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Flotsam & Jetsam
Confessed Teen Killer’s Social Networking Hobbies: ‘Killing People’
5:04PM Azaria Jagger | Alyssa Bustamante’s MySpace, Facebook and YouTube profiles are eerie in that “teen who engages in self-injurious behaviour and bullshits about being tough” way. Except, when she lists “killing people” as a hobby? Police say that part was true. More »
Online
Bus Seat Fistfight: More Transit Mayhem Policed By YouTube
8:28AM Ryan Tate | One of the amazing things about this screaming fight on a San Francisco Muni bus is the way the citizen cameraman deftly captures every moment. At one point he’s even shooting over his shoulder. Cell phone cameras never sleep, straphangers. More »
Online
Hugely Annoying YouTuber Scores Film Deal
5:49AM Ryan Tate | Internet media is niche media. So you’ve probably never heard of “Fred”, the online actor whose YouTube channel is followed by 1.5 million people. But don’t worry: Fred’s self-harm-inducing schtick will soon land in a theatre near you. More »
Online
Five Ways YouTube Could Land You In Jail
3:27AM Ryan Tate | Cyrus Yazdani, the Los Angeles tagger made famous through a YouTube video, has cashed in his viral stardom—for a four-year prison sentence. He’s hardly the first delinquent done in by a Web video. More »
Flotsam & Jetsam
Scientology Thwarted (For Now)
8:15PM Andrew Belonsky | The Scientologists had their henchmen remove that scary jargon video. A new one is here.
People
Michael Jackson’s Mysteriously Creepy Doctor Speaks
12:01PM the cajun boy | Dr. Conrad Murray, Michael Jackson’s personal physician and the man authorities believe injected him with a lethal dose of the surgical anaesthetic Diprivan, issued a message late this afternoon to his supporters on YouTube. More »
Small Screen
Handicapping The Bernie Madoff Interview Race
4:48AM Hamilton Nolan | Bernie Madoff’s only remaining purpose in life is to be exploited by the media. Which US network will land the first jailhouse TV interview with the villain? We handicap the possibilities, below. More »
Online
Newspaper Argues That The Internet Is Even Killing The Internet
3:06PM the cajun boy | The Independent has a massive piece today on YouTube and how, despite having close to 350 million users worldwide per month, it’s set to lose almost half a billion dollars this year. And it’s all your fault, naturally. More »
Music
50 Cent Squashes Beef With Pubescent Tween Dis Master
6:48AM Hamilton Nolan | Canadian tween ‘Pruane2Forever‘ is best known for calling out 50 Cent for having no street cred, in a YouTube video, filmed in Pruane’s South Park poster-bedecked room. Now 50 got him, for real. Click to watch and learn (PR). More »
Big Screen
