTimes.com]

Hundreds Of YouTube Partners Now Making Over $100,000 Per Year - Posted July 5, 2011
How much money do YouTube partners make? This is one of the most-asked questions when it comes to YouTube and their rev share program. Last summer we posted on how much money the top grossing YouTube partners are making, as reported by ... [SocialTimes.com]

Guinness World Records Marks Social Media Day from Gaga, Bieber to Sheen - Posted June 30, 2011
Guinness World Records announced the latest social media world records to coincide with global Social Media Day. Of course, there are no surprises this time around, next year may prove different. Guinness World Records includes the Most likes on a Facebook page which is 47,194,601, achieved by Facebook for its own... [SocialTimes.com]

Pottermaniacs! YouTube To Stream The Final Harry Potter Red Carpet Event Live July 7 - Posted June 30, 2011
Potter fans the world over are champing at the bit to witness history--the red carpet event before the final Harry Potter movie premiere on July 7. If you suffer from Pottermania, you are in luck because YouTube has announced that they will be streaming the event live, featuring appearances from... [SocialTimes.com]

YouTube Coming To Televisions In Saudi Arabia - Posted June 30, 2011
Saudi Arabians will soon be able to watch YouTube videos directly from their televisions, thanks to a new partnership between Saudi Telecom Company (STC) and Google Saudi Arabia. The partnership will bring an interactive television service called Invision, to customers, letting users search for and watch YouTube videos directly from... [SocialTimes.com]

FBI Uses Social Media to Catch Mobster - Posted June 27, 2011
How do you catch a mobster? With Twitter of course! FBI uses TV, Twitter, Facebook and YouTube to help catch a criminal they've been tracking for 16 years. James "Whitey" Bulger is not the kind of guy you'd want to run into in a back alley. A South Boston based criminal, he... [SocialTimes.com]

Did Beezid Pay Too Much For Their Lindsay Lohan House Arrest Promo? - Posted June 22, 2011
Penny auction website Beezid.com is making headlines today because of a new promo they released on YouTube yesterday starring Lindsay Lohan, who is currently on house arrest. The video features Lohan, seated on a couch next to a laptop featuring the Beezid website, ... [SocialTimes.com]

eBay Engages Facebook While Considering Twitter and YouTube - Posted June 21, 2011
Christopher Payne, eBay Marketplaces vice president, said the company's philosophy will be to try "a whole bunch of things" in the social media. With that said, eBay is thinking about using Twitter and YouTube to take advantage of the increase in social media activities among shoppers while it launches new social... [SocialTimes.com]

10 Videos To Get You In The Mood For Summer - Posted June 21, 2011
It's June 21 and you know what that means--It's summertime and the living is easy. Today is the first day of summer and to get into the summertime spirit we decided to put together a list of videos to brighten up your attitude with the smell of sal... [SocialTimes.com]

Twitter Is Less Uncivil Than Fox News, Music Industry And The General Media [POLL] - Posted June 21, 2011
Apparently, Americans think Twitter is a pretty civil network. Or at least, it's not uncivil... and yes, there is a difference. A recent poll suggests that Twitter is less uncivil than the mainstream media, Fox News, the music industry and professional sports. But Americans weren't too sure about its actu... [AllTwitter]

YouTube, Facebook and Netflix Leaders in Web Video - Posted June 21, 2011
Based on a survey of a number of Web users during the last week, Citigroup analyst Mark Mahaney reports that Apple's iTunes Store has more or less 10% of market share for online video. In the survey, the most common video platforms were mentioned by users and here are the findings: 1.... [SocialTimes.com]

Commercial Kings: YouTubers Rhett & Link Make Their TV Debut This Friday - Posted June 20, 2011
YouTube "Internetainers" Rhett & Link, known for their Drive-Thru raps and ... [SocialTimes.com]

Top 10 Videos To Wish Your Dad A Happy Father's Day - Posted June 18, 2011
Fathers' Day is tomorrow and if you haven't gotten around to getting a special gift for your dad you can always surprise him with a special video. We've put together a list of the top 10 Father's Day videos. Watch them to be inspired about your own personal Father's... [SocialTimes.com]

New Media Index: Apple's iOS 5 Dominates Twitter - Posted June 17, 2011
Apple's new iOS 5 operating system for its iPhone and iPad tablet was the apple of Twitter users' eyes, accounting for 31 percent of Tweeted news links, while the most-watched news and politics video on YouTube was a local news program's clip of Sarah Palin's... [SocialTimes.com]

Friday Morning Laughs - Airport Shenanigans, Muppets & Weinergate - Posted June 17, 2011
Good morning, folks, and happy Friday! We've got a great collection of videos ready to put a smile on your face this morning, from a clip of a couple of guys going crazy in an empty airport to a funny Weiner compilation, a new Muppets Movie teaser, a Whole Foods... [SocialTimes.com]

Vancouver Riots Spoof Cements Vancouver's Shame On YouTube...Forever - Posted June 17, 2011
Sorry Vancouver Canucks fans, but nobody is going to forget your shameful rioting anytime soon, at least not if social media has anything to say about it. ... [SocialTimes.com]

20,000 Different Advertisers Now Running YouTube Ad Campaigns - Posted June 16, 2011
When you watch videos on YouTube it's hard not to notice the pre-roll video ads, the overlays, and the advertisements in the sidebar, but if you had to take a guess at how many companies are actually advertising on YouTube you may fall short. I would have guessed that there... [SocialTimes.com]

YouTube Officially Announces 'As Seen On' Feeds For Blogs - Posted June 14, 2011
Last week we asked,"Is YouTube testing out new feeds for blogs?" when the Google Operating System blog reported that French blogger... [SocialTimes.com]

Paraglider Arrested In Oregon For YouTube Stunt - Posted June 14, 2011
Be careful what you post on YouTube--it just might get you arrested. That's what happened to Dell Schanze aka "SUPERDELL", a paraglider from Utah who posted a video of himself jumping from Astoria, Oregon's historic tower, the Astoria Column. Th... [SocialTimes.com]

Where To Watch The Webby Awards Tonight - Posted June 13, 2011
The 15th Annual Webby Awards are here at last and if you aren't attending in person you can get your fill of five-word speeches and web celebs live on YouTube or Facebook. That's right--both YouTube and Facebook will be streaming the award show live, tonight at 8PM ET.... [SocialTimes.com]

Viral Radar: YouTube Classics Played To The Tune Of Bohemian Rhapsody - Posted June 12, 2011
An epic new YouTube compilation is making the rounds this weekend, paying tribute to the interwebs to the tune of Bohemian Rhapsody. The video, called 'Everything Great About YouTube', is five minutes and 20 seconds of pure YouTube love. It cuts together over 50 of the best YouTube videos... [SocialTimes.com]

YouTube Introduces A Logoless Player - Posted June 11, 2011
Most people automatically recognize embedded YouTube videos by the YouTube logo that is permanently etched in the lower right hand corner of the player. But according to a recent post on the YouTube blog, the branded... [SocialTimes.com]

New Media Index: Twitter Users Focus on Small Businesses Using foursquare - Posted June 10, 2011
The use of location-based mobile app foursquare by small businesses was the topic of the most news links shared via Twitter during the week of May 30-June 3, according to the Pew Research Center's Project for Excellence in Journalism's ... [SocialTimes.com]

