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more about #valleywag more comments → A Message To Rudy: A DJ in the lunch room. Really. #twitter more » manchops: razor scooters: the new hummer #google more » PontiusPirate: I hear you have to mail in your transcripts prior to receiving your invite. #zachbogue more » If_I_Had_a_Poodle: "Even the invitation came wrapped in a heavy red velvet box, said a tipster." so. not. green. #zachbogue more » Richard Petty Bourgeoisie: Dear Unmarried People: When the time comes, (a) take a deep breath, (b) say to yourself, "Other than our parents, no one wants to come to a fucking w... more » If_I_Had_a_Poodle: Also: #optionsunderwater #strikeprice #dotbomb #google more » A Message To Rudy: Yeah, but where's the conference/ping-pong table? The on-site basketball court? The yoga break room? God, those Google bosses are slavedrivers. #google more » SpicyMeatball: What? No Foosball or nerf guns? C'mon. #google more » TheCaliDude: Looking at that I'm sure I'm not the only one who's thinking it'd be nice to have a job at Google. #google more » The Sneak: Needs more kiddie slides. #google more » ninety_nine: Well, the Webvan offices in New York were a two bedroom apartment in a drab building on 6th Avenue. #google more » If_I_Had_a_Poodle: Aeron chairs, fooseball, disco ball, ping pong, cereal, candy; yep #google more » HenryLovesFonzie: I have to say it - we had a better snack selection at Yahoo! #google more » BadUncle: Razor scooters? Still? I thought infantilizing technology workers had gone away. On the plus side: snacks! #google more » Brad Brown: That'l teech em' not too steel are jobs! more » -
#markzuckerberg
The Insanely Rich Kid Next Door
For proof that Silicon Valley is home to an especially clubby concentration of wealth, just take a short walk down a stretch of Palo Alto road. The one where Facebook's young paper billionaire lives next to a young YouTube millionaire. More » -
#ubrananthropology
Bus Seat Fistfight: More Transit Mayhem Policed By YouTube
One of the amazing things about this screaming fight on a San Francisco Muni bus is the way the citizen cameraman deftly captures every moment. At one point he's even shooting over his shoulder. Cell phone cameras never sleep, straphangers. More » -
#crime
Five Ways YouTube Could Land You in Jail
Cyrus Yazdani, the Los Angeles tagger made famous through a YouTube video, has cashed in his viral stardom — for a four-year prison sentence. He's hardly the first delinquent done in by a Web video. More » -
#copyfight
Embedding a YouTube Video May Cost You a Bundle in ASCAP Bills
Fresh off a court victory against Google's YouTube, ASCAP tells us it is setting its sights on users of the video-sharing site. Welcome to the exciting world of copyright licensing, blogger; you may already owe gobs of money! More » -
#youtube
Newspaper Argues the Internet is Even Killing the Internet
The Independent has a massive piece today on YouTube and how, despite having close to 350 million users worldwide per month, it's set to lose almost half a billion dollars this year. And it's all your fault, naturally. More » -
#mediawars
YouTube's Changing of the Guard
YouTube co-founder Steve Chen has quietly left his baby behind, moving to a different Google division. Fellow co-founder Chad Hurley might leave too, PaidContent writes. Now comes a more Hollywood future for the video-sharing site. More » -
#theblues
Theme Music for the Death of the Media
This nine-minute heartbreaker titled "Mad Ave Blues," sung to the tune of "American Pie," is sure to bring tears to the eyes of every agency creative type, media buyer, and trade reporter who love-hates advertising. Brilliant, and painfully nerdy. More » -
#peoplesparties
Meeting the Internet In Person
Last night intrepid Gawker operative Stephen Kosloff went on a mission to the inaugural Internet Week party hosted by YouTube, the Webbys, and the New York Observer. Sounds networky! Anyway, these are his stories. More »
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#failure
Yahoo Video: The $6 Billion Black Hole Implodes
A source at Google tells us YouTube has seen a rush of résumés from engineers at Yahoo's rival video site, after a wave of layoffs last week that devastated the team. Is Yahoo Video done? More » -
#theinternet
YouTube's Sad Studio Deal Just Highlights Hulu's Superiority
In the war between video sites, Hulu might have the Daily Show, 30 Rock and 24, but YouTube just signed big studio deals to bring you... Harper's Island and The Addams Family. Oh, Google. More » -
#fromthearchives
Bill O'Reilly and Co. Investigate the Nintendo Craze
In 1988, a young Bill O'Reilly and his Inside Edition team tried to answer the question: "What the hey is this 'Mario Brothers' craze sweeping the nation?" They failed, of course. Entertainingly! More » -
#theinternet
Viral Videos Just as Deadly as Viral Illnesses
People who inadvertently starred in Youtube videos that got huge are the child TV stars of the internet, their lives defined by some awkward, emasculating moment. So it goes for the "Numa Numa" guy. More » -
#musicvideos
What If We Don't Want Our YouTube TV?
The record labels like to think they built MTV — and have been punishing every new idea for promoting music since. That self-defeating dynamic could destroy a nascent YouTube partnership between Google and Universal Music. More » -
#barackobama
How Many Web Gurus Did It Take to Elect Obama?
The Internet won the election for Obama, right? President Change's team of online experts are trying to cash in on their expertise. Here are the contenders for the title of "Obama's Web guru." More »
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#remixes
Awful Product With Awful Ad Makes Awful Music
Earlier we showed you the horrifying, adult Mouseketeer-like "commercial" for Microsoft Songsmith (do not click that) that could drive the gentlest among us to murder. But at least it's inspiring a YouTube artistic explosion. More » -
#oscargrant
The Shot That Sparked the YouTube Riots
A transit cop shooting a New Year's Eve rowdy, face down, in Oakland, Calif. turned into a national story thanks to YouTube, long before local newspapers and TV stations caught up to it. More » -
#viral
Parry Gripp, the Weird Al Yankovic of YouTube
Could Parry Gripp be the best thing that ever happened to YouTube? The man behind Buffy the Vampire Slayer's theme song is turning Internet-video disaster into visual punk rock. -
#faketrends
Making money on YouTube? Not so fast
There's gold in them thar YouTubes! People are making literally thousands of dollars a month! What a fluttery Times trend piece doesn't say: Most of YouTube is a creative desert with zero moneymaking potential. -
#hackers
YouTube users in virus panic
Hasn't YouTube always seemed too good to be true — all those video clips, for free? We must be getting away with something. That's why rumors about a new YouTube virus have spread so far, so fast.
