We’ve mentioned President-elect Barack Obama‘s use of YouTube previously – but it’s worth noting again that he’s using YouTube in a revolutionary way.  In his latest video, he outlines his plan for the immediate future of the United States, focusing on 5 key points: ENERGY: “[W]e will launch a massive effort to make public buildings […]

YouTube today announced a variety of changes at the site that are designed to help you view content that’s relevant to you and avoid content that isn’t. While YouTube’s focus is on making it harder for uploaders to trick people, the changes they’ve made affect everyone.  Here’s a rundown of the changes, from YouTube’s announcement: Stricter […]

YouTube appears to be learning a lot of tricks from Hulu. Today they announced that they are going widescreen: Over the years we’ve heard a lot of feedback from you about what you’d like to change about YouTube, and the size of our video player is always top of mind. That’s why today we’re excited […]

Accepting the first ever YouTube Visionary Award via taped message, Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah spoofed the famous Top 10 format from US comedian David Letterman to explain why she launched this channel. Rania announced earlier in the year that she’d be vlogging at YouTube in order to encourage a global dialog to dismantle stereotypes of the Muslims and Arab […]

It looks like Chicken Little is behind the wheel at Fortune magazine. Fortune’s Richard Siklos says that “User-generated video under siege,” and that it’s being sidelined by mainstream media’s move into Internet media. What’s obviously happening here is the beginning of a monumental battle for online video viewers’ attention. YouTube or someone else may yet […]

Monty Python announces that it’s tired of getting ripped off for all these years, that it’s launching its own YouTube channel and that they’d really like you to buy some of their stuff, say no more.

Motrin has found itself in the middle of a new media disaster as a result of a heavy handed ad internet ad campaign campaign that makes fun of people that wear their babies in slings (above). The narration takes a poke at moms (and dads) that wear baby slings – suggesting that they are akin […]

President-elect Barack Obama kicks off his weekly new media address with this video. Obama plans to publish weekly addresses to YouTube as President, a milestone in the adoption of new media. It will be a little strange to see Obama competing for views against Fred, but it’s sure to drive new audiences to Internet video. […]

The New Tee Vee conference is underway today in San Francisco. Om Malik, one of the conference’s founders, says they started the event “in order to closely track and monitor the growth of online video.” This year’s gathering features panels and presentations from people involved in “old tee vee” (the creator of the CSI: series, […]

New Media Links For 11/12/2008: The U.S. military is taking on YouTube. It’s launched TroopTube – a site for troops, their families and supporters – a year and a half after restricting access to YouTube and other video sites. It’s like YouTube, but without the audience. blinkx is claiming to have 32 million hours of […]