New travel program offers an eye on the world
September 8th, 2010 | by Mia | published in Youtube
Autumn may be upon us soon at YouTube HQ, but that doesn’t mean we can’t think about warmer weather, exotic locations and the thrill of getting away from it all. There’s no shortage of videos on YouTube to inspire travel plans, and our new progra…
September 8th, 2010 | by Ramya | published in Youtube
William Jefferson Clinton has worn many hats over the years. He served two terms as the 42nd President of the United States. He founded the Clinton Foundation and the Clinton Global Initiative to tackle problems like global health, poverty, education a…
Meet the Rauch Brothers, StoryCorps animators
September 8th, 2010 | by Mia | published in Youtube
Today on our homepage, we’re featuring a new batch of StoryCorps videos animated by the Rauch Brothers. If you want to be moved by the human experience, watch them now.StoryCorps is a massive oral history project during which 50,000 everyday people h…
September 7th, 2010 | by Ramya | published in Youtube
We’ve had a lot of famous folks sit down for interviews in the past year, like President Obama, Shakira and Katy Perry, but our next subject, with his tony address and instant name recognition, may have celebrity status that tops all the rest. Throug…
September 6th, 2010 | by Nate Weinstein | published in Youtube
On July 24, people around the world made history by capturing glimpses of their lives on camera and submitting the videos to Life in a Day, an experiment to create a documentary about a single day on Earth. In total, 80,000 videos were submitted from 1…
September 2nd, 2010 | by Kate Rose | published in Youtube
This post is part of our “BizBlog Series”, which was formerly its own blog. Check back each week to see articles for partners and advertisers on YouTube, or search under the label, “BizBlog”.In this election season, we’ve been working with political ca…
Live on YouTube tonight: President Obama’s Oval Office address on Iraq
August 31st, 2010 | by Steve | published in Youtube
President Obama set a deadline of August 31, 2010 for ending the combat operation in Iraq and shrinking the U.S. footprint there to no more than 50,000 troops. Tonight, at 8 P.M. ET, the President will address the country from the Oval Office about the…
August 30th, 2010 | by Kate Rose | published in Youtube
This post is part of the “BizBlog Series,” which was formally its own blog. Check back each week to see articles about partners and advertisers on YouTube, or search under the label ‘BizBlog’. We’re constantly working to give advertiser…
August 29th, 2010 | by Olivia | published in Youtube
Five years ago today, Hurricane Katrina made landfall on the Gulf Coast region, crashing through the levees that held the waters of the Mississippi River Gulf Outlet at bay from the city of New Orleans. Overnight, 80 percent of New Orleans was submerge…
August 27th, 2010 | by Mia | published in Youtube
For our second cross-post from the Guggenheim’s The Take blog, inspired by YouTube Play. A Biennial of Creative Video, Jaime Davidovich pontificates on YouTube as “public access gone ballistic” and how the 21st century artist might deal with the …
August 25th, 2010 | by Mia | published in Youtube
Starting today, you can experience YouTube in four new languages: Croatian, Filipino, Serbian and Slovak. This brings the grand total of languages we support to 28, a nearly 50% increase since the beginning of 2010. (And remember: by selecting automate…
August 25th, 2010 | by Mia | published in Youtube
Win/Fail, a trivia-based game show from the people behind POPTUB and FAILBlog, is all about YouTube: its history and lore, heroes and controversial characters, smash hits and cult favorites. Snarky questions range from noob-friendly to topics that woul…
It’s Fall TV time
August 24th, 2010 | by Mia | published in Youtube
Summer is coming to a close here in the U.S., but that also means a renewed palette of television is around the corner. The Fall TV Preview is here to help guide you through the slate of new and returning shows from major broadcast and cable networks. …
August 24th, 2010 | by Steve | published in Youtube
Government police shutting down farmer’s protests in China. A tobacco company employing under-age workers in Kazakhstan. Iranian merchants striking to protest tax increases in Tehran. We’ve seen stories like these on our computers and phones every da…
Heating up the 2010 midterm elections with In-Stream Ads
August 23rd, 2010 | by Kate Rose | published in Youtube
This post is part of the “BizBlog Series,” which was formally its own blog. Check back each week to see articles about partners and advertisers on YouTube, or search under the label ‘BizBlog’. Getting elected to the House or Senate these …