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Celebrating curators: "As seen on" comes to the video page

Thursday, April 8, 2010

Dylan Trotter, Software Engineer, recently watched “Cycles,” and Adam Winkler, Software Engineer, recently watched “Chatroulette Endmost Piano Ode.m4v.”

YouTube team to respond to your questions about...partnerships

Thursday, April 8, 2010

YouTube channellift the veilYouTube Partnership ProgramIndividual Video PartnershiphereYouTube channelthis blogTwitterFacebookMia Quagliarello, Community Manager, recently watched “Pink Terror.”

Project: Report takes over the Screening Room, enters final round

Wednesday, April 7, 2010

Project: ReportScreening Room

"Jerusalem: War in My Land" looks at the Israeli-Palestinian conflict as told through the eyes of a young Jew and a young Muslim.

"Salim Baba" tells the story of Salim Muhammad, who makes his living using a hand-cranked projector to screen discarded film scraps for the kids in his surrounding neighborhoods. It was nominated for the 2008 Academy Award for Best Documentary Short.

In "One of the Last", a 78-year-old Italian farmer picks olives, grapes, cherries, and wonders why anybody would want to do anything else.

After 23 brain surgeries and suffering a debilitating condition called hydrocephalus, 12 year-old Luke Casey has become a survivor who's gentle spirit and mature soul is an inspiration to everyone he meets in "Bob Seger Rocks".

Project: ReportvoteNate Weinstein, Entertainment Marketing Associate, just watched "Banksy's Exit Through the Gift Shop."

The Dirty Dancing viewing party

Wednesday, April 7, 2010

Dirty DancingLionsgate's YouTube channelDirty DancingNate Weinstein, Marketing Associate, recently watched "One of the Last."

Curator of the month: Ad Age

Tuesday, April 6, 2010

We're pleased to have Ad Age curating the YouTube homepage today, in a spotlight that celebrates the creative revolution going on now in the advertising and marketing business. In other words, these are ads you won't want to miss. Ad Age digital lead Michael Learmonth and Creativity managing editor Ann Diaz explain further in the video and guest post below:

Evian's "Live Young"look

Michael Learmonth, Advertising Age, and Ann Diaz, Creativity

Marlee Matlin’s new YouTube show and visit to Google

Tuesday, April 6, 2010

“The real handicap of deafness lies not in the ear; it lies in the mind.” - Marlee Matlin, March 30 talk at GoogleMarlee MatlinI’ll Scream LaterMy Deaf Family

event last Novemberall usersadd manual captionsKen Harrenstien, Software Engineer, recently watched “Jason Molenda In the Net.”

Al Gore + you(?) = Earth Day's 40th celebration

Friday, April 2, 2010

An Inconvenient TruthAlliance for Climate ProtectionVideo Volunteers

Earth Day is on April 22, so we're working with an abridged Video Volunteers timeline this month. All entries must be submitted by April 19 to be considered, so get your camera out today. And if you're a nonprofit organization working on issues related to climate change, this could be your chance to make a big impact on the YouTube homepage. You can post an opportunity for a Video Volunteer here.

Visit www.youtube.com/videovolunteers now to get started!

Ramya Raghavan, Nonprofits & Activism Manager, recently watched "Polio is Back in Guinea."

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