Friday Morning Laughs - Sneezing Babies, Drunk Voicemails & An Awesome Prank - Posted June 10, 2011
The weekend is almost here, and we've got just the thing to usher you in with a smile--our Friday Morning Laughs. This week we've got a whole bunch of videos that will put a skip in your step and a smile on your face, including a funny animated drunk voicemail,... [SocialTimes.com]

On The Curious Power Of UFO & Bigfoot Videos To Go Viral - Posted June 8, 2011
Do you believe in aliens and UFOs? How about Bigfoot? If you are like most, you'll probably answer "no," but if the question was whether you would watch a video of a UFO or Bigfoot on YouTube, your answer may be different. UFO and Bigfoot--two of the world's... [SocialTimes.com]

Is YouTube Testing Out New Feeds For Blogs? - Posted June 6, 2011
According to the Google Operating System unofficial Google news blog, YouTube is testing out a new feature for blogs. The site appears to be testing special new pages that list all the most recent videos embedded by a specific blog, complete wi... [SocialTimes.com]

Review: How To Shoot Video That Doesn't Suck - Posted June 2, 2011
When it comes to shooting video, what do we know? Here's the facts: Every day, people shoot thousands of hours of video. ... [10,000 Words]

YouTube Testing LOL, OMG, WTF & FAIL Buttons - Posted June 2, 2011
This morning an interesting post went up on the Google Operating System unofficial Google news blog. The post announced that YouTube was testing a new feature--YouTube Reactions. The post features screenshots of the new feature,... [SocialTimes.com]

Mashup Artists Rejoice! YouTube Editor Incorporates Creative Commons - Posted June 2, 2011
If you like making mashups of popular YouTube videos then you are in for the treat of your life. According to NewTeeVee's Janko Roettgers, the YouTu... [SocialTimes.com]

Viral Radar: World's Youngest Motivational Speaker Learns To Ride A Bike - Posted June 2, 2011
"Thumbs up for Rock 'n Roll!" An amazing new video is climbing the YouTube charts of a little kid who is STOKED after learning how to ride a bike. He feels so "happy of himself" that he gives a little speech and it just may be the most inspirational... [SocialTimes.com]

Share 3D Video on YouTube & Quick with the HTC EVO 3D - Posted June 1, 2011
The big news in this recent Sprint press release was that The Green Hornet movie will be bundled with the Android-powered glasses-free 3D viewing enabled HTC EVO 3D smartphone. Exciting Content Coming for this Summer's Highly Anticipated Smartphone, HTC EVO 3D Ex... [SocialTimes.com]

YouTube Blocking Pay Per View Service On Jailbroken Androids - Posted June 1, 2011
Last month YouTube beefed up their on demand movie service with over 3,000 new movie rentals, but if you want to watch pay-per-view content on YouTube from your jailbroken Android you'll be sorely disappointed. According to... [SocialTimes.com]

Wendy's Employee Exposes Filthy Store On YouTube - Posted May 31, 2011
Before you eat at Wendy's you may think again, thanks to a new video expos that's circulating the Web. The video, shot by an ex-Wendy's employee at the store in Olean, New York, features dusty cup lids, a filthy stove, black mold next to burger buns and more. ... [SocialTimes.com]

YouTube Video Likens Pledge Of Allegiance To Brainwashing - Posted May 31, 2011
There's no better time than a patriotic holiday like Memorial Day to spread the word about an un-patriotic matter. A new YouTube video likening the United States Pledge Of Allegiance to brain washing has been spreading like wildfire over Memorial Day weekend and into the beginning of this wee... [SocialTimes.com]

Can Social Media Help Saudi Arabian Women Drive? - Posted May 31, 2011
Women of Saudi Arabia have not been allowed to drive a vehicle since 1979. But you may wonder what happens when a woman from the Middle Eastern country comes to the U.S. and learns how to drive and returns to her native country. Does she try to drive in the... [SocialTimes.com]

Discovered: The Cutest Cat Video On The Internet - Posted May 28, 2011
Cat lovers, the search is over! The cutest cat video on the Internet has officially been discovered and it's spreading like wildfire today. The video, called 'Cat mom hugs baby kitten' is so sweet you won't be able to watch it without AOLing ("Aww"ing Out Loud) at least... [SocialTimes.com]

Tool of the Day: YouTube Video Editor - Posted May 26, 2011
You may remember earlier when we reported on YouTube's new content creation feature which allows users to make and upload their own animated videos. Now YouTube has augmented their video services with a robust set of free video editing tools called YouTube Video Editor.... [SocialTimes.com]

YouTube Gets 3 Billion Views Each Day - Posted May 25, 2011
Today is YouTube's sixth anniversary (can it only be six years?!). If the site's succes... [AgencySpy]

Orlando Stations Compete for Viewers Online with Live Streaming Video of Casey Anthony Trial - Posted May 25, 2011
Orlando's ABC, CBS, NBC, and Fox stations are all providing live streaming video of the Casey Anthony trial on their websites along with running commentary from courtroom reporters as well as viewers. Instead of flipping on Court TV as people would have in the 90s to watch live coverage of the... [TVSpy]

YouTube Celebrates Its 6th Birthday With 3 Billion Daily Views - Posted May 25, 2011
Happy Birthday, YouTube! Six years ago YouTube burst its way onto the Web scene and it's been uphill ever since. Today, in honor of their sixth birthday, YouTube announced that it has reached two new landmarks. Users are now uploading more than 48 hours of video footage per... [SocialTimes.com]

YouTube Creator Institute To Stream Live Starting Today - Posted May 25, 2011
The YouTube Creator Institute is now in session and even if you aren't attending in person, you can still take part via live streamed lectures, the first of which airs tonight. Professors include all sorts of acclaimed directors, prod... [SocialTimes.com]

YouTube Adds VP/Sales and Marketing, YouTube TV Hire - Posted May 24, 2011
YouTube is beefing up its staff, as the Google-owned video site added Lucas Watson (pictured) as vice president of sales and marketing (for both YouTube and Google Video), as well as ... [SocialTimes.com]

Brace Yourself For More Video Ads With YouTube First Watch - Posted May 24, 2011
According to the NY Times, YouTube is ramping up their preroll video ads with a new service called First Watch. Inspired by the success of commercials on the YouTube homepage, First Watch is a new service for advertisers that launches today, letting advertisers buy preroll spots on the first video... [SocialTimes.com]

The Complete Guide To Fair Use & YouTube - Posted May 16, 2011
When it comes to YouTube, copyright law can be a video creator's biggest nightmare. Can you use footage shot by someone else? Can you cover or parody a song by a popular artist? When is it fair use to include copyrighted material in your YouTube video and when... [SocialTimes.com]

Musicians: Write The DigiTour Theme Song & Get Published! - Posted May 16, 2011
Hey singers and songwriters! The DigiTour, the first ever large scale tour of YouTube musicians, is looking for a theme song and it's up to you to write it. That's right--the DigiTour is holding a contest called 'The DigiTour ... [SocialTimes.com]

Optimizing News Websites for Google TV - Posted May 12, 2011
In late 2010, Google developed their new smart TV platform entitled Google TV. The service is built on the Android operating system, and functions as a set-top box to allow users to watch on-demand... [10,000 Words]

