- List of YouTube celebrities
YouTube celebrities are those persons or groups who have grown to prominence and become Internet phenomena on the basis of their appearance in
YouTube videos.ponsors and partnerships
In addition to fans, some YouTube celebrities have corporate sponsors, who pay for product placement in their clips or production of online ads. Some have quit their day jobs or changed careers to accommodate their YouTube filming schedules. A handful are also official "YouTube Partners," meaning the company cuts them a share of ad revenue.cite news|first=Bob|last=Tedeschi|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/26/technology/26ecom.html?pagewanted=2&ei=5124&en=9670fbf567afd78d&ex=1330232400|title=New Hot Properties: YouTube Celebrities|work=
The New York Times |date=2007-02-26|accessdate = 2007-04-26] [cite news|first=Scott|last=Brown|url=http://popwatch.ew.com/popwatch/2006/06/youtube_brooker.html|title=Brookering a deal: The first YouTube celebrity|work=Popwatch fromEntertainment Weekly |date=2006-05-14|accessdate = 2007-04-26] [cite news|first=Rick|last= Munarriz|url=http://www.fool.com/investing/high-growth/2006/12/13/youtube-is-a-pop-star.aspx|title=YouTube Is a Pop Star|quote=Whether it's the elderlyGeriatric1927 reading a friend's Christmas poem orLisaNova taking part in an offbeat seasonal ditty, Coke has been able to stir up interest in its feature by populating it with established YouTube celebrities who have tens of thousands of subscribers.|work=Motley Fool |date=2006-12-13|accessdate = 2007-06-14] [cite news|first=Brian|last=Carney|url=http://online.wsj.com/article/SB115768704950557377.html?mod=googlewsj|title=Fact or Fiction? On YouTube We'll Never Know|quote=What does it mean, though, to be a YouTube celebrity? A lot of the charm of YouTube is its amateur nature -- most of the videos seem populated with ordinary people....YouTube is a kind of reality TV without the corporate filter -- at least, that's the idea.|work=The Wall Street Journal |date=2006-09-08|accessdate = 2007-07-18] cite news|first=Catherine|last=Rampell|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/09/AR2007090901641.html|title=YouTubers Try a Different Forum: Real Life|work=Washington Post |date=2007-09-10|accessdate = 2007-09-14] Cite news | url = http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/05/technology/05tube.html?ex=1187841600&en=ae6940b91e2b4aac&ei=5070 | title = Contributors on YouTube May Share Advertising Revenue | date = 2007-05-05 | accessdate = 2007-08-21 | author = Miguel Helft | work =The New York Times ]ee also
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