The Super Stars of New Social Media

sanspeak writes "The Wall Street Journal profiles the Moguls of New Media. It's not about the entrepreneurs who have created these new media islands like MySpace, YouTube and such, but people who participate in it and make it successful." From the article: "As videos, blogs and Web pages created by amateurs remake the entertainment landscape, unknown directors, writers and producers are being catapulted into positions of enormous influence. Each week, about a half-million people download a comedic video podcast featuring a former paralegal. A video by a 30-year-old comedian from Cleveland has now been watched by almost 30 million people, roughly the audience for an average "American Idol" episode. The most popular contributor to the photo site Flickr.com just got a contract to shoot a Toyota ad campaign."

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I have another question

[pimpimpim]

concerning youtube

good luck !

[__aahlyu4518]

"The most popular contributor to the photo site Flickr.com just got a contract to shoot a Toyota ad campaign."

I hope that those ad campaigns aren't as tough as at Toyota car. Those are nearly indestructible. Would be hard to shoot them....

Open letter to Myspace Tom

[Rob T Firefly]

Dear Myspace Tom,

No, you are not my "friend."

You're not even in my "extended network."

Get bent, you creepy mutant.

Sincerely,

Random Myspace User.

Re:Of course

[foniksonik]

Hehe... I know this probably isn't the right forum to suggest this BUT... if you want to avoid data-mining, just use flash!!!!! Apparently it's the most search unfriendly format there is ;-p