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March 21, 2013
Please Subscribe: New Documentary Looks at What Makes a YouTube Star
See also: *Sarah Silverman, Michael Cera and Friends Create a YouTube Channel *Our Profile of YouTube Star Jenna Marbles *Our YouTube Issue Some people like to have only egg whites in their omelet," declares a tomboyish young woman as she weaves around a sparsely appointed L.A. apartment kitchen, h ... More >>
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March 19, 2013
JASH: Sarah Silverman, Michael Cera, Tim & Eric and Reggie Watts Create a New YouTube Channel
It's 2 p.m. and I'm sitting on a blue exercise ball in an office at Culver City Studios, across from Emmy-nominated TV writer/producer Daniel Kellison. To the right are the essentials for a late night work-athon: stocked mini fridge, snacks, Bulleit Bourbon. Covering the walls, like the masterpiece ... More >>
Film+TV
March 14, 2013
The Tangled Web We Watch: A Bizarre Episode of Father-Son Bonding in the 21st Century
It's 2 p.m. and I'm sitting on a blue exercise ball in an office at Culver City Studios, across from Emmy-nominated TV writer/producer Daniel Kellison. To the right are the essentials for a late night work-athon: stocked mini fridge, snacks, Bulleit Bourbon. Covering the walls, like the masterpiece ... More >>
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February 19, 2013
Streamy Awards: Online Video's Biggest Night Accepts Old Hollywood Into the Fold
See also: *Our Streamy Awards slideshow *Our profile of Jenna Marbles, from our People Issue The 3rd annual Streamy awards, honoring excellence in original online video, streamed live online (appropriately) Sunday night at the Hollywood Palladium. More than ever before, nominees ran the gamut of n ... More >>
News
February 7, 2013
BiteSize Studio Hits Hollywood
A Truman Show–like view into the world of online video creators
News
January 17, 2013
YouTube Wars: Readers Weigh In
A Truman Show–like view into the world of online video creators
News
January 10, 2013
YouTube Stars Fight Back
Machinima and Maker Studios, two of YouTube's most high-profile networks, have come under fire from their own talent
Blogs
December 14, 2012
Rainn Wilson's Website SoulPancake Gets Serious, With Web Series About Death and L.A.'s Homeless
In 2008, Actor Rainn Wilson (NBC's The Office) wanted to create a space on the internet where people could discuss life's big questions with total strangers. You know, what Socrates and Plato would have done if they had access to adequate bandwidth and a YouTube deal. Knowing nothing about building ... More >>
Art+Books
November 8, 2012
MOCAtv on YouTube: Museum Tries to Lure Online Art Lovers
In 2008, Actor Rainn Wilson (NBC's The Office) wanted to create a space on the internet where people could discuss life's big questions with total strangers. You know, what Socrates and Plato would have done if they had access to adequate bandwidth and a YouTube deal. Knowing nothing about building ... More >>
Blogs
October 19, 2012
How to Succeed on the Web: 4 Tips from This Week's Digital Hollywood Summit
Hashtags and Twitter handles were flying at this week's four-day Digital Hollywood conference. Executives and innovators in film, television, technology and new media came to speak at more than 50 panels held in the glitzy halls of the Ritz Carlton, Marina Del Rey. Attendees were split between youn ... More >>
Blogs
October 19, 2012
MOCA TV Premieres 'Feast of Burden', a Web Series About an Eastside Dinner Party Gone Wrong
In Luis Bunuel's 1962 film Exterminating Angel, neurotic, rich guests get stuck at a fancy dinner party in a big, fancy house. They can't leave the house's conservatory for reasons that seem to be psychological, not physical. One blond woman aggressively, randomly breaks things. One man suggests the ... More >>
Blogs
September 19, 2012
LA Weekly Web Awards 2012: The Winners!
