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    Streampunks: YouTube and the Rebels Remaking Media
    Streampunks: YouTube and the Rebels Remaking Media
    Streampunks: YouTube and the Rebels Remaking Media
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    Streampunks: YouTube and the Rebels Remaking Media

    Written by Robert Kyncl and Maany Peyvan

    Narrated by Stephen Graybill

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    An entertainment and tech insider—YouTube’s chief business officer—delivers the first detailed account of the rise of YouTube, the creative minds who have capitalized on it to become pop culture stars, and how streaming video is revolutionizing the media world.

    In the past ten years, the internet video platform YouTube has changed media and entertainment as profoundly as the invention of film, radio, and television did, more than six decades earlier. Streampunks is a firsthand account of this upstart company, examining how it evolved and where it will take us next.

    Sharing behind-the-scenes stories of YouTube’s most influential stars—Streampunks like Tyler Oakley, Lilly Singh, and Casey Neistat—and the dealmakers brokering the future of entertainment like Scooter Braun and Shane Smith, Robert Kyncl uses his experiences at three of the most innovative media companies, HBO, Netflix, and YouTube, to tell the story of streaming video and this modern pop culture juggernaut. Collaborating with Google speechwriter Maany Peyvan, Kyncl explains how the new rules of entertainment are being written and how and why the media landscape is radically changing, while giving aspiring Streampunks some necessary advice to launch their own new media careers.

    Kyncl persuasively argues that, despite concerns about technology impoverishing artists or undermining artistic quality, the new media revolution is actually fueling a creative boom and leading to more compelling, diverse, and immersive content. Enlightening, surprising, and thoroughly entertaining, Streampunks is a revelatory ride through the new media rebellion that is reshaping our world.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperAudio
    Release dateSep 5, 2017
    ISBN9780062680631
    Author

    Robert Kyncl

    Robert Kyncl is the Chief Business Officer at YouTube where he oversees all commercial and creative relationships for the platform.  Previously, Robert was Vice President of Content at Netflix, where he spearheaded the company’s content acquisition for streaming TV shows and movies over the Internet. Robert has been listed in Variety’s Dealmakers Impact Report as one of their “disruptors”, Vanity Fair’s New Establishment List, Billboard’s Power 100 List and AdWeek’s 50 List of Vital Leaders in Tech, Media and Marketing. Robert holds a Masters of Business Administration from Pepperdine University and a B.S. in International Relations from SUNY New Paltz.  He resides in Los Angeles with his wife and two daughters.

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    • 5/5
      Very insightful to the past, present, and future of YouTube. As of 2021, the few outdated things in the book are just a good reminder of how quickly things are changing.
    • 5/5
      I have never said "Wow" so many times while listening to an audiobook. I believe that this is a must- read book for anyone thinking of embarking on a You-Tube .