“YouTube” on The Daily Caller

NEW YORK (AP) — YouTube is launching a film festival that will play out online and ultimately send 10 finalists to the Venice Film Festival. (more)

Social media analysis leading up to the Iowa caucuses strongly indicated that Texas Rep. Ron Paul was the favored candidate.  (more)

If you thought Rebecca Black’s “Friday” was the most hated piece of video since the invention of the Palmcorder, think again: As TheDC’s Will Rahn reported on — oh, SNAP! — last Friday, Texas Gov. Rick Perry’s “religious heritage” campaign ad, typos and all, has passed the teeny-bopper in YouTube “dislikes.” (It was the anti-gay line at the beginning of Perry’s campaign spot that brought all the angry clicks out of the woodwork.) (more)

Continuing his theme that he is a Washington outsider frustrated by how the system works, GOP presidential candidate Rick Perry released a new ad that blames political correctness for some of the federal government’s dysfunction. (more)

Online video viewers searching “Disney,’ Pixar” or “DreamWorks Studios” on YouTube will start seeing more substantial results after a landmark distribution deal between four companies. (more)

Businessman Herman Cain posted a head-scratching YouTube video in which his chief of staff, Mark Block, takes a drag on a cigarette after asking voters to “get involved” in the campaign. (more)

Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign released, and then quickly removed from YouTube, a brutal web ad on Wednesday highlighting some of Texas Governor Rick Perry’s more tortured statements in the recent GOP debates. (more)

CAIRO – Bearded and feeling misunderstood, Mohamed Tolba made a movie to tell the world he is not a terrorist. (more)

(CNN) – Hackers appeared to have commandeered the YouTube page of the venerable “Sesame Street” children’s show Sunday, reprogramming the page with content brought to you by the letter “X.” (more)

Dale Peterson, the gun-toting Alabamian who lost his 2010 state agriculture commissioner race but became a YouTube celeb in the process, is going back on the campaign trail in the Yellowhammer State, The Daily Caller has learned. (more)

Self-described “frat star” Lance Diamond is angry, and not just because of his blistered feet. The Virginia Tech freshman claimed wearing new shoes to class caused him physical injury and emotional distress, and profiled his odyssey on YouTube last week. (more)

If 2010 was the year of Facebook for political campaigns, 2012 will be the year of the Web video. (more)

They may be a little older, but lawmakers — particularly Republicans — are finally becoming a part of the YouTube generation, thanks to a new feature developed by the ubiquitous video sharing site. (more)

Gary Johnson can’t get no respect, but at least he has a YouTube channel. (more)

CAIRO – Osama bin Laden’s longtime lieutenant, Ayman al-Zawahri, said the United States faces rebellion throughout the Muslim world after killing the al-Qaida leader, according to a YouTube recording posted on Wednesday. (more)

BREAKING NEWS: Mitt Romney has announced that he’s running for president setting up an exploratory committee in consideration of a possible, possible, run for president in 2012 on the Republican ticket. (more)

TRENTON, N.J. – A New Jersey boy who cried on a YouTube clip that he’s too small to be governor was all smiles as Gov. Chris Christie made him honorary chief executive. (more)

Google Inc. is working on a major overhaul of YouTube as it tries to position itself for the rise of televisions that let people watch online video in their living rooms, according to people familiar with the matter. (more)

Don’t expect to check your e-mail, Google your weird, embarrassing symptoms or search “kitten videos” on YouTube today without facing something out of the ordinary. (more)

The popular Taiwanese animated news provider, Next Media Animation.tv, has released their latest story featuring a superhero-like New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie battling a budget crisis, fighting back unions, and entertaining questions on a presidential run. (more)