So the center of the tech universe is still in Northern California. Big deal. Facebook's in freefall; the iPhone 5 is a snooze. Yes, innovation continues to matter, but these days, it's less about the platform and more about the content. On that front, L.A. is king. The top YouTube stars live here. ... More >>
Blogs
July 3, 2012
10 Bizarre Things We Saw at Vidcon, YouTube's Annual Convention
A barometer of YouTube's success is its fan convention Vidcon, which took place over the weekend at the Anaheim Convention Center. The location was a step up from last year's smaller Hyatt Century Plaza, as this year the event attracted a reported 7,000 attendees, about twice as much as last year. ... More >>
News
June 28, 2012
How to Succeed on YouTube: Goof Off in Your Basement ... Only Better
A barometer of YouTube's success is its fan convention Vidcon, which took place over the weekend at the Anaheim Convention Center. The location was a step up from last year's smaller Hyatt Century Plaza, as this year the event attracted a reported 7,000 attendees, about twice as much as last year. ... More >>
Blogs
June 27, 2012
Issa Rae and Awkward Black Girl Fill a (Tiny) Niche
Check out our entire YouTube issue here. In front of the Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf at the Grove, someone is scraping lightweight plastic chairs across the pavement instead of picking them up, and the sound is akin to fingernails being dragged down a chalkboard. Issa Rae, the 27-year-old writer, direct ... More >>
Blogs
June 27, 2012
Freddie Wong and Brandon Laatsch Blow Things Up, for Cheap
Check out our entire YouTube issue here. Inside every marketing firm's boardroom and quadruple co-sponsored tech networking event are people squawking endlessly about the very thing that Freddie Wong does effortlessly: Tapping into the gamer-savvy market, blah blah, making your content "clickable," ... More >>
Blogs
June 27, 2012
'Shit People Say in L.A.' Duo Hitched Their Wagon to a Meme
Check out our entire YouTube issue here. "Let's make a sketch and put it on YouTube!" Elena Crevello says excitedly to Heidi Niedermeyer, as they walk down a Los Angeles street. Cut. "I can't, I have improv," Niedermeyer, sitting alone on a ledge, says into a cellphone. Cut. These bits of dialogue ... More >>
Blogs
June 27, 2012
Megan Lee Heart and Reply Girls Game the System, While YouTube Wants Our Eyeballs Pointed Elsewhere
Check out our entire YouTube issue here. Megan Lee Heart made tens of thousands of dollars in the last year -- and did it all from her home in suburban Sherman Oaks. No special effects. No fancy equipment. Just strategic positioning -- and as many as 10 videos each day. Her most popular YouTube cha ... More >>
Blogs
June 27, 2012
30 Other Ways to Succeed on YouTube
After you've read our YouTube issue on the secrets to online video stardom, check out 30 other ways to succeed on YouTube:
Blogs
June 18, 2012
Annoying Orange Creator Dane Boedigheimer Tells Us How His YouTube Series Made the Jump to Cartoon Network
Annoying Orange is one of the biggest successes of YouTube, as the series that started as a lying-in-bed revelation from creator Dane Boedigheimer eventually found 2.4 million subscribers and more than 1.2 billion views online. The series follows its title character as he interacts with other food i ... More >>
Blogs
May 15, 2012
Dance Showdown on YouTube: A Reality Dance Competition That's Better Than What You See on TV
Take a look at Dance Showdown, the first original show created for the YouTube channel DanceOn. This is reality-style, competition dance crossing easily onto an online format -- and doing it better than network television, frankly. It's pretty hilarious. Launched in April, Dance Showdown is a cr ... More >>
Blogs
April 25, 2012
Fred Karger, Gay Republican for President, Sees 'Sexy Frisbee' Campaign Vid Pulled From YouTube
Vimeo not only beats YouTube in film-school cred and picture quality -- it also wins for tolerance! Fred Karger, our favorite gay Republican for president (OK, our only gay Republican for president, and only gay person for president, in general), says his smokin' new Venice Beach campaign video, wh ... More >>
Blogs
February 24, 2012
Jimmy Wong Has a New YouTube Cooking Show (for Nerds)
Jimmy Wong continues to perfect the art of being more awesome than the rest of us. The 24-year-old multi-instrumentalist, actor, goofball and YouTube sensation launched a new YouTube channel in December where he and his hyper-adorable co-host, Ashley Adams, show you how to re-create the food and dri ... More >>
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February 2, 2012
Jason Nash is Funny
