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TOSG Devoted Fan
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Posted: Fri May 04, 2007 8:07 pm Post subject: Creators: Did you guys get in on this? |
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I came across this article while I was browsing CNN.com:
http://www.cnn.com/2007/BUSINESS/05/04/you.tube/index.html
This sounds like just the kind of thing that Lonelygirl15 would be eligible for. If you're allowed/willing to divulge, did you guys get in on this offer? It sounds like a great way to help fund the series.
Mods, if this isn't the appropriate section to post this, feel free to move it. |
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colbertnationgirl Hymn of One
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Posted: Sat May 05, 2007 8:41 am Post subject: |
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This seems like a great opportunity! I'm going to move this to LG15 in the Press. _________________ That was the weirdest display of geekdom that I have ever seen in my entire life. |
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Lola Lonely Fan
Joined: 02 Oct 2006 Posts: 133
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Posted: Sat May 05, 2007 9:21 am Post subject: |
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From VARIETY, Friday May 4th
YouTube to pay top producers
Popular users to get cut of ad revenue
By BEN FRITZ
YouTube has finally introduced its revenue sharing program, but only for its biggest producers.
Google-owned viral video site announced Friday that it will start giving a cut of ad revenue to some of the most popular amateur video brands on its site, such as lonelygirl15 and LisaNova.
They will get approximately the same revenue share from the performance of display ads around their videos as YouTube's professional partners like the NBA and BBC.
Though YouTube will consider including other producers, it's being very selective. Unlike Revver, the first video site to share ad revenues with producers, it won't include everyone who submits videos.
"One of the things we hope to do by adding this group of users to our content partner program is to say that a lot of the content created by the YouTube community has as much merit as any of our professional partners," said Jamie Byrne, YouTube head of product marketing.
YouTube co-founder Chad Hurley said the site would start sharing some revenue with producers at the World Economic Forum in Davos in January.
While many producers have used their YouTube popularity to gain publicity and, in some cases, sign deals with studios or other websites that pay, this is their first opportunity to actually make money on the world's no. 1 video site.
"It's very gratifying to see a year of hard work rewarded through our inclusion in the first revenue sharing program on YouTube," said lonelygirl15 co-creator Miles Beckett.
News came as YouTube was also hit with a copyright infringement lawsuit by the Premier League, a British soccer league, and music publisher Bourne Co., similar to the one already filed by Viacom.
Their complaint is posted online at a Web site www.youtubeclassaction.com that encourages other copyright owners to join the suit against YouTube and Google. |
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impulse Devoted Fan
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Posted: Sat May 05, 2007 11:18 am Post subject: |
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Lola wrote: | From VARIETY, Friday May 4th...
"It's very gratifying to see a year of hard work rewarded through our inclusion in the first revenue sharing program on YouTube," said lonelygirl15 co-creator Miles Beckett. |
That's good news. Thanks for the article Lola. |
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TOSG Devoted Fan
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Posted: Sat May 05, 2007 1:24 pm Post subject: |
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Ah, it looks like they did. Awesome! |
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