What happens when you have a video go seriously viral? A media frenzy ensued and ultimately Kim’s video was seen by tens of millions of people around the world. A slew of news organisations sought Kim’s permission to…
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How journalists behave when your video goes viral
How journalists behave when your video goes viral Journalist Marc Settle found his video suddenly of great interest to a wider new media than just his employer, the BBC: Broadly, their behaviour fell in to one of three categories: a)…
Influence and power in the age of the YouTube celebrity
YouTube celebrities – like comicbookgirl19 above – are the fastest growing media stars of our age, yet a group much of the mainstream media seems utterly unaware of. There’s an interesting piece arguing that female YouTube celebrities have greater influence amongst…
The company that makes money from everyone's viral videos
A day at work watching YouTube videos: A guy in a hamster suit falling over at a children’s birthday party also gets the nod. It reminds him of a video his company approved a few weeks ago—Bugs Bunny…
TED Talk from the year 2023
This is marvellous: It’s a piece of marketing for Ridley Scott’s forthcoming Prometheus (a prequel, of sorts, to the Alien movies). I do hope that TED talks are this cool in 11 years……
Why Videos Go Viral
Bear this in mind next time someone tries to sell you viral video production services: [via Lee Smallwood]…
Tweeting a Mountain out of a Molehill
Oh, oh so that’s what the whole Friday / Rebecca Black twitter business is about. There are times when Twitter completely embodies the phrase “making a mountain out of a molehill”.…
OK Gone
Love this: OK Go ditches record label because they won’t allow embedding of music videos. If you publisher won’t promote you properly, why should you stay?…