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10 pranksters to subscribe to on YouTube

Jenna Marbles gets real, draws her life story on YouTube

Why Steven Moffat rules Tumblr fandom

The 25 most GIF-worthy moments from “Beetlejuice”

Hannah Hart and Grace Helbig: YouTube’s drunk odd couple

<p>Jay Hathaway is a former senior writer who specialized in internet memes and weird online culture. He previously served as the Daily Dot’s news editor, was a staff writer at Gawker, and edited the classic websites Urlesque and Download Squad. His work has also appeared on nymag.com, suicidegirls.com, and the Morning News.</p>


Jay Hathaway

Why Kitty Pryde is more than a Tumblr rapper

Photoshopped Obama now rules all of Westeros

MSNBC forced to give statement on Rachel Maddow’s terrible Reddit AMA

Marc Maron: Lawsuit over podcast patent is “extortion”

Anita Sarkeesian debuts first episode of “Tropes vs. Women”

Sesame Street celebrates 1 billion YouTube views with “secret” video

Escaping the trolls: Franchesca Ramsey’s 4-year YouTube struggle

The Road to Austin with Mr. GIF

<p>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.</p>


Chase Hoffberger

This 19th-century breakdancing video may be the oldest ever

8 TV mashups almost as good as the originals