Chase Hoffberger
Chase Hoffberger reported on YouTube, web culture, and crime for the Daily Dot until 2013, when he joined the Austin Chronicle. Until late 2018, he served as that paper’s news editor and reported on criminal justice and politics.
YouTube Guide: Dubstep Violin
LIndsey Stirling continues to break new ground in the art of the violin music video. Plus: Sarah Silverman gets political.
On Sep 21, 2012 by Chase Hoffberger
Man takes hostage, updates Facebook page during police negotiations
A 22-year-old Pittsburgh man continued to update his Facebook page—and receive comments from friends and family—while holding another individual hostage in an office building.
“Kickstarter is not a store”: Site launches accountability overhaul after a wild summer
Kickstarter’s three founders hope new rules will rein-in the site’s spate of recent scandals.
“Gangnam Style” breaks Guinness World Record
It’s Guiness official: The South Korean pop star’s music video is the most-liked in YouTube history.
“Innocence of Muslims” actress suing producer for fraud
Cindy Lee Garcia filed a lawsuit in Los Angeles Wednesday afternoon that also alleges YouTube and its parent company, Google, are causing Garcia “irreparable harm.”
On Sep 20, 2012 by Chase Hoffberger
YouTube Guide: “Emmy Speech Master Class” with Parker Posey
Parker Posey stars as legendary actress “Jan,” who teaches the only acting class dedicated entirely to accepting an Emmy. Plus: The Instagram Song.
On Sep 19, 2012 by Chase Hoffberger
Chris Brownout: Web plugin censors controversial singer
First there was Shaved Bieber. Then Nickelblock. Now there’s Chris Brownout, a Google Chrome plugin to block the singer once and for all.
YouTube may be blacklisted in Russia, government officials fear
Under a polarizing new censorship bill, YouTube’s failure to remove a highly controversial anti-Muslim film could see the site blocked in Russia.
YouTube right now! Hitler covers “Gangnam Style”
Memes collide in a Gangnam Style remix featuring footage from the 2004 film Downfall (or, as the Internet knows it, “Hitler Reacts”).
On Sep 18, 2012 by Chase Hoffberger
YouTube Guide: The return of “Sh*t Girls Say”
The boys are back with a new book deal and more wackly lines known to come out of girls’ mouths.
On Sep 17, 2012 by Chase Hoffberger
Bon Iver frontman wants you to design his new tattoo
There’s one caveat, howver: It has to be an image of the character Cicely from ’90s TV drama Northern Exposure.
YouTube Guide: Daym Drops’ “KFC Chicken Little Review”
YouTube’s favorite restaurant reviewer, Daym Drops, is back with his take on KFC’s Chicken Littles.
On Sep 14, 2012 by Chase Hoffberger
White House presses YouTube to investigate “Muhammad Movie” trailer
YouTube previously stated that the video blamed for the protests in the Middle East this week does not violate its Community Guidelines.
Sex offender arrested after girlfriend likes sheriff’s office on Facebook
Sheriffs found the wanted man by looking through the photos of one of their Facebook fans.
YouTube Guide: Stuck in the “Friendzone”
Watch Dogs in boots, adults acting like children, and “Hunger Games for Math Nerds.”
On Sep 13, 2012 by Chase Hoffberger
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