Community websites are in, and leading the pack is YouTube. Founded in February 2005 by Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, and Jawed Karim, YouTube allows users to upload, view, and share video clips. About seven months after, it gained popularity when it hosted Lazy Sunday clip from a Saturday Night Live broadcast.
YouTube’s rise since then has been phenomenal. Last month, for example, Guardian Unlimited Technology reported that YouTube has overtaken MySpace in terms of global internet visits or reach. For the past three months, YouTube has grown by 155% while MySpace only 9%.
Despite controversies on copyrights and other video issues, I believe YouTube is becoming a powerful media on the Internet. A few months ago, I read about a comedy duo whose movie was rejected b View the rest of this article
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