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themightythor1212 Visits Maker Studios In Los Angeles, California Maker Studios Tour! Special Partners Project Behind the Scenes Uploaded on Feb 17, 2011 From video pioneer to studio head, LisaNova gives us an exclusive tour of the groundbreaking Maker Studios. Click play for history in the making. Rise of the Tubers: Behind the Scenes at Maker Studios Maker Studios in Culver City, Calif., is the closest thing the world has to a viral video factory. The upstart studio produces content solely for YouTube and racks up hundreds of millions of views in the process. A cadre of the most successful personalities on YouTube, including ShayCarl, KassemG and Ray William Johnson, formed the collective in 2009 to pool production resources. What started in the living has moved beyond, and the company which once employed a handful of people now employs around 200. The studio operates at a breakneck pace, producing dozens of videos every month across 300 channels that rack up 500 million vie...

Maker Studios announced some changes at the top with Danny Zappin (aka Danny Diamond) leaving his CEO job and being replaced by Ynon Kreiz, who lends a more experienced hand to the rapidly growing company. Zappin has been at the helm of Maker since it morphed out of the partnership of Youtubers who joined up for The Station and became one of the largest of the Youtube networks that emerged lately. Kreiz joined Maker Studios as chairman in early 2012, leaving Endemol while the company was restructuring its debtload. Endemol has since been purchased by Apollo Global Management (a private equity company) and a Dutch company named Cyrte. Kreiz takes over the same job titles of Chairman and CEO at Maker Studios that he had at Endemol. Below is a video (posted by mipmarkets ) of Ynon Kreiz from early 2010 when he was chairman and CEO of Endemol. Although he is primarily discussing television, you can see he is also looking at online content. Kreiz joined Maker shortly after the network ...

Alli, Charles & Shay on their way to Lollapalooza Charles Trippy and Alli Speed get to go to some pretty wild places and events and luckily they upload them to their CTFxC Youtube channel for all of us to share. In this video they, along with Shay Carl, Casey (Shay's brother), Lisa Nova, BrettTheIntern, and KassemG are going to Lollapalooza 2011 and their video below shows a ton of great behind the scenes stuff. Oh yeah, and Nice Peter is in the mix somewhere too. The bands that played today (August 6th) were: J. Roddy Walston and the Business, Fitz and The Tantrums, Mayer Hawthorne and The Country, Big Audio Dynamite, Local Natives, Deftones, My Morning Jacket, Grouplove, Walk the Moon, Black Lips, Death From Above 1979, Ween, Beats Antique and Coldplay doing an encore after their great show Friday (the one Alli and Charles were at). Alli & Charles listening to In My Place by Coldplay Lot's of great bands, Charles talks with Sonny Moore from Skrillex ...

Not your usual Shaytards video! In case you didn't already know, Lollapolooza is happening right now (if you're reading this later, um, I guess you missed out) and Shay Carl , Charles and Alli from CTFxC , and even KassemG are all backstage watching the bands perform (Kassem is wearing an odd tank top which I think almost got him arrested). If you want to see what it's like up close and personal to the stage area, watch this. Just try to avoid the punch-happy security guys (or who I like to call Fisty, Stabby and Punchy). "Who's that other guy with the beard?" you're asking? That's Shay's brother Casey who also has a channel on Youtube ( caseylavere ) so take a look at his channel too. Somewhere in this crowd is Lisa Nova (I think that might be Lisa at 9:30 putting on the glasses) although she made a pre-Lollapolooza video: LollapaLISA! ). Lollapolooza is going on from August 5th to the 7th and they are streaming it live on Youtube at the ...

I must have way, way too many channels that I am subscribed to because I somehow missed a bunch of these "Ask Kassem" videos from KassemG but that's probably because he's blocked my access to his various channels which is likely covered in the paperwork I got with that restraining order. That wacky Kassem. Always joking around. He even joked with the officers who led me away after I visited him about using the nightstick and tazer on me. But back to the video: This video was actually posted on Kassem's 2nd channel called KassemGtwo which is also getting quite a few subscribers (346,771) and will probably be in the Top 100 shortly. How did I find out he had posted this video? Probably because of my Twitter account @kassemGfanboy9 but don't tell him about that account. If you want to stalk, sorry, the lawyers say I have to say follow (how is following not stalking? This is all so confusing) Kassem on Twitter, you can follow him @kassemg (but you didn...

