YouTube

10 Ways to Get Video Views

Career Hacker columnist Taryn Southern breaks down 10 ways to ensure that your online videos get plenty of viewing love.

YouTube’s First Comedy Week Launches May 19

A mix of sketches, stand-up, and musical performances, the streaming video behemoth’s inaugural comedy fest will feature names known (Sarah Silverman, Ben Stiller) and not-so-known.

How WIGS Makes Scripted YouTube Drama Work

Rodrigo García and Jon Avnet co-founded WIGS, YouTube’s top channel for scripted dramatic content, in 2010. The channel, which hosts Web series and shorts featuring female leads, recently announced a producing partnership with Fox Broadcasting.

How to Build an Audience on YouTube

Unfortunately, gone is the phrase “going viral.” Our Facebook and Twitter feeds have become a marketplace of self-promotion, and when just about everyone seems to be making a Web series, it’s tough to even get people to watch.

4 Sites You Need to Be On (Now!)

Career Hacker Taryn Southern breaks down the platforms all enterprising actors should strongly consider using.

Become Simon Cowell’s Latest Discovery

Cowell launches “global audition” YouTube channel today.

Why Going Digital Will Help Your Career

In Backstage’s new column Career Hacker, online maven Taryn Southern breaks down the importance of an online presence for readers.

Fox Gets Into New Media Game With WIGS

A partnership between the network and YouTube’s female-centric channel—which attracts actors such as Julia Stiles, America Ferrera, and Maura Tierney—could indicate the future of programming.

My Damn Channel Offering More Opportunities for Online Content Creators

A top distributor of comedy web series is expanding and seeking new content for the debut of the My Damn Channel Comedy Network.

Playful 'Tube' Considers the Human Need to Be Noticed

In “Tube,” from Incubator Arts Project, the Van Cougar ensemble brings charm and vulnerability to the Web generation’s favorite guilty pleasure, YouTube.