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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

Entertainment

YouTube Guide: “The Charlie Brown School of Dance”

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

“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

Michelle Jaworski was a staff writer and TV/film critic at the Daily Dot. She covers entertainment, geek culture, and pop culture and has covered everything from the Sundance Film Festival, NYFF, and Tribeca to New York Comic Con and Con of Thrones. She is based in Brooklyn.

Michelle Jaworski

The accidental triumph of YouTube star Julia Nunes

Treat me like a stranger: An interview with Gotye

Culture

Behind “The Guild”: Felicia Day discusses dysfunctional characters and geek culture

Supernote Challenge 2012: Which YouTube star’s team will hold the longest note?

Teen dies after copying “choke out game” from YouTube video

Fernando Alfonso III served as an early Reddit and 4chan reporter and the Daily Dot’s first art director until 2016. He’s gone on to report at Lexington’s Herald-Leader and at the Houston Chronicle.

Fernando Alfonso III

Video of YouTuber’s death derails trial

Thrillseeker: Behind the scenes with Devin “SuperTramp” Graham

YouTube