Move Over, Billboard: YouTube 100 Chart Debuts - Posted May 12, 2011
"On the Floor" by Jennifer Lopez finished atop the inaugural YouTube 100, a new weekly chart on the YouTube Music page that tracks the popularity of both professional and user-generated music videos, as well as viral videos. Music product manager C... [SocialTimes.com]

YouTube Founders Bought Another Startup: Tap11 - Posted May 10, 2011
Founders of YouTube, Chad Hurly and Steve Chen, who own a new web company called AVOS, bought another startup. Tap11 is a real-time business intelligence platform, allowing companies to monitor their effectiveness on the Internet. The acquisition arrives shortly after AVOS bought Delicious, the bookmarking service, from Yahoo. The c... [SocialTimes.com]

Obama's White House Correspondent Dinner Speech Hits 7 Million Views - Posted May 9, 2011
President Obama's speech at the White House correspondents' dinner last Saturday is currently the most-viewed Obama public speech on YouTube, according to C-SPAN. The video surpassed C-SPAN's YouTube Channel video of Obama's 2008 speech on race in Philadelphia. The Philadelphia video has over 6, 763,000 views... [SocialTimes.com]

What Makes A Video "Viral"? - Posted May 9, 2011
"Viral video" is one of those buzz words that gets thrown around a lot but nobody is really sure what it means. I mean, what exactly constitutes a viral video? How many views does it need to be considered "viral"? How quickly does it have to rise in... [SocialTimes.com]

YouTube's Got Talent? - Posted May 6, 2011
For the second year in a row, potential contestants for NBC reality competition hit America's Got Talent can submit videos via ... [SocialTimes.com]

New Media Index: Twitter/TweetDeck Speculation Most-Tweeted - Posted April 29, 2011
Swirling rumors of Twitter acquiring third-party client TweetDeck accounted for the most news links shared via Twitter during the week of April 18-22, while the most-watched news and politics video on YouTube was Czech Republic President ... [SocialTimes.com]

YouTubers Get Down On The Digitour [Exclusive Video] - Posted April 29, 2011
If you haven't heard the news yet, a collection of YouTube's most popular musicians is headed across the country on The Digitour, the first ever full-fledged YouTube concert tour. Earlier this week I had the opportunity to attend one of the... [SocialTimes.com]

The Top 5 Headlines of the Week -- April 29, 2011 - Posted April 29, 2011
Welcome to this week's edition of "Top 5 Headlines of the Week," a weekly roundup of knowledge that every social media guru should be aware of! Here are the top 5 headlines of this week from the team at Social Times: ... [SocialTimes.com]

Lewis Carroll Reads 'Jabberwocky' - Posted April 28, 2011
In honor of National Poetry Month, we dug up an animated video of children's author Lewis Carroll reading his poem, "Jabberwocky." The poem originated in Carroll's novel Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There, the sequel to Alice in Wonderland. The ... [GalleyCat]

Lewis Carroll Reads 'Jabberwocky' - Posted April 28, 2011
In honor of National Poetry Month, we dug up an animated video of children's author Lewis Carroll reading his poem, "Jabberwocky." The poem originated in Carroll's novel Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There, the sequel to Alice in Wonderland. The ... [semanticweb.com]

Rebecca Black to Crash MTV's O Music Awards - Posted April 28, 2011
MTV's inaugural O Music Awards are being held Thursday night, not Friday, but that won't stop YouTube superstar Rebecca Black from appearing at 11 p.m. ET/8 p.m. PT from... [SocialTimes.com]

Rwandan President Paul Kagame Next Up on YouTube World View - Posted April 28, 2011
Rwandan President Paul Kagame will become the latest world leader to sit down with YouTube World View and answer users' questions. South African video bl... [SocialTimes.com]

NASA Crew To Field YouTube Questions Live From Space - Posted April 28, 2011
YouTube interviews have become a really cool way for every day people to get their questions answered by everyone from President Obama to Elmo and now NASA... [SocialTimes.com]

Delicious Will Become Avos - Posted April 27, 2011
Three cheers! Bookmarking site Delicious is being acquired by YouTube founders Chad Hurley and St... [PRNewser]

A "Delicious" Deal for YouTube's Founders - Posted April 27, 2011
Yahoo! promised in December that it would try to find a buyer for online bookmarking service ... [SocialTimes.com]

How To Move Google Video Videos To YouTube In One Easy Step - Posted April 25, 2011
Last week Google announced that Google Video is history, and that starting Friday, April 29, 2011, the site would no longer be hosting videos. Google Video users are being advised to transfer all of their Google Video files... [SocialTimes.com]

Watch Tribeca Film Festival Shorts On YouTube - Posted April 25, 2011
Hey film buffs! Can't make it to New York City for the 10th annual Tribeca Film Festival? Not to worry--YouTube's got you covered. Starting today and running through May 17 you can check out short films from present and past Tribeca Film Festivals ... [SocialTimes.com]

YouTube News Manager Olivia Ma on the Role of Mobile Uploads in Middle East, Japan News Coverage - Posted April 22, 2011
YouTube News manager Olivia Ma spoke with ... [SocialTimes.com]

Thou Shalt Tweet the Second Coming - Posted April 22, 2011
And the Lord said, "Let there be social media." In an interview with anchor ... [SocialTimes.com]

Google Puts The Kibosh On Roku YouTube Channel - Posted April 22, 2011
Roku users looking to watch YouTube videos from their TVs are out of luck. You can still use Roku to watch everything from Netflix to Hulu Plus, Amazon Instant Video and more, but Roku users can no longer access YouTube after Google requested that the Roku YouTube cha... [SocialTimes.com]

YouTube's Conversion To WebM: Why It Matters To Social Mobile - Posted April 21, 2011
How many of your friends have the same smartphone that you use? If smartphones become our primary computers and the only way one accesses social networks, then to be able to share things like video with our friends it is important that video can play on our friend's smartphones, regardless of... [SocialTimes.com]

Glee Spoiler Leaked on Twitter Leads to Amending Talent Contracts - Posted April 21, 2011
Musical television show "Glee" had its own little drama on Twitter this week when a day player, Nicole Crowther, of the Fox hit show, caused a stir with "Glee" co-creator Brad Falchuk. The uproar came when Crowther revealed key plot developments via Twitter. Falchuk quickly slammed her by tweeting, "hope you're qualified... [SocialTimes.com]

The Mortal Kombat Effect: How A Private Fan Video Turned into a High Profile Web Series - Posted April 20, 2011
Last June, a mysterious but heavily produced video surfaced on YouTube, capturing the attention of masses of gamers and action movie fans. It was eight minutes of heaven for admirers of the renowned video game franchise Mortal Kombat, as it seemed to be a preview of a rejuvenated story that failed... [SocialTimes.com]

New Tool Simplifies Video Uploads to Facebook - Posted April 18, 2011
Free software developer DVDVideoSoft, which specializes in freeware that allows users to convert, download, and upload video and audio files, released its ... [SocialTimes.com]

If Media Logos Were a Bit More Blunt - Posted April 18, 2011
Re-imagined logos for Facebook, YouTube, and MTV, from a series called Honest Logos by Swedish designer Viktor Hertz... [FishbowlLA]

