Vlogbrothers

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Hank and John Green ( VidCon 2014)

Vlogbrothers is a YouTube channel founded by Hank and John Green in 2007 , on which they have regularly published video blogs ("Vlogs") ever since . Originally launched under the title "Brotherhood 2.0", the channel is the starting point for the brothers' successful media career. In March 2013, the channel passed the one million subscriber mark who refer to themselves as nerdfighters .

The offshoots of the channel include the VidCon conference , the DFTBA Records label , the edutainment channels CrashCourse , SciShow and Mental Floss, and the Pemberley Digital studio , which produced the Emmy- winning online video series The Lizzie Bennet Diaries .

Brotherhood 2.0

The Green brothers in 2008. Hank Green (left) shows the "Nerdfighter" sign.

At the end of 2006, John Green - inspired by Ze Frank's the show with ze frank - suggested to his brother that he should communicate exclusively through daily video blogs published on YouTube for a year. Until then, they had been in contact mainly through instant messaging and, in retrospect, describe their relationship as distant. According to her own statement, her goal was to build up a small community in order to carry out joint projects.

On July 18, 2007, Hank Green released the music video "Accio Deathly Hallows " in anticipation of the seventh book in the Harry Potter series. This video was featured on the YouTube homepage and viewed over a million times. This increased the number of subscribers, and many of the Harry Potter fans who were very active online became aware of the brothers. The release of the video is therefore considered a breakthrough for the Greens.

On December 31st, they announced that they would continue the project.

Continuation and growth

In August 2008, the first real-life meeting of the nerdfighter community took place in the winter garden of the Harold Washington Library Center in Chicago . The Greens had been invited into town by Alphabet , YouTube's parent company, to give a talk about their project for the company's employees. In retrospect, the brothers rate the meeting as a crucial point for their project. Hank Green was able to sell his music for the first time, which gave the impetus for the later founding of the DFTBA Records label .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Michelle Dean: A Note on Nerdfighters . In: The New Yorker . March 13, 2013, ISSN  0028-792X ( online [accessed January 24, 2016]).
  2. ^ A b Leslie Kaufman: John and Hank Green Bring Their Show to Carnegie Hall . In: The New York Times . January 16, 2013, ISSN  0362-4331 ( online [accessed January 24, 2016]).
  3. ^ David Lindquist: Green's success born of lessons learned hard way. In: The Washington Times. Retrieved January 24, 2016 .
  4. ↑ a b Alexandra Alter: John Green and His Nerdfighters Are Upending the Summer Blockbuster Model . In: Wall Street Journal . ISSN  0099-9660 ( online [accessed January 24, 2016]).
  5. ↑ vlogbrothers: ONE MILLION NERDFIGHTERS! In: YouTube. March 8, 2013, accessed January 24, 2016 .
  6. ^ A b Gavia Baker-Whitelaw: John Green fandom 101: Nerdfighters, Vlogbrothers, and pizza. In: The Daily Dot. September 18, 2013, accessed January 24, 2016 .
  7. ↑ vlogbrothers: How To Be a Nerdfighter: A Vlogbrothers FAQ. In: YouTube. December 27, 2009, accessed January 24, 2016 .
  8. ↑ vlogbrothers: March 16th: Mom, ZeFrank, and Stock Options. In: YouTube. March 16, 2007, accessed January 24, 2016 .
  9. ↑ Margaret Talbot: The Teen Whisperer . In: The New Yorker . June 9, 2016, ISSN  0028-792X ( online [accessed January 24, 2016]).
  10. ^ Brothers Reconnect Using Video Blogging. In: NPR.org. January 20, 2008, accessed January 24, 2016 .
  11. ↑ vlogbrothers: July 18: Accio Deathly Hallows (no spoilers). In: YouTube. July 18, 2007, accessed January 24, 2016 .
  12. ↑ a b c d Aja Romano: The definitive guide to the Vlogbrothers universe. In: The Daily Dot. June 26, 2014, accessed January 24, 2016 .
  13. ↑ vlogbrothers: Dec 31: Goodbye Brotherhood 2.0. In: YouTube. December 31, 2007, accessed January 24, 2016 .
  14. ^ A b John Green: (How were we ever so young?). (No longer available online.) In: fishingboatproceeds.tumblr.com. September 13, 2013, archived from the original on October 4, 2014 ; accessed on February 2, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / fishingboatproceeds.tumblr.com
  15. ↑ GoogleTechTalks: Nerdfighters: Insider View from a YouTube persona. August 28, 2008, accessed February 2, 2016 .