Post by milowent on Jan 29, 2007 10:43:24 GMT -5
www.forbes.com/2007/01/23/internet-fame-celebrity-tech-media-cx_de_06webceleb_0123intro.html
.... Our No. 1 Web Celeb was first known to her fans as Bree, a 16-year-old home-schooled American teenager. Unusually self-possessed and literate, Bree recorded her private thoughts into a digital video camera and posted them on the Web under the name Lonelygirl15. She attracted millions of fans and quickly became one of YouTube's most-watched stars. In August 2006 [milo notes: WRONG! it was september, can't even forbes have factcheckers?], the videos were exposed as scripted fakes, and Bree was outed as 19-year-old New Zealand-born actress Jessica Rose.
But the news only served to increase her fame. Rose put a pretty face on a breaking phenomenon: that Internet-based entertainment provides an intensely powerful incubator for new stars.
here's the list: (comments by me on some on the side, don't be worried if you don't recognize a bunch of them, i certainly didnt)
The Web Celeb 25
1. Jessica Lee Rose
2. Perez Hilton
3. Markos Moulitsas Zúniga [daily kos guy]
4. Matt Drudge
5. Seth Godin
6. Jeff Jarvis [buzz machine blog]
7. Glenn Reynolds [instapundit blog]
8. Amanda Congdon [some rocketboom show girl]
9. Robert Scoble
10. Michael Arrington
11. Hosea Frank [aka zefrank, vlogger]
12. Jimmy Wales
13. Harry Knowles
14. Frank Warren [guy who founded postsecret - an amazing site and concept]
15. Cory Doctorow
16. Xeni Jardin
17. Leo Laporte
18. Merlin Mann
19. John H. Hinderaker [powerline, conservative blog]
20. Charles Johnson [little green footballs, conservative blog]
21. Kevin Sites
22. Mark Lisanti
23. Jason Calacanis
24. Om Malik
25. Violet Blue
.... Our No. 1 Web Celeb was first known to her fans as Bree, a 16-year-old home-schooled American teenager. Unusually self-possessed and literate, Bree recorded her private thoughts into a digital video camera and posted them on the Web under the name Lonelygirl15. She attracted millions of fans and quickly became one of YouTube's most-watched stars. In August 2006 [milo notes: WRONG! it was september, can't even forbes have factcheckers?], the videos were exposed as scripted fakes, and Bree was outed as 19-year-old New Zealand-born actress Jessica Rose.
But the news only served to increase her fame. Rose put a pretty face on a breaking phenomenon: that Internet-based entertainment provides an intensely powerful incubator for new stars.
here's the list: (comments by me on some on the side, don't be worried if you don't recognize a bunch of them, i certainly didnt)
The Web Celeb 25
1. Jessica Lee Rose
2. Perez Hilton
3. Markos Moulitsas Zúniga [daily kos guy]
4. Matt Drudge
5. Seth Godin
6. Jeff Jarvis [buzz machine blog]
7. Glenn Reynolds [instapundit blog]
8. Amanda Congdon [some rocketboom show girl]
9. Robert Scoble
10. Michael Arrington
11. Hosea Frank [aka zefrank, vlogger]
12. Jimmy Wales
13. Harry Knowles
14. Frank Warren [guy who founded postsecret - an amazing site and concept]
15. Cory Doctorow
16. Xeni Jardin
17. Leo Laporte
18. Merlin Mann
19. John H. Hinderaker [powerline, conservative blog]
20. Charles Johnson [little green footballs, conservative blog]
21. Kevin Sites
22. Mark Lisanti
23. Jason Calacanis
24. Om Malik
25. Violet Blue