Sex sells. It’s a tired little bromide that the ad industry has been leaning on for a while now. Sex compels people to buy. But does that same proven logic hold true when your customers are advertisers? Apparently not.
The Midwest Teen Sex Show, a monthly program that uses irreverent humor to teach kids about responsible [...]
Arts Engine recognized the promise of online-video when the internet was still in its infancy. The organization “supports, produces, and distributes independent media of consequence and promotes the use of independent media by advocates, educators and the general public.” In 2001 it set out to create a new kind of film festival that drew on [...]
Go to YouTube, run one of your usual searches, and notice atop the videos you’re presented with a box to check that will filter your results. “Only show partner videos” has been around for about a week and is just a little feature, but one that shows YouTube is taking its Partner Program and original [...]
iJustine, the internet sensation that rose to fame with the advent of lifecasting, and who built on her notoriety with a video of an outrageous iphone bill, continues to hone her status as the internet’s prettiest geek. Her popularity of late is emphasized by Carson Daly’s decision to tap the i-celebrity for an internet-themed internet [...]
If you search "thizz dance" on YouTube, the first hit is a video by Rene Wachner-Solomon and Sam Fuller, a clip from the series Bay Life. Google it and you get the same result. For those of you unfamiliar with the Bay Area dance phenomenon, "thizz dancing" was invented by the gangster rapper Mac Dre in [...]
Uncensored Interview is a platform designed to find out what happens when indie musicians stop being polite….and start being real. In relaxed environments, away from any fan, pre, or post-performance-induced hysteria, artists unassociated with major labels (The Kills, The Whigs, Hopewell, hundreds more) casually discuss whatever the hell they want to casually discuss (fickle American [...]
Foreign Body is the 50-part online video prequel to the eponymous upcoming novel by bestselling author Robin Cook – a doctor, who, like John Grisham and his legal dramas, has combined penning thrillers with his medical profession to great success.
The show was produced at a breakneck pace by the Michael-Eisner-backed new media studio, [...]
Young American Bodies is like that MTV series Undressed, except young adults replace the college kids, varying degrees of hipster replace more obvious archetypal characters, and actual nudity replaces tight clothes. The soft-core soap opera bubbling with self-indulgence is the product of independent filmmaker Joe Swanberg and sexy online magazine Nerve.com.
Alongside Sex Advice From… and [...]