New Media Index: Google's YouTube Plans Top Twitter - Posted April 15, 2011
Google's announcement that it would spend $100 million to create original programming for its YouTube video site was the subject of 10 percent of news links shared via Twitter, topping th... [SocialTimes.com]

Facebook and YouTube Prove To Be Fastest, Most Reliable Social Networks - Posted April 15, 2011
Once again, Facebook rules as the fastest social network for the fifth straight quarter in a row, according to Web Performance Index for Social Networks. In the first quarter of 2011, the s... [SocialTimes.com]

Friday Morning Laughs - Snooki, Mario & A Very Lazy Cat - Posted April 15, 2011
Friday is here and we're all getting ready for the weekend. Whether you're getting ready to relax...or trying to forget about the fact that you haven't started on your taxes yet for a few minutes...we've got you covered with a collection of videos to help you end your week with... [SocialTimes.com]

Ten YouTube Videos to Get You Excited for The NHL Playoffs - Posted April 14, 2011
Tonight begins an exciting and arduous two-month journey that will culminate in a 16th and final win for one hockey team, as they will earn Lord Stanley's Cup and become the 2010-2011 NHL Championships. A national pastime in Canada, and often an oversight in the United States, the NHL offers arguably... [SocialTimes.com]

Photo and Video Sharing Site Multiply 5.0 Evolves towards Social Shopping - Posted April 13, 2011
Social media platforms tend to evolve by the whims of the owners who decide what is best for their users. We have certainly witnessed that with Facebook, Google as well as YouTube. In Indonesia, a social networking platform for photo and video sharing has evolved into a social shopping site... [SocialTimes.com]

Boston Police Turn To YouTube For Clues In Roxbury Bus Crash - Posted April 13, 2011
YouTube seems to have become a standard for fighting crime and solving mysteries. The Philly Police launched a new YouTube crime fighting initiative, Video Villains, earlier t... [SocialTimes.com]

Crist Apology Proves Copyright Laws Apply To Everyone...Even Politicians! - Posted April 13, 2011
Copyright laws are a serious matter and nobody understands that better than former Florida governor Charlie Crist. Crist made the innocent mistake of using the Talking Heads song 'Road To Nowhere' in a YouTube video advertisement in his Senate campaign last year and is now paying the consequences. After... [SocialTimes.com]

YouTube Topples iTunes In The Battle For Online Music Consumption - Posted April 12, 2011
How do you consume music online? Do you purchase songs from iTunes? Download music for free? Stream music from a mobile app? According to new research you're most likely to get your online music fix via YouTube. New ... [SocialTimes.com]

Real Men Don't Buy Girls -- YouTube Campaign Takes On Sex Slavery - Posted April 12, 2011
Celebrities including Jessica Biel, Edward Norton, Justin Timberlake, and ... [SocialTimes.com]

Blind Girl With Amazing Voice Turns To YouTube To Meet Justin Bieber - Posted April 11, 2011
YouTube has helped people from all walks of life achieve their dreams--it turned Ted Williams from a homeless panhandler into a voiceover star; it helped a little... [SocialTimes.com]

LeBron James Takes His Talents to YouTube - Posted April 11, 2011
The National Basketball Association's regular season may be winding down to an end, but Miami Heat superstar LeBron James' new animated series on YouTube is just getting started. The ... [SocialTimes.com]

Using Feedly To Create A Personal News Hub - Posted April 11, 2011
Twitter's tremendous growth and active user base means breaking news stories to the web has become easier than ever. But when this is juxtaposed with information from mainstream media sources, keeping up with the latest news around a particular topic can be a bit overwhelming. Luckily, the team at DevHD has... [10,000 Words]

YouTube Now Streaming Live...Officially - Posted April 8, 2011
YouTube has been testing out their live streaming capabilities for a while now. They ran a live streaming trial back in September with several of their partners, and have streamed everything from concerts and interviews to sports over the past year or... [SocialTimes.com]

Forget Online Video...The Future Of YouTube Is Just Video - Posted April 8, 2011
Online video is pass . The future of online video is just plain video. In a video interview with Beet.tv, YouTube's Director of Global Content Operations, Tom Pickett, elaborates. In his interview with Beet.tv's Andy Plesser, Pickett says, "Whe... [SocialTimes.com]

Canadian Student Booted from Conservative Event Because of Facebook Photo With Liberal Leader - Posted April 8, 2011
The election cycle in Canada is in full swing as the Harper government was held in contempt, triggering a 30-day campaign cycle culminating in a national vote.This past week, Prime Minister Stephen Harper and his Conservative Party made headlines for the wrong reasons. Amid myriad stories of people, particularly students, being... [SocialTimes.com]

Facebook for 2012: Facebook Gets a Big Role in Obama's Official Campaign Launch - Posted April 4, 2011
In 2008, they shouted "Yes we can!", but in 2012, the crowds may be yelling "accept my friend request" as Barack Obama officially launches his 2012 Presidential campaign with a heavy social media component. With the official launch of Obama's bid for a second term, new and improved social media and networking... [SocialTimes.com]

US Presidential Election 2012 Kicks Off On YouTube...How Dirty Will It Get? - Posted April 4, 2011
The political heat has finally died down on YouTube after last November's Senate elections, but the last few months have just been the calm before the storm. Democrats, Republicans, Independents and Tea Partiers all over the country are about to get all riled up once again because the 2012 Presidential... [SocialTimes.com]

Virtual Choir Unites Over 2000 Singers On YouTube - Posted April 4, 2011
Accomplished classical composer Eric Whitacre has used online video to bring together singers from around the globe to participate in a virtual choir with over 2,000 voices. Unlike the YouTube Symphony Orchestra, which held ... [SocialTimes.com]

How Web Video Rocked April Fools Day 2011 - Posted April 3, 2011
Last Friday, pranksters around the globe were playing tricks on their friends and loved ones in honor of April Fools Day. But nobody took the prankster cake this year like online video. From YouTube to Vimeo, Funny Or Die to Google, online video crushed it on April Fools Day... [SocialTimes.com]

Video Makers! Here's Your Chance To Go To Cannes [Contest] - Posted March 30, 2011
YouTube is rewarding creatives for doing good work for good causes with their Good Work contest. Create a video to promote a non-profit organization of your choosing and you could win a trip to the Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity, where ... [SocialTimes.com]

How Dylan Ratigan went from Garage Jockey to Financial News Expert (and where he's going next) - Posted March 30, 2011
Dylan Ratigan's path to MSNBC dayside anchor has had some interesting turns. From a middle of the night job preventing parking garage scams, to director of Global Managing Editor for corporate finance at Bloomberg. So what did it take to get there? And what's next? Here's the final part of this... [FishbowlNY]

Bullied Teen Quietly Takes A Stand On YouTube - Posted March 30, 2011
Over the last couple of weeks 15-year old Casey Heynes has become a viral sensation and overnight hero for fighting back against a 12-year old bully. Video footage of Casey body slamming his bully has gotten ... [SocialTimes.com]

Deep Focus CEO Ian Schafer On The Myth of Viral Strategy - Posted March 23, 2011
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Japanese-Language YouTube Person Finder Launches - Posted March 21, 2011
YouTube announced the launch of the YouTube Person Finder, a channel dedicated to video messages from victims of the earthquake and tsunami in Japan. Mo... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

