YouTube Contest!

The Bauminator Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading 11/18/2008

4:50 PM -- The Onion takes a stab at a fictitious YouTube Inc. video contest. The prize: $100,000. The only requirement for the winning video? "That it be somewhat watchable or provide even a shred of enjoyment for people other than those who made the video."

YouTube Contest Challenges Users To Make A 'Good' Video

Winning videos will be located through a new "Actually Good" tab on the YouTube Website.

— Jeff Baumgartner, Site Editor, Cable Digital News

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