Name: 15 Minutes of Fame
ISBN: 9781592577651

Frederick Levy

Becoming a Star in the YouTube Revolution

15 Minutes of Fame

Lindy

I read this out of some kind of bizarre attempt to combat survivorship bias and because I'm interested in people's early predictions for YouTube's trajectory. 

The author's tone and the overall messaging of the book are similar to the inside of a Hollister store in 2008: cloying, and more interested in cheesy sexed-up aesthetics than anything else. However, the interviews with some of the prominent YouTube content creators of the time are worth paging through if you're interested in such things. I've listed the interviewees out for convenience. 

Content creators profiled/interviewed as examples of established YouTube stars: Terra Naomi, LisaNova, Esmee Denters, LonelyGirl15, Brookers (Brooke Brodack)

Content creators interviewed as potential rising stars: Jay Brennan, Emmalina, Matt Sloan and Aaron Yonda (Blame Society Productions), Justin Sandercoe, Ysabella Brave, Matt Chin, David Choi, Koichiben, James Kotecki (Emergencycheese), Cherry Lee (TheBathroomGirl), Ben Going (boh3m3), Stevie Ryan (LittleLoca, TheRealParis, Ooolalaa), Michael Buckley (WhatTheBuckShow), Charles Trippy, Luke Barats and Joe Bereta (BarasandBereta), Tay Zonday, Ryan Divine (Maldroid), Millie Garfield (MyMomsBlog), Clive Newstead (Nuodai), Remy Munasifi (GoRemy), David Colditz (DaveDays), ValsArtDiary, Kevin Nalty (nalts), Matthew Lush (GayGod), Myles Dyer (Blade376)

Anyway, I have a lot of thoughts about how content creators who were active on YouTube at that point in time and are still relevant on the platform today are almost entirely absent from this book and what that has to do with the so-called old/new media divide, but I'll save it for elsewhere.

15 Minutes of Fame Becoming a Star in the YouTube Revolution

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