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grace helbig is moving on. the comedienne and vlogger known for her daily grace channel is leaving her current network, my damn channel, to pursue other opportunities .
there’s even mean - spirited animated gifs about the private parts of my damn channel’s ceo rob barnett on tumblr and descriptions of my damn channel as commodifying a young woman and turning her into a “ corporate entity ” (as if this unusual for hollywood), something even helbig’s brother joked about on twitter .
the community, however, is having none of it. my damn channel’s blog post on helbig has 136 angry comments, with most demanding the company give helbig the channel she’s worked on for five years .
at its heart, the daily grace / my damn channel outrage is about the middle man in an industry obsessed with the “indie” way. as green explains ,
her fans promptly freaked out. rumors began circulating a month ago that helbig was leaving my damn channel and the two were having content rights disputes, and the “see you next year” video was interpreted (rightly) as proof. an even more cryptic video on helbig’s old youtube channel pre - my damn channel days, now called it’s grace, added fuel to the fire .
as for my damn channel, the entertainment company helbig just left, the situation continues to be a pr disaster. in the words of a former top youtuber, the company might very well be “ ruined. ” only one out of every 10 tweets (a generous estimate) mentioning “ my damn channel ” are positive, a week into the scandal .
warren oversees production and business partnerships for my damn channel. before starting my damn channel he was vp of business development and strategy at gemstar / tv guide, and prior to that he was a venture capitalist and corporate attorney in silicon valley. in addition to working with major advertisers, warren' s favorite tasks at my damn channel are writing comedy vignettes and developing new talent. his two favorite videos that he wrote with matt riotto are here: fairy tale friday - wizard of oz and thinking man' s lamborghini parody he can be reached at warren @ urltoken
helbig first started vlogging for my damn channel in 2008, with her videos first arriving on youtube in 2010. since then, she has become one of the most popular vloggers on the site, with her five - times - weekly videos bringing in 211 million views and more than 2. 4 million subscribers. here’s her final daily grace video, which features the team behind my damn channel’s love me cat .
seven years after launching my damn channel, “traditional, digital and social media companies are forging powerful partnerships with a united vision to earn passionate fans and build thriving businesses together, ” ceo and rob barnett said .
my damn channel includes production, talent development and branded entertainment divisions, and a distribution network that empowers cross - promotion across its owned - and - operated online channels, youtube and other online, mobile and iptv platforms .
the most legitimate criticism out of the whole thing, coming from supporters familiar with how contracts work, is my damn channel forbidding helbig from making a video on daily grace about her departure and her new channel. oh, and also the deleting of the fan comments on the daily grace channel telling everyone to go to it’s grace, which only enraged fans more .
my damn channel is a studio and online network headquartered in los angeles. it partners with traditional and digital media companies, established and emerging talent, and leading brands, to co - create premium content for screens of all sizes .
it’s not just for laughs anymore: my damn channel, which started out in 2007 as an online - comedy video destination, has redubbed itself omnivision entertainment as part of its plans to expand branded - entertainment and talent development initiatives .
in all likelihood, my damn channel won’t release the daily grace channel to helbig (binding contract and all) and their brand will continue to suffer for it. this youtube scandal will, however, have a lasting impact on the types of contracts up - and - coming youtube talent will sign going forward .
this pr disaster didn’t come out of no where — it’s been building for more than a month, meaning my damn channel had ample time to prepare, and possibly avoid, this type of backlash. their handling of the situation is also fraught with missteps .
brevity is the soul of the wit at my damn channel, a video site where almost everything is entertaining and nothing runs for much more than five minutes. it features short - form sitcoms like versailles (with fred willard, patricia heaton and william h. macy), stuff by dependably funny people such as harry shearer and bruce mccall, an in - your - face instructional show called you suck at photoshop and the self - explanatory cookin' with coolio. more professional than youtube and less schlocky than much of what' s on the networks and cable, my damn channel is damn good tv .
my damn channel’s troubles began the last week of december 2013, when helbig uploaded her final video on her daily grace youtube channel, the one they own. in the cryptic and somewhat awkwardly sincere video blog titled “ see you next year ”, helbig announces she is going on a week - long vacation from the internet — “it’s not you it’s me, but also the system and the man. ” she then thanks my damn channel for giving her a job, reminisces on the five years she’s worked for the company and says 2014 will be a little different but still “really really fun. ”
founded in 2007 by rob barnett and warren chao, my damn channel has produced hundreds of hours of original programming, including comedy, music, unscripted reality and live variety programming. we are indebted to rob barnett for his vision and leadership over the years and he can be reached at his new venture urltoken
the youtube platform by itself, which allows you to make money from ad revenue, doesn' t ask you to sign your ip rights away. one of the most circulated reasons cited for helbig’s departure (it appears neither party can speak publicly about the dispute) is she would have made more money independently from the ad revenue on her channel had she owned her content than the salary she was getting at my damn channel .
