YouTube is going to teach 16 of its site’s up-and-coming comedians the skills of producing and marketing their wares to the online audience with its new YouTube’s Next Comic program. Grooming talent like this makes sense, as the biggest YouTube success stories have been homegrown. Read more »
Philip DeFranco’s new YouTube channel Sourcefed clocked 100 million views since it launched three months ago as part of YouTube’s new channel roll-out. But with YouTube focusing on professional content, smaller producers could be left behind. That’s why DeFranco wants to share the stage with them. Read more »
This week’s 5 Questions With… features Phil DeFranco, a YouTube star who regularly tops the Most Viewed page. Here, Phil talks about the power of being an Internet personality and how he manages to keep up with his own YouTube channel as well as other projects. Read more »
In the early days of user-generated content online, the only point of comparison many people had for popular viral videos was America’s Funniest Home Videos. And the production company behind AFHV is embracing that with CuteWinFail, produced in partnership with YouTuber Phil DeFranco. Read more »
