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Sony Music Boss Loves YouTube, Hates GEMA

Wait, what? There’s a music label executive who thinks the Internet is a force for good? Wonders will never cease. Unfortunately...
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Could YouTube Be Planning Subscription Based Channels? Would Viewers Pay For The Privilege?

The world is changing, and the Internet is playing a more-important role in our daily lives than ever before. That isn’t...
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YouTube Hits New Video Milestones – 4 Billion Views Per Day, 60 Hours Uploaded Per Minute

YouTube is growing stronger every day. Which just shows how the balance of power has shifted over the last few years....
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YouTube Slam Is ‘Hot Or Not’ For Online Videos | Rate Awesome Viral Vids Against One Another

YouTube Slam is the latest attempt by the premier online video site to make stars out of ordinary people while sucking...
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What We Watched On YouTube In 2011 – Rebecca Black, Nyan Cat, Music Videos Galore

YouTube remains the premier destination to watch online video. It’s now ubiquitous to the point at which I doubt it will...
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Does Anyone Know What Is Legal and Illegal On YouTube? Does Anyone Even Care Any More?

Believe it or not things aren’t as black and white as they may at first appear when it comes to copyright...
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Why I Love The New YouTube Design | YouTube Grows Up, Becomes Organized Media Center

I don’t know about you but the TV set which sits in the corner of my living room is getting used...
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New YouTube Rolls Out, Complaints Roll In

The new YouTube we have been expecting for the past few weeks has now rolled out. And damn good it is...
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YouTube Analytics Offers Insight Into Video Statistics To Help Creators Make Better Videos

YouTube is keen to help us all become video creators. But good video creators. And to help us all wring the...
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New YouTube Editor Proves Successful | ‘I’m Feeling Lucky’ Button Used By Millions Already

YouTube now not only offers a place to easily and speedily upload videos to, but also the ability to edit them...
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Disney Movies Now Available To Rent On YouTube | Children Embracing Online Video

Disney is seeking to move with the times and use the Internet to sell its content and brand in a big,...
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New YouTube Redesign Strengthens Google+ Integration, Slightly Tweaks Everything Else

YouTube is getting a makeover. Yes, another one. I know it only feels like a few months since the last one,...
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Britain In A Day On Nov. 12 | BBC Documentary Will Use Video Clips Uploaded To YouTube

Life In A Day was a spectacularly well-made look at how different people around the world lived their lives on one...
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YouTube and Disney To Create Original Content

YouTube has managed to add another big name to its line-up of partners for its new channels full of original content....
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Glenn Beck Vs. The Young Turks | The Online Video Battle Of Political Commentators

The world of online video has become something of a political battleground, with Glenn Beck on one side and The Young...
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YouTube Leading The Way In Globalizing Online Video – 60% Of Views From Non-English Speakers

Good ol’ YouTube. You may be filled with one or two (million) more funny animal videos than is necessary but you’re...
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Feature-Length YouTube Movie ‘Life In A Day’ Now Available To Watch For Free On YouTube

Life In A Day was always an ambitious project: to capture one day in the life of thousands of people. Did...
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Original Programming Coming To YouTube | 100 Premium Channels With Big Budgets On Way

Not content with offering an alternative to broadcast television and cable channels, the Web is starting to mimic its longtime brother-in-arms....
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Sesame Street’s YouTube Channel Hacked To Show Hardcore Porn As The Muppets Go Bad

When a channel aimed entirely at young children is hacked to show wall-to-wall porn something has gone seriously awry. And I...
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YouTube Movie Rentals Arrives In U.K. | New Service Is Competition For Amazon’s LoveFilm

YouTube is now offering its fledgling movie rentals service in the U.K. The content is good, the prices fair. The sky...
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The Dangers Of YouTube | ITV Uses Video Game Footage For ‘Exposure: Gaddafi and the IRA’

YouTube is good for many things: videos of cute kittens, videos of people injuring themselves, free TV shows and movies. What...
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YouTube Adds Magisto To Video Toolbox | Automatic Video Editor Enters The Bigtime

Two things are probably key for any tech startup looking to make it beyond the first year: funding, and a partner...
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New YouTube Video Editor Goes Live | Image Stabilization, Color, Contrast, and Effects

YouTube now has a dedicated editor built in to the site giving all users the opportunity to edit video they have...
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Pirated Movies On YouTube Again? | Google’s Content ID System Clearly Isn’t Foolproof

YouTube is clean, legal, and above board these days, with Google having done all it can to rid the site of...
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YouTube Integrates Google+ Hangouts | Start A Web Chat Directly From Video-Sharing Site

Google+ may have just received a phenomenal boost from another Google property. That being YouTube, obviously. If lots of people actually...
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YouTube Settles With National Music Publishers Association, Bringing Music & Video Together

YouTube is no longer the piracy-ridden stain on society it once was, with Google having cleaned up the site until it’s...
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Movieclips Comes To YouTube As The Vevo For Films | Raises $7 Million In Series B Funding

Movieclips was good, now it’s great. And the fact that its range of movie clips (as the name implies) will now...
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YouTube Live Streaming On Google+ Hangouts

Users of Google+ Hangouts, the live group video chat component of the fledgling social network, can now watch live streaming YouTube...
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New YouTube Design ‘Cosmic Panda’ Now On TestTube With Channel Customization Options

YouTube is testing out a new design codenamed Cosmic Panda. Personally, however, I’d rather see the current performance issues of constant...
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Rebecca Black’s ‘Friday’ Pulled From YouTube After Copyright Claim By… Ms. Rebecca Black

Everyone has surely heard Friday by Rebecca Black by now. Probably dozens of times, whether they wanted to or not. Yet...
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