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YouTube lets anyone into the debate

by Adam Jadhav [St. Louis Post-Dispatch (MCT)]

[25.Feb.08] :. Hot bursts of light flashed across the Edward Jones Dome as Sen. Barack Obama walked the stage. Hundreds snapped pictures; others shot video from cell phones. At least one man turned his back to...

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Click, click, boom: Aspiring artists find fame as viral musicians

by Mike Osegueda [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)]

[9.Jan.08] :. FRESNO, Calif.—He didn’t think it was going to take off the way it did. That’s what Andy McKee says. That’s what they all say. No more than 14 months ago, Andy McKee was...

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Striking writers put their wit to use with funny videos on YouTube

by Sam McManis [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)]

[5.Dec.07] :. The thing about writers is, they just can’t stop. Addictive personalities, one and all. And TV writers are no different. You’d think that, a month into the Writers Guild of America...

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YOUTUBE SPECIAL: Songs for a Monday morning

by Patrick S. Pemberton [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)]

[24.Sep.07] :. Aw, geez—not Monday again. Did somebody fast forward time during the weekend? Because it seems like it ought to be Sunday right now. Yet here we are, five long days before the next reprieve...

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YouTube outlines how it plans to make money

by Elise Ackerman [San Jose Mercury News (MCT)]

[22.Aug.07] :. SAN JOSE, Calif.—It has been Google’s $1.65 billion question: How to convert YouTube’s whopping popularity into ad dollars without turning off the site’s enthusiastic...

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Flashy debate exchange isn’t the same as governing

by Steven Thomma [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)]

[30.Jul.07] :. WASHINGTON—As political debates go, it was fine drama when Barack Obama said last week that he’d meet with dictators without preconditions. Hillary Clinton pounced quickly to say that...

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You Tube gets serious

by Adam Jadhav [St. Louis Post-Dispatch (MCT)]

[26.Jul.07] :. ST. LOUIS - Americans got an unprecedented chance, through the wildly popular YouTube Internet site, to go one-on-one with Democratic presidential candidates during a debate Monday night. In...

 

Voters question candidates at CNN-YouTube debate

by Glenn Garvin [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)]

[23.Jul.07] :. LOS ANGELES—When Democratic presidential candidates square off for a debate in front of CNN’s cameras Monday, don’t strain your neck looking for Wolf Blitzer, Christiane Amanpour...

 

YouTube presidential debate breaks the rules

by Mary Anne Ostrom [San Jose Mercury News (MCT)]

[22.Jul.07] :. SAN JOSE, Calif.—Yes, this is still the YouTube you know and love: The guys from redstateupdate.com want the male Democratic candidates to take off their shirts for an abs contest. The odds...

 

‘Crush on Obama’ is YouTube hit

by Christi Parsons and John McCormick [Chicago Tribune (MCT)]

[15.Jun.07] :. WASHINGTON—Young people can make a difference in politics, Sen. Barack Obama says in a new campaign video, by speaking up about “the things that are making you...

 

CNN/YouTube debates to feature user-generated content

by Frank Davies [San Jose Mercury News (MCT)]

[15.Jun.07] :. WASHINGTON - User-generated video invades a presidential debate for the first time next month in an experiment in streaming democracy that its sponsors, CNN and YouTube, say will shake up a staid...

 

Google may be eyeing massive YouTube video database

by Elise Ackerman [San Jose Mercury News (MCT)]

[13.Jun.07] :. SAN JOSE, Calif. - It is commonly believed that Google bought YouTube for $1.6 billion because the wildly popular video-sharing site represented a great way for the search giant to expand into video...

 

Internet documentary series offers a peek at young Iraqis’ lives

by Cary Darling [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)]

[5.Jun.07] :. Adel is just like many guys his age. The dark-haired, spaghetti-thin, 23-year-old engineering student hangs out with his friends, plays in a rock band and dreams hazily about the future. But his...

 

YouTube will sponsor official Democratic debate

by Mary Anne Ostrom [San Jose Mercury News (MCT)]

[17.May.07] :. SAN JOSE, Calif. - In a sign of just how far politics on the Web has come, Google’s YouTube will co-sponsor the first of six Democratic Party-sanctioned debates of the 2008 race. The role of...

 

Webisode: Think 60 seconds, not 60 minutes

by Glenn Garvin [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)]

[6.May.07] :. MIAMI—Bones is the cranky black lavatory attendant at a swanky hotel who solves his rich white guests’ problems by punching them out. Jessica is a lonely teenager worried about acne and...

 

Web spurs revolution in race for president

by Tamara Lytle [The Orlando Sentinel (MCT)]

[22.Apr.07] :. Call It the Youtube Presidential Campaign. Widespread Internet access is likely to fundamentally change the 2008 presidential race in fundraising, candidate interactions and, most importantly,...

 

Videos on Virginia Tech shootings find a home on YouTube

by Eric Benderoff [Chicago Tribune (MCT)]

[21.Apr.07] :. CHICAGO - Even as television news anchors explained why they would no longer show the videos made by suspected Virginia Tech killer Seung Hui Cho, his diatribe was rapidly being uploaded to...

 
 
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