Wednesday, April 4, 2012

YouTube stars get big bucks

What the Buck? Good question. Here's Michael Buckley's "My You Tube Story." (H/t Bianca) According to a Dec, 2008 New York Times report, Buckley earned over $100k in the previous year from his YouTube video-rants about celebs, plus a development deal from HBO.

YouTube star Lisa Donovan or ""Lisa Nova"has real talent for sketch comedy. Like Tina Fey, she liked to play Sarah Palin, including in this famous McCain/Palin rap.

Cory Williams and his smpFilms hit the bigtime with "Hey Little Sparta" (aka "The Mean Kitty Song" -- more than 60 million views, about 5 million of them in the last 5 months). He told the NYT in 2008 that he was earning over $200k per year, partly from (ugh!) product placements within his videos.

My 15-year-old daughter's favorite YouTube star and main source of daily news -- Philly D (of "The Philip DeFranco Show") -- offers his take on current events and celeb news. Should I be monitoring my daughter's online activities better?

Become a YouTube Star and appear in a hugely popular music video with Weezer or the earlier one from Barenaked Ladies
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"Where the Hell is Matt?" became so popular, the guy has had his travels paid by corporate sponsors for years.

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