Wednesday, April 13, 2011

You Tube Pays...Bibi Netanyahu NOT a "Belieber"...

NETANYAHU CANCELS BIEBER MEETING :



Bibi is not a Belieber.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has cancelled a scheduled meeting with teen heartthrob Justin Bieber, who’s in Israel to perform.

Netanyahu, hoping to score some political points, invited a group of children who live near the Gaza strip to attend.

The children had just gotten off a school bus last week when a rocket fired by Hamas fighters in Gaza struck, injuring a teen and the driver.

But when Bieber reportedly refused to meet the kids, Bibi pulled the plug on the meeting.

While he apparently hasn’t commented on the snafu, it’s not Bieber’s first foray into controversial politics.

LBN-COMMENTARY By MARK CUBAN




On Youtube you can maybe change the world.

On Youtube you can be discovered and help discover the next Justin Bieber.

On Youtube, if one of your videos goes viral, you can make tens of thousands of dollars, and if you can replicate the feat of popularity, you can make hundreds of thousands of dollars annually.

Those are real commission dollars .

But wait, there is more good from Youtube.

Anyone around the world can get Youtube to subsidize the cost of hosting their family, wedding, team, business, class, or personal videos.

 Hopefully perpetually.

These are unique, honorable, impactful and expensive roles that Youtube has chosen to undertake

Thursday, April 7, 2011

Bob Dylan LIVE in China...Google enters "tainment..."

BOB DYLAN PERFORMS IN CHINA:


The times have certainly changed: Bob Dylan performed before a crowd of 6,000 people in authoritarian China on Wednesday, just days after the Chinese government arrested famous artist Ai Wei Wei.


The Chinese government reviewed and approved Dylan’s set list before the performance.


Tickets sold for upwards of $50—a big sum in China.


Separately, Chinese authorities announced Thursday that they are investigating Ai Wei Wei for “economic crimes.”


LBN-BUSINESS INSIDER:


***Google has inked a deal to open a 13,465-square-foot office in Beverly Hills for its entertainment division.



The 11-year lease is valued at $6.3 million.

Google has made several recent moves that signal its desire to get deeper into the entertainment business.


LBN-QUOTE:

 “A kiss that is never tasted, is forever and ever wasted.”


 -Billie "Lady Day" Holiday