Jimmy Wong continues to perfect the art of being more awesome than the rest of us. The 24-year-old multi-instrumentalist, actor, goofball and YouTube sensation launched a new YouTube channel in December where he and his hyper-adorable co-host, Ashley Adams, show you how to re-create the food and dri ... More >>
Blogs
January 18, 2012
Aurora Snow, L.A. Porn Star, Sees Her Fully Clothed 'How to Make a Banana Happy' Video Censored by YouTube
Update: Here's the original, uploaded to Snow's personal site. Just as tame as she described it. Wrong day to err on the conservative side of content regulation, YouTube. (See: #StopSopa.) Los Angeles porn star Aurora Snow -- a real fan favorite, best known for her inimitable deep-throating skills ... More >>
Music
November 17, 2011
Dumbfoundead
Koreatown rapper inspires a tremendous following with his unlikely story
Blogs
October 17, 2011
Sesame Street's YouTube Fans Treated to Porn Thanks to Hackers
Sesame StreetBig Bird, perplexed by the letter 'X.'Poor kids who dialed up the YouTube channel of Sesame Street yesterday looking for their favorite Elmo and Big Bird videos were instead treated to content said to have been brought to them by the letter "X." As in porn, of the variety mostly ... More >>
Blogs
September 12, 2011
Jane Espenson's Web Series Husbands at Meltdown's Nerdist Panel: Taking the Gay Sitcom to Another Universe
A. D'AlessandroThe cast of Husbands from left to right: Cheeks, Sean Hemeon and Alessandra Torresani "We're here for Jane!" beamed one young couple at Sunday's Nerdist Writers Panel, and by Jane they were referring to Jane Espenson, a female David Milch and goddess among fanboys, revered for ... More >>
Blogs
August 3, 2011
How YouTube Turned My Home Video Into a Flight of the Conchords Ad
My YouTube videoTwo years ago I assembled a crappy little birthday video montage for my friend, using a combination of Flip clips and ultra-lo-res digi-pics. My masterpiece was set to the tune of the Flight of the Conchords' "Foux Du Fafa" -- with iMovie's Ken Burns effect applied, of course. ... More >>
Blogs
August 2, 2011
Which Is Better: Spotify or Grooveshark?
LJ WilliamsonWhich one gets your money?The arrival of Google is forcing us to make some tough choices about Facebook -- what about the friends, carefully-curated photo albums, and goofy little notes you're not sure you want to pack along to the new place? And now there's Spotify, which is tr ... More >>
Blogs
August 1, 2011
Vidcon 2011: YouTube Stars Invade the Hyatt Century Plaza for the Comic-Con of Online Video
Zachary Pincus-RothThe line to meet the online comedy duo Smosh An army of teens sporting Justin Bieber haircuts, donning animal hoods and wielding Flip cameras invaded the Hyatt Century Plaza in Century City Thursday through Saturday for the second annual Vidcon, which is making a push to be ... More >>
Blogs
June 13, 2011
Casserollin' With The Chuckwagon Cowboy
Plenty of cooking show hosts talk about their mothers, but Ron Locke does so with a preacher's conviction, earnestly evoking her presence in his journey to the kitchen (and YouTube) almost constantly as he cooks. Known to his YouTube fans as The Chuckwagon Cowboy, Locke hails from rootin', tootin ... More >>
Calendar
April 21, 2011
Donald Glover & Childish Gambino
Plenty of cooking show hosts talk about their mothers, but Ron Locke does so with a preacher's conviction, earnestly evoking her presence in his journey to the kitchen (and YouTube) almost constantly as he cooks. Known to his YouTube fans as The Chuckwagon Cowboy, Locke hails from rootin', tootin ... More >>
Music
March 31, 2011
Page Two: A Young Person's Guide to Odd Future
The Complete Discography (till this afternoon)
Blogs
September 21, 2010
Eat The Weeds: Foraging (Literally) on YouTube
YouTube is a wild, woodsy park in the Internet outback: known, accessible, and yet rife with distractions buried amongst its overgrown nooks. From grainy Old Grey Whistle Test clips to vintage NBA highlight reels, it's easy to get lost in YouTube, clicking away at link after link, biting like dim ... More >>
Blogs
July 19, 2010
L.A. Artist's 37-Year-Old Nudity Too Much For YouTube
susanmogul.comBy Tom Christie Susan Mogul's landmark 1973 video, "Dressing Up," has been taken down by YouTube censors. The video, which was posted on YouTube by Mogul's Chinatown gallery, Jancar Gallery, features a nude Mogul putting on underwear and clothing, while chewing on a carrot and ... More >>
Blogs
May 28, 2010
This Week In: The Future of Web is Streaming Video, Jason Calacanis and Mark Jeffrey Explain Why
