RADIO BROADCAST: In a small corner of YouTube, a web star is born

National Public Radio, All Things Considered, January 26, 2011

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At the time of this story’s broadcast, the person with the most number of subscribers on YouTube wasn’t Lady Gaga or Justin Bieber. It was a comedic web phenom from Hilo, Hawaii, named Ryan Higa. He and the indie production house, Wong Fu Productions (pictured left, courtesy of WFP), created a straight-to-YouTube mini movie that got well over eight million views in two months. Their movie and success says a lot about the newer pathways to stardom in the digital age.

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