Twenty-three year-old Philip DeFranco (AKA sxephil) has been doing his brand of online newscast since 2006...and it's led to a considerable bit of success.
Each newscast is honest, funny, fast-paced and entertaining: there's a little editorializing, a genuine request for viewer interaction, and review of the big stories of the day told mostly WITHOUT B-Roll!
Though these webcasts violate the gospel rules of TV news (speak slowly, avois bias, use pictures to tell the story) he's extremely popular. His newscasts have totalled over 11 million views (the 'cast embedded below had nearly 400K views in only 3 days) and he's the 9th most subscribed YouTube submitter of all time (and the leading news submitter, unless you count the What The Buck Show, which focuses mainly on celebrity news.)
The show has popular current stories, and includes links that allow viewers to go more in depth if they so choose. They cover some hard news, but mostly the talkers of the the day...and the format allows each show to be produced quickly...making them very topical. In addition to the YouTube platform, he has his own blog where content that compliments the show is posted.
Maybe this is the next iteration in the marriage of news, entertainment, and the internet? Take a look and tell me what you think:
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