Read more YouTube stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/265/youtube.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 12:41:12 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74546/twitter-crack-and-other-web-equivalents.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWe all have our favorite Internet time-wasters; now, Patrick Moberg gives us their equivalents in real-world vices: Twitter is crack cocaine: “Fucking ANYONE is your friend. Yuppies do it on their iPhone. Cheap. Short. Fruitless.” Tumblr is a bottle of wine: “A quiet night in with a couple friends …...http://www.newser.com/story/74546/twitter-crack-and-other-web-equivalents.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 22 Nov 2009 13:28:37 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74364/live-fish-dinner-on-youtube-sparks-uproar.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFootage of Chinese diners tucking into a still-breathing fish has outraged animal rights groups. The video, which has attracted thousands of viewers on YouTube, shows the fish being picked apart with chopsticks as diners laugh and the fish gapes. It had been kept alive during cooking with a wet towel...http://www.newser.com/story/74364/live-fish-dinner-on-youtube-sparks-uproar.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 19 Nov 2009 4:34:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74203/youtube-launches-citizen-journo-channel.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA new YouTube service aims to make it easier for citizen journalists filming everything from celebrity antics to natural disasters to connect with news outlets. The YouTube Direct service allows news outlets to request, verify, and rebroadcast video from YouTube users. NPR, the San Francisco Chronicle , and Politico were among...http://www.newser.com/story/74203/youtube-launches-citizen-journo-channel.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 17 Nov 2009 6:35:01 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73625/help-were-being-killed-by-cuteness.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThere is an epidemic of cuteness in the country, Jim Windolf writes, symptomatic of our national desire to be loved and taken care of after 8 years of George W. Bush and a much-diminished standing in the world. The signs are everywhere: giggling babies, LOLcats, cupcakes, “cutegasms,” the Mini-Cooper. It...http://www.newser.com/story/73625/help-were-being-killed-by-cuteness.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 14 Nov 2009 6:17:56 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73953/fox-crushes-unflattering-youtube-channel.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA YouTube channel that specialized in capturing Fox commentators' most outrageous moments has been shut down after copyright complaints from the channel. News1News was the favorite choice of plenty of left-leaning blogs and news sources seeking to poke fun at Fox, notes Gawker , which has been left with plenty of...http://www.newser.com/story/73953/fox-crushes-unflattering-youtube-channel.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 13 Nov 2009 7:01:17 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73826/fed-up-principal-bans-word-meep.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA Massachusetts principal has banned an unlikely word from school grounds: meep. The nonsensical word—it's from the character Beaker on The Muppet Show —has for inexplicable reasons gone viral. Meep was such an epidemic at Danvers High—where students were using Facebook to plan a mass meeping—that principal...http://www.newser.com/story/73826/fed-up-principal-bans-word-meep.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 11 Nov 2009 14:30:24 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73623/totally-crowdsourced-song-hits-youtube.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFour teenagers are trying to break into the UK charts with no experience, no money, and no musicians...but with a lot of help from YouTube. They put together an entirely crowdsourced music video using contributed YouTube comments for the lyrics, a YouTuber-written melody, and a band, producer, and actors...http://www.newser.com/story/73623/totally-crowdsourced-song-hits-youtube.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 09 Nov 2009 12:34:28 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/72956/100-defining-moments-of-the-00s.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFrom the tragic (World Trade Center attacks, Hurricane Katrina) to the seemingly trivial (Stephen Fry's first Tweet), the Telegraph lists the top 100 defining cultural moments of the decade so far: April 2000 : Metallica sues music-sharing service Napster. October 2001 : The iPod is released. February 2003 : Sacha Baron Cohen hits...http://www.newser.com/story/72956/100-defining-moments-of-the-00s.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 30 Oct 2009 12:45:08 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/72948/teens-busted-for-rapping-fast-food-order.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFour Utah teens are in trouble with the law for attempting to place their McDonald's order in the form of a rap song. The four teens, rolled into the drive-through this week and, finding themselves the only customers, attempted to re-create a 2006 YouTube video by rapping their order. The...http://www.newser.com/story/72948/teens-busted-for-rapping-fast-food-order.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 30 Oct 2009 10:21:52 CDT