"It was the pilgrims dude, the pilgrims were cool man." That seems to be the consensus of those who were interviewed by KassemG as to what Thanksgiving is. Religious zealots who thought wearing belt buckles on their hats and shoes was a cool fashion choice. See what California thinks about Thanksgiving: "My mom lives in Las Vegas." "Hi mom. Is she a dancer?" Why was Thanksgiving started Kassem asks. And everyone blurts out "Pilgrims." Yeah, the pilgrims had a date night with the local Indians (Native Americans), got them drunk and took advantage of them, then stole their land. What should Kassem do the next "California On" about? Zombies? Harry Potter? Zombie Harry Potter? Hermione's Chamber of Secrets?

So THIS is what Ryan Higa has been working on! Below is the trailer for Agents of Secret Stuff which is scheduled to be released November 24, 2010. I need to see more before offering an assessment, but parts of it look funny from what you see here. Ryan Higa is cast as a super-secret agent given the task of guarding the incredibly lovely Arden Cho from some fiendish bad guys, led by HiImRawn it would look like. Wong Fu Productions is credited with directing this 40 minute epic that will premiere on the Nigahiga channel. They are also listed along with Ryan as co-writers and co-producers and the motion graphics are the work of Derrick Lee of rikognition . The music is very ably done by George Shaw who is a rising musician/composer in Hollywood. Check out his website for more about him and for some samples of his music: georgeshawmusic.com . Ass Vs Syns An interesting play on the word assassins? Ass ( A gents of S ecret S tuff) vs Syns ( S ociety I nvolving N ot-so-good S t...

"Wants some gum?" That's usually not a sentence that should make you wary at all, unless it's Denisevlogs or maybe BrettTheIntern who are going around theStation offering a shocking new flavor. Gotta love KassemG being able to turn it around by grabbing a mittful of Denise. I once had some fake gum that looked like the real thing, but instead of giving the person a shock, it had a spring that snapped a mousetrap-like bar on their thumb when they grabbed for a stick. Oh yea, inflicting pain on your unsuspecting friends = good times! I remember seeing another video by the ClipCritics where they did something similar with a toy gun on lots of famous youtubers. Actually check it out below: That was from about 2 years ago. Need to get those guys back on Youtube making great videos. Have you ever seen what is probably my favorite video by the clipcritics? Language is a bit racy, and there's an odd gerbil reference or two, plus Gary Busey. Need I say more?...

So, do you believe that there are aliens out there? Not the border-crossing, take the jobs you don't want kind, but actual E.T., Star Wars, suck you up into their saucer to conduct weird sexual experiments on you kind of aliens. KassemG is asking, and as usual, the California beach crowd is more than willing to provide an informed opinion. First, what the heck was KassemG doing kissing those dudes at the start of the video? Is that some kind of a new interviewing technique? I don't think I want to see his followup questions because I'm afraid I may see some inappropriate gropage. LOL at the blond girl saying that Kassem looks like he might be an alien and Kassem saying that yes, ideed he was an alien and he was planning on some anal probing.

It looks like Shay is still in Los Angeles doing some top secret work for The Station , leaving Mommytard at home as the Tardlet Wrangler. Shay should be flying home to join the Shaytards tomorrow. Shay was wandering the halls of the Station in a bloody butcher's apron so I'm hoping he is getting character for an upcoming video, while meanwhile back at "Chez Carl" (like my play on words there?) Katilette is contending with the rambunctious Shaytard children - Princesstard is truly frightening with her werewolf makeup, but Sontard was looking good shootin' hoops. I think I would have called a lot of travelling violations and fouls in that game, but they're just learning, so you have to cut them some slack. I do think Sontard may be more of a football guy than a basketball guy. It was funny seeing them filming a scene at the Station and KassemG silently tearing Shay a new one for vlogging while they went over what the wanted to do in the scene. I've ...