YouTube Offers Fans a SportsCenter Moment - Posted March 18, 2011
Sports fans: If you've captured a great sports moment on video and thought, "This ought to be on SportsCenter," here's your chance. YouTube teamed up with ESPN on the second installment of the YouTube + SportsCenter Your... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

Former WPMI Anchor Explains the 'Crichton Leprechaun' YouTube Sensation - Posted March 18, 2011
... [TVSpy]

New Media Index: Earthquake, Tsunami in Japan Dominate Twitter; Bloggers Ready for 2012 Presidential Campaign - Posted March 17, 2011
The earthquake and tsunami that victimized Japan March 11 accounted for a whopping 66 percent of Tweeted news links for the week of March 7-11, despite occurring on the last day of the period, while the upcoming 2012 presidential campaign domin... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

New Media Index: Earthquake, Tsunami in Japan Dominate Twitter; Bloggers Ready for 2012 Presidential Campaign - Posted March 17, 2011
The earthquake and tsunami that victimized Japan March 11 accounted for a whopping 66 percent of Tweeted news links for the week of March 7-11, despite occurring on the last day of the period, while the upcoming 2012 presidential campaign domin... [UnBeige]

Ask Lady Gaga Your Burning Questions on Twitter - Posted March 17, 2011
If you're curious about just what type of meat made its way onto Lady Gaga's infamous meat dress, you now have a chance to ask the pop sensation yourself. She will be answering questions submitted via Twitter on a YouTube video this week. You have until midn... [AllTwitter]

YouTube Goes Gaga - Posted March 16, 2011
YouTube wants to offer something for everyone: If Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu isn't your cup of tea, perhaps ... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

iPad 2 Smashed by Baseball Bat Video Earns Two Million Views - Posted March 14, 2011
Simply titled "Brand new Ipad 2 getting smashed by a baseball bat," the video embedded above has earned more than 2,002,600 views on YouTube. Every time a new iPhone or iPad gets released, somebody videotapes themselves destroying it. Why are we fascinated by the destruction of expensive electronics? It is a... [AppNewser]

iPad Smashed by Baseball Bat Video Earns Two Million Views - Posted March 14, 2011
Simply titled "Brand new Ipad 2 getting smashed by a baseball bat," the video embedded above has earned more than 2,002,600 views on YouTube. UPDATE: This video was deceptively titled. It is actually an iPad 1 being smashed with a misleading video label. Every time a new iPhone or iPad gets released, somebody... [FishbowlDC]

Is Charlie Sheen Twitter's "Lazy Sunday" Moment? - Posted March 11, 2011
When you look back on new products, new technologies and new headlines, you can usually spot that catalyst moment when they catapulted into the spotlight. Well, some analysts are saying that Charlie Sheen's recent Twitter binge is Twitter's cat... [AllTwitter]

YouTube's Got Next (and Next New Networks) - Posted March 7, 2011
YouTube announced that it acquired online-video platform Next New Networks, and it will launch YouTube Next, which it described as "a new team task... [AppNewser]

YouTube's Got Next (and Next New Networks) - Posted March 7, 2011
YouTube announced that it acquired online-video platform Next New Networks, and it will launch YouTube Next, which it described as "a new team task... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

New Media Index: On, Wisconsin for Bloggers; Twitter Eats Up Apple - Posted March 3, 2011
Bloggers shared the most news links about the labor unrest in Wisconsin, while Apple was the most-Tweeted news subject, and the most-watched news and politics video on YouTube was two Australian news anchors ... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

Raise Your Hand if you Fantasize about Making Money on Twitter! - Posted February 25, 2011
I am sure many of you have watched the hours blow by, as you Tweet away; and you have stopped and thought, 'I wish there was a way to make money on Twitter!' I would like to propose a new feature that may allow Twitter users to make some decent... [AllTwitter]

10 Powerful YouTube Videos About Gay Marriage - Posted February 25, 2011
Following the recent news from the White House that the Obama administration would no longer defend the Defense Of Marriage Act has people everywhere wondering about the implications. Does this mean the legalization of same sex marriage is on the horizon? Not necessarily. But a lot of people think that this... [SocialTimes.com]

New Media Index: Bloggers Are Budget-Minded, While Tweeters Scan the List of the U.K.'s Elite Tweeters - Posted February 24, 2011
President Barack Obama's $3.73 trillion budget proposal was the subject of the most news links shared by bloggers, while The Independent's list of the ... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

Speaker of the House John Boehner to Speak His Piece on YouTube - Posted February 23, 2011
YouTube will welcome Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-Ohio) for a special interview next week, during which he will answer users' questions on topics including the budget, spending, the economy, jobs, health care, and foreign policy. Questions must be submitted by midnight ET Su... [UnBeige]

Questions for U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron? - Posted February 18, 2011
Following in the footsteps of his United States counterpart, President Barack Obama, United Kingdom Prime Minister David Cameron will answer the best questions... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

New Media Index: Patriot Act Accounts for Most Shared News Links via Both Blogs, Twitter - Posted February 17, 2011
The House of Representatives vote on whether to extend the Patriot Act was the subject of the most news links shared via both blogs and Twitter during the week of Feb. 7-11, while the most-watched news and politics video on YouTube was... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

Live Streaming in Fashion for YouTube During Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week - Posted February 9, 2011
Supermodels strutting their stuff on the runway for Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in New York Feb. 10-17 will also be strutting their stuff via live streaming on YouTube, presented by ... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

Why AP Didn't Stream YouTube's Obama Interview - Posted February 7, 2011
The Associated Press director of U.S. broadcast operations Kevin Roach explained why the AP did not stream ... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

Showtime Lets Web-Video Stars Tell SHORT stories on YouTube - Posted February 4, 2011
Showtime creative director of digital content Trevor Noren spoke with the YouTube Blog about the premium cable network's decision to mine Web-vi... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

New Media Index: A Taxing Problem for Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas Tops Bloggers' Shared News Links - Posted February 3, 2011
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas' failure to report his wife's earnings over a five-year period was the subject of the most news links shared via bloggers, while a ... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

How to Turn Your Photos Into a Graphic Novel - Posted January 31, 2011
Ever wish your life was more like a comic book? With Photoshop, you can turn your photo album into a graphic novel. Using the YouTube tutorial embedded above, you can use Photoshop to turn your digital photos into black and white images that loo... [GalleyCat]

YouTube's Steve Grove on the Hot Seat at CBS News Political Hotsheet - Posted January 27, 2011
YouTube head of news and politics Steve Grove spoke with CBS News chief White House correspondent Chip Reid about President ... [AppNewser]

YouTube's Steve Grove on the Hot Seat at CBS News Political Hotsheet - Posted January 27, 2011
YouTube head of news and politics Steve Grove spoke with CBS News chief White House correspondent Chip Reid about President ... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

Obama to Answer Questions from YouTube Users - Posted January 21, 2011
Just two days after delivering the State of the Union Address, President Barack Obama will deliver answers to select... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

Sundance Film Festival Comes to YouTube Screening Room - Posted January 20, 2011
The Sundance Film Festival is bringing a taste of Park City, Utah, to YouTube, as YouTube Screening Room will present past and present short films from the event, Kinzie Kramer, associate product marketing manager for th... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

YouTube Experimental Homepage No Longer an Experiment - Posted January 20, 2011
The new homepage YouTube began introducing last month has been pushed to all users, the Google-owned video site posted on its blog.... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

