Too Hot for YouTube M.I.A. Video Leads to Surge of Publicity for M.I.A.

With the vast number of videos uploaded and shared on YouTube, many entrepreneurs have sought out solutions to help people find and manage relevant content.

Why treadmills? That was my first question to Damian Kulash, the frontman of indie rock band OK Go. You probably remember the quirky video of Kulash and his bandmates dancing on gym equipment, which debuted on a recently launhced video-sharing website called YouTube back in 2006. The group had already gotten a taste of viral success with a goofy dance video shot in Kulash’s back yard that was downloaded 300,000 times. They knew an even more outlandish video was the most direct and affordable way to widen their audience.

Why treadmills? That was my first question to Damian Kulash, the frontman of indie rock band OK Go. You probably remember the quirky video of Kulash and his bandmates dancing on gym equipment, which debuted on a recently launhced video-sharing website called YouTube back in 2006. The group had already gotten a taste of viral success with a goofy dance video shot in Kulash’s back yard that was downloaded 300,000 times. They knew an even more outlandish video was the most direct and affordable way to widen their audience.

It’s hard to imagine how a business could function effectively in 2013 without the internet. Yet the development of the World Wide Web by Tim Berners-Lee and his team came about relatively recently in 1989, whilst internet giants like Amazon and Google first appeared on the scene in the 1990s.

GUANTANAMO NAVY BASE, Cuba -- Someone else besides the judge and security officer sitting inside the maximum-security court here can impose censorship on what the public can see and hear at the Sept. 11 trial, it was disclosed Monday The role of an outside censor became clear when the audio turned to white noise during a discussion of a motion about the CIA's black sites.

GUANTANAMO NAVY BASE, Cuba -- Someone else besides the judge and security officer sitting inside the maximum-security court here can impose censorship on what the public can see and hear at the Sept. 11 trial, it was disclosed Monday