Have you figured out what you are going to be this Halloween? Got a great costume idea picked out? No? Why not take some ideas from people working at The Station for this year? DeniseVlogs asks some of the behind-the-scenes folks (and KassemG) what they plan on being for Halloween. Now Denise starts of rough as the first guy has a terrible time with the question. And the mean girl who slams Denise for her fashion sense - I think Denise has nice legs. But she does put her foot in her mouth with the dude planning on being a carny. I was wondering if he was testing his costume out too. The best was with Joe Felice freaking out about his costume idea (and loved the mean girl from earlier sprinting away when Denise came up to talk to them). And then there was KassemG with a rather unique choice to be "Nice Peter". You'll have to watch the video for that one.

Whether you support it or not, this is some funny stuff. KassemG 's latest, California's beach population speaks out, somewhat coherently, about the legalization of marijuana. Like Kassem says, make sure you get out and vote November 25th so you will have the right to complain to your hearts content about all that ails the government. If you aren't from the U.S., well, feel free to complain anyway. Check out what the informed electorate has to say about the issue when answering the probing question Kassem poses to them. As a side note, Kassem seems to be probing that one guy's nipple just a bit too vigorously lol. So what do you think? Should they pass the legalization bill? Should Kassem search for his last name in that one woman's bikini top? And what topic should he pose to unwary skantily-clad young ladies next time he does an episode of "California On"? Also, to see unedited versions of all the interviews he did with the busty girl, the "pas...

First off, I have to admit to being subbed to Nice Peter for some time, actually from around the time he did that song for Shaytards Theme by Nice Peter . He has some good videos on his channel - more music, chatter and juggling (he's no Olga Kay as a juggler). Then there was Best Spot In The Lot another great song. Now he's got this one - Superman Socks . Give it a listen. I give it a thumbs up for the music, the look of the video, the cameo by KassemG on tamberine (and vocals?). What did you think of the song? Other Posts With Nice Peter

Sorry for the misleading title lol. Actually, LisaNova is dressed as "Kim Kardashiann" (and looks mighty hot as well) in this take off of Keeping Up With The Kardashianns . The video is Lisa's look at the Kardashians . Yes, that's hiimrawn as "Khloe" which seems appropriate casting IMHO. "Kourtney" is played by yummy Nikki Limo , who I just spotted in one of the recent Shaytards vlogs attending a party at VidCon and just subbed to her. Lisa Nova just keeps cranking out these funny clips of various stars and celebs and is something of a chameleon with her various characters like Molly, and that chick from The Batchelorette etc. Some of the others in this video are the MILF-tastic ceciley (who also played Nova's Mah Billie in the Molly series). And the dude playing Scott Disick is thebdonski another regular from The Station's group of performers, so make sure you check all their channels and sub of course. Below you'll find ou...

Shay Carl swipes KassemG 's iphone 4 while they are up in the hotel room at VidCon and lets us know what they are up to at the L.A. conference. There are several popular youtubers hanging around, such as Kassem, LasVegasBarbie , BrettTheIntern , Mommytard (of course!) and some others are kicking back and relaxing. Kassem is a little nervous that Shay is going to drop his new iphone 4 off the balcony while vlogging. Shay let's us know that he has got some good footage of the VinCon shindig and hopes to have it uploaded this evening.

Aha! I knew it! Zoe and Marley are actually demon dogs. When Charles uses his new iphone on Zoe at the beginning we see the soulless dweller of the nether world that lives with Charles & Alli. Well, not really. Zoe seems to be one of the most happy-go-lucky mutts in the world, but Marley on the other hand, ya don't need special camera work to know she's 2 pounds of trouble in a 1 pound sack. Don't you just love frozen yogurt? Alli & Charles go to one of those serve-yerself type places before coming home to play some games with friends. I don't recognize any of them. Trippy also gets to try out a ride in one of those jeeps he showed in a previous video. Two friends of his (John and Anthony)are going to Panama with these suped-up vehicles and will be shown on their channel called Viral Vomit . Might be interesting, so you might want to check it out. And Charles and KassemG check out the perv feature on the new iphone (called FaceTime) that will allow folks...

