YouTube Turns 8: Eight Pivotal Moments That Shaped The Video Sharing Platform
For better or for worse, YouTube has forever altered the way we consume media across the globe. From pole to pole, people around the world are watching and interacting with this new form of crowdsourced media. YouTube, in its eight years of life, has given the public complete control of the content they create and [...]
UPDATED: PSY Releases New Music Video ‘Gentleman’ at YouTube Concert
[UPDATE 4/13/13 11:57am PST] Check out PSY’s newest single below! If you thought you’ve heard the last of Psy, the powder blue tuxedo-wearing K-pop superstar responsible for the biggest viral hit in YouTube history, think again. Months after his “Gangnam Style” video became the first YouTube video ever to reach more than a billion views, [...]
‘Harlem Shake’ and ‘Gangnam Style’ Dance-off on Facebook Ruined by Thor. Of Course. [VIDEO]
Once more unto the breach, dear friends … In what was just far too obvious a pun to resist, someone had to finally make a “Harlem Shake” video to “rule them all.” Smashing every aspect of the meme together, a group of “Harlem Shake-ers” are beset upon by some “Gangnam Style” trolls. And, [...]
Is ‘Harlem Shake’ 2013′s ‘Gangnam Style’? [VIDEO]
Sometimes when a YouTube video, as the Huffington Post puts it, goes “hella viral,” it feels like the internet is playing an elaborate joke on itself that becomes so meta no one even knows if it is a gag anymore. Case in point, “Harlem Shake,” or more specifically “Harlem Shake” videos. Here’s how it [...]
PSY Earns $1 Mil for Single Event, Makes More Money Than Bieber
How much would it cost to get YouTube global sensation PSY to perform at your party? According to Malaysia’s ABN News, he is reportedly charging a minimum of $1 million. It’s the price the ruling Malaysian political coalition Barisan Nasional is paying the K-pop star to appear at their annual Chinese New Year event next [...]
YouTube Removes Over 11 Million Views From ‘Gangnam Style’ Singer PSY’s Channel
YouTube is on a warpath as of late. The Google-owned video site has been ruthless in their recent “de-spamming” initiative, stripping millions of views from YouTube channels, chief among them the joint channels of Sony, Universal and RCA. Combined, the music channels lost over 2 billion views after YouTube removed millions of views from their [...]
Charting The Impact of the Four Biggest Memes of 2012 [INFOGRAPHIC]
“Gangnam Style.” “Kony 2012.” Binders Full of Women. Not Impressed. Those are the four biggest memes of 2012, and we can only hope that 2013 will bring more fascinating and intriguing memes that everyone and their mother will be talking about. The folks at MDG put out this fascinating infographic detailing how the four biggest [...]
Entire ‘Gangnam Style’ Animated in Hand-Drawn Flipbook Video
I know what you’re thinking: Sweet god, no more “Gangam Style” anything! You’ve seen people’s dogs dancing to it, your dad has probably sang it to you by now, and while the song was catchy to you at first, now it’s probably lost a little bit of it’s magic. Don’t worry; I completely understand especially [...]
PSY’s ‘Gangnam Style’ YouTube Video Generates $8 Million In Ad Revenue
The “Gangnam Style” trend may be dead and gone, but PSY has helped YouTube make a handsome amount of money. Google earned more than $8 million in advertising revenue from the global hit video, said Senior Vice-President and Chief Business Officer Nikesh Arora on Tuesday during an earnings call. PSY’s viral video became the most [...]
‘£1 Pound Fish Man’ Apparently IS the Next PSY, Also Deported [VIDEO]
I’ve long considered my original “article” on the “One Pound Fish” guy one of the worst things I’ve ever written. While it is a technically delightful rant, I completely didn’t do my homework on the guy and his backstory. So instead of him being the “weirdo with a ‘Gangnam Style’ derivative” that I call him, [...]