New Media Index: Bloggers Discuss GOP-Led 112th Congress; Apple Remains Apple of Tweeters' Eyes - Posted January 13, 2011
The Republican-controlled 112th Congress was the subject of the most news links shared by bloggers, while the Twitterverse was enthralled with Apple for the second consecutive week, and the most-watched news and politics video on You... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

New Media Index: Bloggers Dwell on the Economy, While Apple Is the Fruit of the Twitterverse - Posted January 6, 2011
The economy was top-of-mind for bloggers during the final week of 2010, while Apple was the apple of the Twitterverse, and the most-watched news and politics video on YouTube was footage of a man who ... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

House Oversight Committee Launches YouTube Channel - Posted January 5, 2011
The House Oversight Committee will become the first congressional committee to make its hearings available online, launching the HouseResource.org channel on YouTube in conjunction with the kickoff of the 112th Congress. The effort, spearheaded by new Speaker of the House ... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

YouTube in Talks to Buy Video Producer - Posted December 16, 2010
Google's YouTube has traditionally left the production of content to its users and network partners. But that may soon change if buyout talks with a New York-based conten... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

YouTube Experiments with New, Personalization-Heavy Homepage - Posted December 16, 2010
YouTube is experimenting with a new homepage design that emphasizes personalization, with features including: a combined list of subscriptions, friend activity, and recommendations; all videos uploaded by followed channels; the ability to delete anything on the homepage by simply clicking the X; graying out of already-watched videos; and recent likes and... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

YouTube Top 10 Lists for 2010 - Posted December 13, 2010
YouTube released its top 10 lists of most-watched videos globally excluding content from major music labels, and most-watched major-label music videos, and the lists were topped by BED INTRUDER SONG!!! and Justin Bieber's Baby (featuring Ludacris), respectively. The Google-owned video site also released its month-by-month list o... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

New Media Index: WikiLeaks Finishes Second to Leslie Nielsen's Death on Blogs, New Life Form on Twitter - Posted December 9, 2010
The WikiLeaks controversy only managed second-place finishes on the Pew Research Center's Project for Excellence in Journalism's ... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

Personalized Channels Added to YouTube Leanback - Posted December 2, 2010
YouTube added Personalized Channels to its YouTube Leanback service for larger screens, allowing users to create channels based on videos they have previously viewed or topics. Product manager Christina Ilvento wrote on the ... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

ViewChange.Org Takes Video Into The Semantic Web In A Big Way - Posted November 29, 2010
Here are two words that do... [semanticweb.com]

Thanksgiving Holiday Weekend Reading: Spend Some Time With Social Media Insights - Posted November 26, 2010
Come tomorrow, you may be looking for a chance to do some relaxing reading after the Thanksgiving football and food fest and the Black Friday shopping chaos. To that end, The Semantic Web Blog thought it would offer some guidance on a few analyst reports and ... [semanticweb.com]

New Media Index: Federal Salary Raises Dominate Blogosphere; Google Raises/Bonuses Rule Twitterverse - Posted November 18, 2010
Bloggers shared the most news links to an item in USA Today saying that federal workers' salaries have risen tenf... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

35 Hours of Video per Minute Being Uploaded to YouTube - Posted November 11, 2010
YouTube director of product management Hunter Walk posted on the ... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

"Twitter is not to be a triumph of technology but of humanity" - Biz Stone - Posted November 10, 2010
Biz Stone made an appearance on Wolf Blitzer's The Situation Room last night, and answered some rapid-fire, 140-character questions from Blitzer and Twitter users. A l... [AllTwitter]

Copyright Issue Disqualifies Winner of Peace Corps YouTube Video Contest - Posted November 4, 2010
A copyright issue forced The National Peace Corps Association to disqualify Marlene Nancy Lopez, the first-place winner of its ... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

YouTube Yanks Videos Featuring Cleric Anwar al-Awlaki - Posted November 4, 2010
YouTube removed several videos, but this time the Google-owned video site wasn't reacting to copyright concerns: Videos calling for jihad by American-born, Yemen-based cleric Anwar al-Awla... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

CBS News to Stream Election Results on Its YouTube Channel - Posted November 2, 2010
CBS News will begin live-streaming results from Tuesday's midterm elections on its ... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

Howcast Hunts for Video Blogger - Posted November 2, 2010
How-to video site Howcast is looking for its first video blogger, running a contest on YouTube ... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

Top 10 News and Politics YouTube Videos; Politician Channels - Posted November 1, 2010
Ramya Raghavan of YouTube News and Politics revealed the top 10 news and politics videos over the past month, as well as the 10 most viewed politician channels on the Google-owned video site, in a post on the YouTube Blog. The 10 most-view... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

15 YouTube Channels with More than 1M Subscribers as Total Subscriptions Top 1B - Posted October 29, 2010
YouTube reached a milestone: A user who subscribed to the Machinima Sports channel pushed the Google-owned video site to the 1 billion-subscription mark. Produ... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs Embraces Twitter, YouTube - Posted October 28, 2010
White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs dove head-first into Web 2.0, accepting questions for a press briefing via Twitter and answering some of them in a YouTube video, ReadWriteWeb reported. His Tweet read, "Something new... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

New Media Index: Bloggers Share Bad News (Economy, Mortgage Crisis); Tweeters Share Good News (Rescue of Chilean Miners) - Posted October 21, 2010
Economic issues, particularly the housing market, topped the list of the most-shared news links by bloggers, while the rescue of the formerly trapped miners from the northern Atacama desert in Chile accounted for the most Tweeted news links, an... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

The Live Coco Cam: 24 Hours of Conan O'Brien on YouTube - Posted October 20, 2010
Conan O'Brien will turn to YouTube to help promote Conan, his TBS show, which is set to debut Nov. 8, with a 24-hour live stream, The Live Coco Cam. Conan blogger Aaron Bleyaert previewed The Live Coco Cam on the ... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

Google TV to Include YouTube Leanback - Posted October 19, 2010
YouTube Leanback is officially a part of Google TV, and as devices for the latter become availa... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

More Chilean Miner Stats for News Sites, Social Media, Search Engines - Posted October 19, 2010
The rescue of the formerly trapped miners from the northern Atacama desert in Chile generated strong numbers for ... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

Keyword-Generated Ad FAIL - Posted October 15, 2010
Because we just can't get enough of those Chilean miners, this gem from FAILBlog illustrated the pitfalls of keyword-generated advertising: ... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

New Media Index: Bloggers Ponder Midterm Elections; Tweeters Ponder Twitter - Posted October 14, 2010
Bloggers were focused on the upcoming midterm elections during the week of Oct. 4-8, while Twitter users used Twitter to talk about Twitter, and the most-watched news and politics video on YouTube was A fake news video from the Onion News Network saying that ... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

Changing the future of e-business - Malta Business Weekly - Posted October 14, 2010
... [semanticweb.com]

YouTube, Reuters to Stream Debates for 'Conflicting Visions: Fixing the Global Economy' - Posted October 12, 2010
Political commentators Cenk Uyger and Lee Doran -- who host YouTube channels as ... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

craigslist tv Returns to YouTube - Posted October 8, 2010
What unfortunate timing: Just days after replacing its Adult Services section with a Censored bar, craigslist announced the premiere of season two of its craigslist tv... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

