venturebeat.com - 12/19/2008
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YouTube has been a great market for posting viral videos related to video games, just as it has been for almost any other kind of video that captures buzz.
But Google’s YouTube division is starting to pull out the stops to enable game developers to launch video campaigns on the ...
news.cnet.com - 12/19/2008
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news.cnet.com —
YouTube's traffic machine may finally be turning into
a cash machine. For the first time, there are...
signs that YouTube is driving significant revenue for itself and some of the video site's partners. In an interview with CNET News this week, Rio ...
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Universal Music seeing 'tens of millions' from YouTube
techcrunch.com - 12/19/2008
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techcrunch.com —
Video search on YouTube accounts for a quarter
of all Google search queries in the U.S., according...
to the latest search engine numbers from comScore. Its monthly qSearch report, which was released on Thursday night, breaks out the number of ...
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ComScore: YouTube Now 25 Percent Of All Google Searches
youtube.com - 12/19/2008
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youtube.com —
We have two developments that we would like
to share with you: the expansion of our HD...
player and a test of three new landing pages designed to help you find the news, music and movies on YouTube that matter most to you. HD on YouTube Starting ...
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Hi-Definition Rollout and New Landing Pages on YouTube
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How Publishers Are Saving, Making Money Off YouTube [Business]
Kotaku —
... . Doesn't matter whether you loved it or hated it like a thousand nightmares made manifest, you (the collective you) have clicked on it five million times and counting. Or the YouTube clip of Tiger Woods walking on water. It's been viewed 2.5 million times, and YouTube are sharing the revenue with EA. That's easy money. Click below for Takahashi's full piece. YouTube game videos become a big channel for game marketers [VentureBeat]
Around the Web 12.19.08: I can haz piracy, puppies and reindeer
L.A. Times Tech Blog —
... -- Also falling: the value of Silicon Valley start-ups. Business Week
-- But some start-ups are still raising $$$. GigaOm
-- The most famous start-up of this Internet boom, YouTube, now accounts for 25% of Google searches. TechCrunch
-- YouTube is paying off for Universal Music. CNet
-- Game developers are getting in on the YouTube action, too. VentureBeat
-- A real "Grand Theft": SEC says tipped-off traders of Take-Two ...
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