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Culture

YouTube’s most famous family raises $200,000 for vlogging documentary

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YouTube strips Lady Gaga of 156 million views in new scandal

YouTube Guide: “Girls Poop Too”

“Buffy vs. Edward” back on YouTube after 3-month legal battle

Business manager of YouTube’s FPSRussia found murdered

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.

Chase Hoffberger

Entertainment

I bought myself 60,000 YouTube views for Christmas

“Gangnam Style” wins the race to 1 billion YouTube views

YouTube strips Universal and Sony of 2 billion fake views

YouTube rapper Krispy Kreme is now Froggy Fresh

Fidel Martinez is a web culture and politics reporter. His work for the Daily Dot focused on Reddit and YouTube.

Fidel Martinez

Hope from nope: Chronicling 100 days of rejection therapy

YouTube Guide: “The Charlie Brown School of Dance”

“Innocence of Muslims” director sentenced

“Epic Violin Girl”: The saga of Lindsey Stirling

Justin Franz is a Montana-based reporter and photographer who wrote about web culture for the Daily Dot. His work has more recently appeared in Flathead Living Magazine, Trains Magazine, and Travel + Leisure.

Justin Franz

The 2012 election in controversial YouTube videos

The real science behind a zombie apocalypse

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