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When YouTube co-founder Jawed Karim uploaded that first video of Me at the Zoo in 2005 it was hard to imagine what the video sharing site launched under the slogan "broadcast yourself" might become. These days, A-list celebrities like Will Smith and professional athletes like Golden State Warriors standout Kevin…

Michelle Phan, one of YouTube’s biggest stars who has aggressively built a burgeoning offline fashion and beauty empire, is now launching ICON, her own premium online-video network in collaboration with Endemol Beyond. Phan’s ICON Network is launching separate channels on a variety of “over-the-top” online-video…

This weekend’s Streamy Awards will honor Pitbull, Michelle Phan, Shay Carl and Tyler Oakley as online-entertainment pioneers with the new ICONS awards. The four will be honored at a Friday night reception and during the Streamys main event Sunday night at the Beverly Hilton. Oakley, a major vlogger on LGBT issues…

If it feels like the online media business is in the middle of a gold rush, you’re right. The latest example: three former Google/YouTube executives and the co-creator of an Emmy-nominated app this morning publicly  launched Victorious after operating in stealth mode most of the past year. It’s a platform that lets…