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Google adds click-to-buy feature on YouTube

Oct. 8, 2008
Google Inc. added another jewel to its crown nearly two years ago with the $1.65 billion acquisition of online video powerhouse YouTube. It instantly transformed Google into the dominant player in online video, an emerging and potentially lucrative field. But...
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Shrimp's science jog makes YouTube star

FOREST GROVE, Ore., Nov. 26 (UPI) -- A Forest Grove, Ore., researcher said he had never heard of YouTube until his video of a shrimp on a treadmill became a sensation on the Web site.
Friend: Cyrus death claim a hoax

Friend: Cyrus death claim a hoax

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 17 (UPI) -- Miley Cyrus' friend Mandy Jiroux says someone posted a fake message supposedly from her on YouTube, falsely reporting the U.S. pop star was dead.
MGM, YouTube sign pact

MGM, YouTube sign pact

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 10 (UPI) -- Hollywood's MGM said Monday it has partnered with YouTube to establish several channels featuring video clips, as well as full-length TV shows and films.

YouTube considering new movie service

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 8 (UPI) -- The video-sharing Web site YouTube is negotiating with a Hollywood studio in an effort to begin a new online movie service, an executive says.

YouTube will begin offering TV series

SAN BRUNO, Calif., Oct. 11 (UPI) -- A YouTube executive says the Internet site is going to branch out from simple video clips to streaming full-length U.S. TV series with commercials.
Cosmo, YouTube looking for new music star

Cosmo, YouTube looking for new music star

NEW YORK, Sept. 10 (UPI) -- Natasha Bedingfield, Solange Knowles and Damien Fahey have helped kick off Cosmopolitan and YouTube's efforts to discover the next hot female recording artist.

YouTube had 5 billion views in July

RESTON, Va., Sept. 10 (UPI) -- YouTube attracted 5 billion U.S. online video views in July 2008, comScore reported Wednesday.

Young scientists posting data online

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Aug. 21 (UPI) -- Young scientists are increasingly breaking with tradition by posting raw scientific data online, the Boston Globe reported.

Judge: Labels must consider 'fair use'

SAN JOSE, Calif., Aug. 21 (UPI) -- A U.S. judge says record labels cannot order YouTube users to remove videos featuring their music unless they can show it's not a legal "fair use."

Mooning prof. incident under investigation

HAYS, Kan., Aug. 13 (UPI) -- Officials with Fort Hays State University in Kansas said a professor is being investigated after a video of him mooning students was posted on YouTube.
Simpson releases country music video

Simpson releases country music video

LOS ANGELES, July 12 (UPI) -- U.S. pop star Jessica Simpson has announced she has made the music video for her first country music offering available on her Web site.

Internet video makes Minn. teen a star

MINNEAPOLIS, July 5 (UPI) -- Minnesota teenager Palbasha Siddique says she has become a veritable overnight sensation after her voice was used in a popular online video.

YouTube orders worry privacy advocates

NEW YORK, July 3 (UPI) -- Privacy advocates say they are concerned about a New York federal judge's order requiring Google to turn over a database of YouTube viewers.

Teens sentenced to apology on YouTube

MERRITT ISLAND, Fla., June 11 (UPI) -- Two Florida teenagers who posted a YouTube video showing them tossing soda in the face of a fast-food worker have had to show their own faces online in apology.
McCain takes drubbing on YouTube

McCain takes drubbing on YouTube

WASHINGTON, May 30 (UPI) -- A YouTube video challenging John McCain's reputation for straight talk is a problem for the U.S. presidential hopeful, a GOP pollster said.
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Lori Anne Madison, 6, competes in Scripps National Spelling Bee
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Lori Anne Madison, 6, of Woodbridge, Virginia, spells out the letters in her word as she competes during the opening round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 30, 2012, in National Harbor, Maryland. Madison, the youngest known qualifier in the history of the contest, correctly spelled the word "dirigible*", a lighter-than-air aircraft, to advance. UPI/Mike Theiler