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24 Aug 2009 10:20

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Offbeat: A shoutout to current press darling AwkwardFamilyPhotos.com

In just a few short months, the site has gone from goofy idea to significant part of the Internet meme subculture. We approve. source

13 Jul 2009 10:58

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Tech: Cornell researchers have tracked how Internet news memes blow up

  • 2.5 hours after a big story hits, it blows up on the blogosphere source

17 Apr 2009 14:44

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Music, Tech: Egad! “Rickroll” anthem co-writer got paid £11 by YouTube

  • Panorama did a documentary on the exploitation of foreign workers in Dubai. I feel like one of those workers, because I earned less for a year’s work off Google or YouTube than they did off the Bahrain government.
  • Pete Waterman • The guy who co-wrote Rick Astley’s “Never Gonna Give You Up,” the song behind the Rickrolling phenomenon. Despite 154 million plays of the song on YouTube, Waterman claims to have only made £11 off of it. Waterman was worth £47 million as of 2004. We feel the £47 million should have been taken away from him for writing “Never Gonna Give You Up.” • source