Mr TimothyDeLaGhetto is the latest Youtuber to get whisked away by the lovely Ceciley and The Station's BrettTheIntern . Love Ceciley, not so sure about this Brett guy. I haven't seen any of his stuff on his channel but I've found him sorta playing the role of Bob Noxious in stuff for TheStation seems a little too excited when he sees KassemG in a dress. Not that there's anything wrong with that (except, um, have you seen KassemG in HOT Girls EXP0SED ?). Anyway, back to Tim's abduction. They've been doing these interviews with yummy Ceciley and Brett in back of a van where they divulge, spill, tell it like it is, go deep (what?), and try to help viewers get to know the inner beauty that is TimothyDeLaGhetto. To me it looks like he's a somewhat cool little dude in a beanie with a girlfriend way, WAY too hot for him. I would try to include the video Tim just recently uploaded on his channel of his girlfriend, iliana looking smoking hot while gettin...

Have you had a chance to see KassemG's latest "California On" interviews? If you go to his channel, KassemG , you will also find longer versions of his interviews with the folks in the video above. Yes, the lovely MILF and the Wesley Snipes-look alike. Check out his other videos as well. Kassem has a slew of funny clips - I like the one where the drunk girl was coming on to him fiercely and Kassem was a bit flummoxed. Kassem also can be seen in a lot of videos from TheStation and is featured as the skanky Jasmine opposite Lisa Nova (Ariel) in the Hot Girls series. Sorry Kassem, but you make one really butt-ugly girl lol.

CHANNEL SUBSCRIBERS nigahiga 2349430 Fred 1772693 ShaneDawsonTV 1601141 smosh 1562119 RayWilliamJohnson 1432895 sxephil 1128206 machinima 1107065 universalmusicgroup 1097060 ShaneDawsonTV2 1084739 davedays 1053436 kevjumba 984258 collegehumor 952226 MysteryGuitarMan 939759 failblog 897717 VenetianPrincess 838327 WHATTHEBUCKSHOW 816182 TheStation 766222 MichellePhan 754554 realannoyingorange 737675 communitychannel 693967 KassemG 690015 JonasBrothersMusic 687585 makemebad35 676649 kidrauhl 630657 expertvillage 616879 Jonas Bros slip, sliding away on the Top 25 charts and could start slipping all the way to the bottom of heap as far as YouTube goes. Does this mean the phenom that is the Jonas Brothers has run it's course? Before any of you Jonas fans tries to tear me a new one, I am just reporting the facts. Of all the channels on the top 25, only universalmusicgroup had fewer new subscribers than the Brothers Jonas this past week. Sure they increased by 1,448 new fans, but... the...

This is just a list of the Top 25 YouTube Channels for the week of June 6th, 2010. I'll be expanding on this down the line and mentioning those a little further down the rankings in future posts. CHANNEL     SUBSCRIBERS Nigahiga 2,319,983 Fred 1,763,431 ShaneDawsonTV 1,578,505 Smosh 1,543,377 Ray William Johnson 1,395,890 SXEphil 1,115,785 Universal Music Group 1,096,971 Machinima 1,092,551 ShaneDawsonTV2 1,069,284 DaveDays 1,028,329 Kevjumba   975,157 College Humor   933,022 MysteryGuitarMan   905,371 Failblog   887,248 VenetianPrincess   832,648 WHATTHEBUCKSHOW   808,280 The Station   754,194 Michelle Phan   742,786 RealAnnoyingOrange   706,970 Community Channel   688,073 Jonas Brothers Music   686,137 Makemebad35   668,994 KassemG   667,328 Kidrauhl   620,614 Expert Village   610,247 As y...