Buh-byeJason Calacanis, Internet entrepreneur and "L.A.'s brash tech superstar," thinks the future of the web is streaming video and he's willing to put his money where his mouth is. Literally, since his mouth is on "This Week In Startups," one of the shows featured on streaming video network ... More >>
Blogs
April 21, 2010
Hitler Mounts Surprisingly Cogent Defense of Hitler Parody Videos
Yesterday we blogged about the push by the German distributor of Downfall to clear YouTube of the many Hitler parody videos making use of the same scene from that film. As I noted in that post, I love a meme as much as the next gal, but this one has long run it's course; if we need a shark jump mome ... More >>
Blogs
April 14, 2010
Streamy Awards Red Carpet Video Interviews: Web TV Stars Give You Advice on How to Start Your Own Web Series
Prior to the 2nd Annual Streamy Awards on Sunday, April 11, L.A. Weekly camped out on the red carpet with a video camera and asked nominees, presenters and winners what best piece of advice they'd give to someone just starting out who wants to create their own web series. We figured you wouldn't w ... More >>
Blogs
April 12, 2010
Over the Weekend: Golden Gods and Streamys
If you felt like giving or receiving an award this weekend, L.A. was the place to be. Metal magazine Revolver celebrated the best of the genre with their annual Golden Gods Awards. Meanwhile, the tech community selected the best in web television for this year's Streamy Awards. Revolver's Golden G ... More >>
Blogs
April 8, 2010
What Do 'Bud Bundy' and the Streamy Awards Have in Common? Everything!
Hi, I'm David Faustino, and this is what happens when I drink (so drunk right now): You may remember me from a little show STILL ON TELEVISION called Married... with Children. It's generated over a biiiiiiiillion dollars for... Well, I don't really know who gets all the money... But anywa ... More >>
Blogs
April 1, 2010
Countdown to Web TV's 2010 Streamy Awards: Comedian Paul Scheer Confirmed as Host, Beatboxer Rahzel Says VOTE
When world renowned beatboxer Rahzel tells you to do something, you fucking do it. On March 29 after the 10 finalists were announced for this year's coveted 2010 Streamy Awards Audience Choice honor, the "Godfather of Noyze" and web TV enthusiast spit some beats and released this video encouraging ... More >>
Blogs
January 20, 2010
Why EMI's YouTube Policy Is Short-Sighted
On Monday, rock band OK Go issued a statement through its fan forums regarding the release of its latest album as well as the music video for "This Too Shall Pass." Specifically, it's the video that has fans riled. You see, OK Go is affiliated with EMI and, like all bands who are part of that major ... More >>
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November 26, 2009
SMOTHERS AND OTHER STRANGERS
On Monday, rock band OK Go issued a statement through its fan forums regarding the release of its latest album as well as the music video for "This Too Shall Pass." Specifically, it's the video that has fans riled. You see, OK Go is affiliated with EMI and, like all bands who are part of that major ... More >>
Blogs
August 28, 2009
Interview: Former Chameleons Frontman Mark Burgess on His Spontaneous US Comeback, YouTube and Pirate Bay
Mark Burgess, former frontman of cult-favorite The Chameleons, was simply taking a vacation. He had traveled to the US to meet a friend in Maine, ended up in Boston through a twist of events and was asked to play with some musicians who were also fans of his old band. Word spread and people ... More >>
Blogs
May 11, 2009
Torrential Reign: You Too Can Get Fired for Generating "Buzz" in Hollywood
The other weekend, Wolverine racked up $87 million for its opening. That's more than pop cultural sweetheart Star Trek pulled in over the past three days. Wolverine's impressive debut undermines the argument that former Fox entertainment blogger Roger Friedman, who was fired for reviewing a bootlegg ... More >>
Blogs
March 30, 2009
Web TV's Streamy Awards: Next Year It Could Be You Up There
Alexia TsotsisNeil Patrick Harris on stage at the Streamy AwardsOn approach the Wadsworth Theatre looked like it'd been swarmed Saturday night. Upon closer inspection the over 1300 people in attendance were as glamorous as glam could get at a first annual award show, and the critical mass was indica ... More >>
Blogs
April 24, 2008
Why to Love This Song: The Dodos "Fools"
How does Pitchfork.tv stack up against YouTube? ALSO, let's just talk about how rad this song is, okay?
News
November 15, 2007
Hollywood Schmoozer Meets Internet Geek
Agents 2.0: The new generation of dealmakers at UTA Online
Music
July 1, 1999
Sonic Surfers
Web radio: Freedom of choice is just a keystroke away
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