New Media Index: Bloggers Find Religion, Tweeters Find Dead Mouse in Their Bread - Posted October 7, 2010
Bloggers lost their religion over a Los Angeles Times story about ... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

Info About Google TV Available - Posted October 6, 2010
More detail about Google TV's offerings is now available, with standard services like content from Netflix and Amazon, ... [PRNewser]

New Media Index: Bloggers Curl Up with Bob Woodward's Obama's Wars; Tweeters Tweet About Twitter Security Breach - Posted September 30, 2010
Obama's Wars, Bob Woodward's new book about internal debate over the war in Afghanistan within the administration of President ... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

Entire Kennedy-Nixon Debate Uploaded to YouTube - Posted September 28, 2010
The event that transformed the combination of politics and television is now available on YouTube: The JFK Library YouTube channel celebrated the 50th anniversary of the first-ever televised presidential debate, between John F. Kennedy and R... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

This Is 60 Minutes on YouTube - Posted September 27, 2010
Continuing CBS News' new-media blitz, the network launched a 60 Minutes channel on YouTube, which will offer stori... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

MySpace Rolls Out Sync with YouTube - Posted September 23, 2010
Following an integration with Google, MySpace announced the rollout of Sync with YouTube, which enables users of the social-networking site to add videos from Google-owned YouT... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

New Media Index: Users of Social Network Twitter Focus on Social Networks, Twitter - Posted September 23, 2010
Four of the five most-shared news links via Twitter were very close to home, involving social media and Twitter itself, while the war in Afghanistan and the death of actor ... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

Invite Your Friends to a YouTube Social - Posted September 23, 2010
YouTube viewing parties are now possible thanks to the launch of YouTube Social, an effort by SocialVision to combine the f... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

YouTube Adds Dean Gilbert, Robert Kyncl to Leadership Team - Posted September 20, 2010
Google-owned video site YouTube added two new executives to its leadership team, including one from its parent company. New global head of content Dean Gilbert had worked with Goo... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

New Media Index: Bloggers Focus on Iraq War - Posted September 16, 2010
The war in Iraq was the subject of the most news links shared by bloggers during the week of Sept. 6-10, while a report on Mashabl... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

Your Softball Blooper Reel on SportsCenter? - Posted September 8, 2010
ESPN and YouTube have launched a promotional program called ... [PRNewser]

Domo Arigato: MLB to Stream Games on YouTube Japan - Posted August 31, 2010
Quick Hit: Major League Baseball has long held a tight grip on its video content online. Overseas, however, is a different story. In a breakthrough deal, YouTube Japan will stream all MLB games 36 hour after they air, as well as highlight packages from every game during the 2009 and 2010... [SportsNewser]

Advocacy Site ViewChange.org Taps Semantic Web Technology - MediaPost Publications - Posted February 26, 2010
... [semanticweb.com]

AdWeek Celebrates The Best Of The Aughts - Posted December 14, 2009
We're only a couple of weeks away from 2010, and that means it's time for every publication still in existence to start doing a "Best Of The Decade" list like its VH1's entire programming line-up. Lists are great because they are fun, subjective, and get people talking. We've seen Time... [FishbowlNY]

Trying To Find A Business Model That Works - Posted July 17, 2009
Last night's panel produced by Mediabistro.com and sponsored by Demand Studios focused on finding a business model for news on the Web but -- like most panels of its kind -- no real conclusions were reached. The panel was moderated by BusinessWeek... [FishbowlNY]

Happy Independence Day! - Posted July 3, 2009
We're off for the day celebrating the birth of our nation, but we wanted to leave you with something today ... just in case you are chained to you desk. This week, we were lucky enough to see Kansas State University professor and anthropologist Michael Wesch's presentation abo... [FishbowlNY]

TextWise Releases World s First Semantic Cloud for Sequencing the Digital DNA of Text - Posted June 16, 2009
ROCHESTER, NY – June 16th, 2009. Forget about trying to find text by simply using keywords or entities. Today at the Semantic Technology Conference, TextWise announces the release of their Semantic Cloud providing companies the ability to mine content using digital DNA – Semantic Signatures®. Semantic Signatures® represent a deeper meaning... [semanticweb.com]

How Much Are Your Social Media Connections Worth? - Posted April 9, 2009
So you have a huge number of followers on a specific social media platform. Congrats. Now what? Well, we've all been led to believe that followers=money. But is that true? PaidContent's Tameka Kee... [FishbowlNY]

Actualizing Future Web Knowledge Distribution - Posted January 20, 2009
— DENNIS THOMAS, SANJEEV MISHRAExecutive Summary The future web is expected to evolve into a situation aware web that surfaces the hidden knowledge of enterprises and individuals and enables greatly more powerful paradigms. Actualizing these requirements demands a semantic technology that is magnitudes greater in efficiency and performance than conventional layered techn... [semanticweb.com]

NYT.com: All the News That's Fit to Livestream? - Posted December 1, 2008
Anyone curious about what the future of online newpapers might look like need only turn to the NYT.com right now. The homepage is currently running its usual layout of stories, but in lieu of a front page photo is a live feed of ... [FishbowlNY]

Wired: Blogs Are Dead - Posted October 22, 2008
Wired Magazine, which usually cheerleads everything, has declared blogging dead: Further, text-based Web sites aren't where the buzz is anymore. The reason blogs took off is that they made publishing easy for non-techies. Part of that simplicity was a lack ... [FishbowlLA]

We (Heart) LAT Tech Geeks - Posted June 5, 2008
The PR department at the L.A. Times just sent us an e-mail (see below) promoting the Business Section's new blog -- as if we needed the introduction! We have already become addicted to the musings and findings of Alex Pham... [FishbowlLA]

LAT In 90 Seconds - Posted May 27, 2008
Does Elizabeth Snead Miss Her Old Job: Former E! Fashion Policewoman Elizabeth S... [FishbowlLA]

Jack Smith Retrospective - Posted April 2, 2008
Veronique de Turenne reminds us that the Huntington is hosting a Jack Smith retrospective, Smith on Wry, featuring the papers of L.A.'s beloved colum... [FishbowlLA]

LAT In 90 Seconds - Posted March 11, 2008
Madonna, Mellencamp Inducted: Yep. It was an all-80s dance party. Madonna thanked all the people who said she was a talentless one-hit wonder. To which, we believe, John Mellencamp muttered under his brea... [FishbowlLA]

LAT In 90 Seconds - Posted January 16, 2008
O.J. Simpson back in court: The alleged armed robber was dragged back to Las Vegas from Miami by a bail bondsman who claims Simpson violated terms of his bail. Also, Simpson owes the guy $18,750. So, there's that. ... [FishbowlLA]

LAT In 90 Seconds - Posted December 11, 2007
The Internet Is For Porn: Pity poor Vivid Entertainment Group which is seeing too much of its skin being shown for free -- and without consent -- on YouTube knockoff PornoTube. Echoing the Viacom lawsuit, the porn giant is ... [FishbowlLA]

Social Graphology | Online Communities and the Small Business - Posted December 4, 2007
In a recent blog post, Tim Berners-Lee, Director of the World Wide Web Consortium, wrote about a new paradigm. In the early days of the internet it was the computers and the wires that were important; more recently it was the documents that were the important things, the centres of focus... [semanticweb.com]

