Shira Lazar, host of YouTube
show "What's Trending", speaks during YouTube Brandfest at the Museum
of Contemporary Art last month.
(Scott Strazzante/Tribune / April 1, 2013)
The three-minute video intended as a gag -- a montage of clips and cameos from viral video stars like David Devore from "David after the dentist" -- describes how the website will wind down as some 30,000 technicians begin to trawl through 150,000 clips, to select the world's best video.
The winner gets a $500 stipend, a clip-on MP3 player -- and becomes the sole video to be featured on YouTube when the website relaunches in 2023.
"Gangnam Style has the same chance of winning as a video with 40 views of a man feeding bread to a duck," YouTube CEO Salar Kamangar pronounced, referring to the viral sensation from Korean pop artist PSY that's now the most-viewed video on the site.
Google's video also features intense discussions between judges, who hotly debate the merits of everything from "Citizen Kan to "epic skateboard fail" While clearly tongue-in-cheek, several YouTube viewers appeared stricken or dumbfounded, while others expressed sadness and regret in attached comments.
Source- chicagotribune
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