LAT In 90 Seconds - Posted October 31, 2007
Want Fries With Your Funny? Reporter Robert Welkos surfs YouTube and finds this ... [FishbowlLA]

LAT In 90 Seconds - Posted October 18, 2007
More ink on Iggy: A sobbing Ellen DeGeneres tells Ryan Seacrest that she arrived "five minutes too late" to reclaim the Brussels Griffon mix terrier from Mutts & Moms, a rescue group that ... [FishbowlLA]

Props: Stuff That Deserves Mention This Week - Posted September 25, 2007
Good on ERSNews.com for breaking the Mirthala Salinas story before anyone else (1 hour and 11 minutes before the LAT, as co-editor Eric Longabardi tells us). Congrats to local sports parody site eTrueSports.com for its ... [FishbowlLA]

LAT In 90 Seconds - Posted August 30, 2007
[Update: This post has been updated after talking to J.R. Moehringer, who talked to us on a dying cell phone from his backyard as movers shuttled stuff out of his house. Which is kinda cool.] Resurrecting the Telephone: Columnist Dana Parsons does an admirable job ... [FishbowlLA]

YouTube Phenom Shares Success Tips - Posted August 24, 2007
Liam Sullivan became a YouTube phenom thanks to his hilarious alter ego "Kelly" and her deliciously bitch love for "Shoes." The random music video has been viewed by more than 25 million times so the LA Times went to the comedian to ask Sullivan for his surefire tips to duplicate his... [FishbowlLA]

Free TV That You Have To Pay For. Kinda. - Posted August 20, 2007
Variety reports that NBC will put previews of its four new fall pilots on cable and satellite systems, including DirecTV. "It's unprecedented in terms of its scope and participation," says NBCU distribution executive Henry Ahn. The ... [FishbowlLA]

Michael Moore's Unchosen One - Posted July 25, 2007
CNN didn't select Michael Moore's YouTube'd question in Monday night's presidential debate. Lucky for him, HuffPo let him ... [FishbowlLA]

LAT in 90 Seconds - Posted July 24, 2007
Better Than A Shrimp On A Hamster Wheel: Reporters Mark Z. Barabak and Michael Finnegan ... [FishbowlLA]

TV Folks Catch and Pitch - Posted July 23, 2007
Sean Perry, head of Alternative Television at Endeavor is scheduled to deliver the keynote address at the National Association of Television Program Executives annual TV Produers' Boot Camp on Thursday in West Hollywood. Among the other promised highlights are the derision-inspiringly nam... [FishbowlLA]

LAT in 90 Seconds - Posted July 23, 2007
Something's Gotta Give: Former actress, Sen. Sheila Kuehl, wants to protect the "postmortem right of publicity" for dead celebrities, like ... [FishbowlLA]

Nerd News Roundup: Everything The People Who Will One Day Own You Are Talking About Today - Posted July 11, 2007
YouTube=Q-tips: Nerd Cory Treffiletti believes YouTube is going to obliterate traditional broadcasters in half a decade or less. And he's got a YouTube player on his iPhone to prove it. iPhone=Old School: Geek Peter S. Magnusson... [FishbowlLA]

60Frames Entertainment Launches -- With A Little Love From the Coen Bros. - Posted July 11, 2007
UTA and advertising agency Spot Runner have teamed up to launch 60Frames Entertainment, a company that will finance and syndicate professionally-produced online content. UTA's Brent Weinstein will helm. Take that, YouTube. More: LOS ANGELES (July 11, 2007) -- 60Frames Enterta... [FishbowlLA]

LAT in 90 Seconds - Posted June 29, 2007
The Stars -- A Line: Cher, Madonna, even Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak will have to stand in line today (or hire someone to do it for them) to buy an iPhone. ... [FishbowlLA]

YouTube Shows First Feature, Four-Eyed Monsters - Posted June 11, 2007
Four-Eyed Monsters is the first feature posted on YouTube. The film, directed by Arin Crumley and Susan Buice, who maxed out their credit cards to make ... [FishbowlLA]

Pentagon Limits Soldiers' Access to MySpace, YouTube. Not Soon Enough For Dr. Laura - Posted May 23, 2007
According to the Santa Barbara Independent, Dr. Laura is taking some time off from her column in the Santa Barbara News-Press following a story about her soldier son Deryk Schlessinger's disturbing MySpace... [FishbowlLA]

Macmillan Surprised at Viral Campaign Success - Posted May 18, 2007
Publishing News reports that Macmillan... [GalleyCat]

Is CBS A Cuckold? More Comcast Online Video News - Posted April 16, 2007
Looks like CBS isn't the only network partnering with Comcast in an online video venture. N... [FishbowlLA]

So What Happens to Bloomsbury Post-Potter? - Posted April 4, 2007
That certainly is the question on the publishing world's mind with only 107 days to go until the final Harry Potter novel lands on bookshelves around the world - leaving Bloomsbury to pick up the pieces and move onto the next project (and make up for what is expected to be... [GalleyCat]

OKGo Crowned Most Creative By YouTube - Posted March 27, 2007
Since the average American spent four months of his life on YouTube last year, chances are you've already seen most of the site's top videos of 2006. Nevertheless, the winners of YouTube's first annual Video A... [UnBeige]

LAT in 90 Seconds - Posted March 22, 2007
Locke On Lost: Deep in this piece, it's noted that Lost has lost 2 million viewers. The dip is mostly attributed to the new 10 p.m. time slot, but did the writers blow up their following when they blew up the hatch? ... [FishbowlLA]

In The Trades: So Old It's New! - Posted March 14, 2007
Viacom is suing YouTube for unauthorized use of some 160,000 video clips from MTV, Comedy Central and VH1. Viacom thinks that $1 billion is fair recompense for the 1.5 billion times the clips were viewed. Viacom's argument includ... [FishbowlLA]

Sundown on Sunset - Posted March 2, 2007
Post-Oscar let down--it's like Lent, only with more fasting. The BBC will embrace YouTube. Top Gear addicts will be so pleased. Belinda Carlisle lives in France and sings in F... [FishbowlLA]

In The Trades: Watching Over and Over Again - Posted February 28, 2007
YouTube removed those priceless moments of the Oscar show, at the request of the Academy, even though Ellen's opening monologue and Will Farrell's musical interlude were some of the most-viewed clips. Oscar.com had brief snippets of the musical numbers and t... [FishbowlLA]

YouTube Nabs Chilling Effects Prof.: Coincidence or Deep Chill? - Posted February 5, 2007
In the rush to nab video pirates, YouTube purged user-content that had nothing to do with Viacom, except sharing some key words. Harvard's Jim Moore complained this weekend that Viacom removed a ... [FishbowlLA]

FBLA Writes A Job Posting For Viacom, Hopes They Don't Make Us Take it Down - Posted February 5, 2007
Viacom doesn't know it, but it needs fact-checkers. So allow us to list a job posting on... [FishbowlLA]

Wired Goes Negative - Posted January 17, 2007
Wired magazine is perhaps the most positive, life-affirming publication on the planet. If someone threw a rock at their window, someone there would write a cover story about how shards of glass will save humanity. So it's a bit amazing to hear Wired editor Chris Anderson ... [FishbowlLA]