by populist accounts, my damn channel is now an evil corporate villain. helbig fans are writing nasty comments on old daily grace videos bashing the company, disliking the videos, telling everyone to subscribe to helbig’s new channel it’s grace and to unsubscribe from daily grace. this trend continues on tumblr and twitter too. according to statistics monitoring site vidstatsx, daily grace saw a drop of more than 110, 000 subscribers (!! !) last week .
in many ways, that last video encapsulates how unexpected helbig’s departure from my damn channel is (though videoink wrote the breakup was imminent back in november). she invested heavily in the network and acted as its spokeswoman on multiple occasions, and it repaid her by helping her build a large audience both on and off youtube. at the same time, her contract with the network is up, and if she feels she can get a better deal elsewhere, then more power to her. still, the fact that my damn channel isn’t letting her keep the daily grace url, combined with the network’s claim that it was “hoping to continue our formal relationship, ” definitely raises a bit of a funny smell .
it’s not just for laughs anymore: my damn channel, which started out in 2007 as an online - comedy video destination, has redubbed itself omnivision entertainment as part of its plans to expand branded - entertainment and talent development initiatives. the company also announced that it has signed development deal with finland - based youtube star sara maria forsberg, whose video [ … ]
not owning your content is a terrible (though not unusual) thing…it means that the company who does own your content can hold your stuff hostage and do anything they want with it. they can make you do things you don’t want to do. i’m not saying this is what my damn channel was doing to grace, but i am saying i do completely understand grace not wanting to be part of that anymore .
omnivision recently cut a deal with turner’s hln to produce “videocracy, ” a series about the most buzz - worthy entertainment stories in the news — its first content for tv. it plans to continue to produce and distribute premium content for all platforms. the evolution from my damn channel’s comedy origins has been under way for a few years, and the company has produced several hundred hours of programming across genres including comedy, music, unscripted reality and live variety programming .
helbig’s new primary channel will be at the url that was previously her secondary channel. personally, i will be curious to see how well she can use her social media clout to bring her fans over to her new home. of course, recent projects like camp takota suggest that helbig is, like many of her peers, less interested in youtube and curious about moving on to bigger and better platforms .
our flagship channel on youtube is urltoken with over two million subscribers. daily you has helped launch the careers of new talent with shows including our popular, long - running series fairy tale friday, started as bedtime stories by steve kerper feat. grace helbig .
“if creators can leave relationships and take their audience with them, networks and production companies are going to be very careful about what they invest in and make sure that they lock creators into iron - clad contracts before spending lots of money on them. and creators…they’re gonna have to make damn sure they need those entities for their success, or signing their life away is going to be a dumb move. ”
as far as youtube contract dispute scandals go, this one is fairly tame in that no one is threatening to sue anyone, unlike the ray william johnson / maker studio spat. no one really cared about johnson’s content ownership struggles though, because he was never seen as part of the community — johnson doesn’t even go to vidcon. however, everyone loves helbig and helbig is a big part of the community. this is evident in the outpouring of support for her new channel, currently approaching 700, 000 subscribers .
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if this is all another chapter in his long saga of outrages he’s daring fans to indulge, maybe it’s time to say “enough. ”
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we are a full - service studio and production company and have our own distribution on youtube through a network of owned and operated youtube channels .
we also have one of the largest short - form comedy video libraries on the internet available for license, spearheaded by award - winning shows including you suck at photoshop, wainy days, horrible people, cooking with coolio, mark malkoff, grace helbig and more .
the youtube community will forever remember last week as the time their current favorite, an up - and - coming lady comedian named grace helbig with 2 million fans, told “the system and the man” (aka the company she just left) to go eat a dick .
except, this is helbig we are talking about here — mtv’s best vlogger of 2013, just listed on forbes’ 30 - under - 30 list of 2014 — so it was a lot classier than that. the “eat a dick” part didn’t come out until days later, in a video titled “ how to start over ” where she listed advice that spelled the phrase out. to anyone familiar with the space, the community’s sustained digital cheerleading of helbig’s newfound freedom from “the man” is borderline deafening .
we are happy and grateful for all that we built together with grace and the best fans ever. her career will continue to see success after success. she is one of the most talented and hardest - working artists we know, and we are excited to see what’s next. we wish her the very best and hope we can work together again in the future .
a rhetoric of “how dare they not give grace rights to her content, hold her account hostage, milk her videos for ad money with re - runs, and what is this business about a binding contract? ?? ” prevails, to this day, across social media. established entertainment industry rules are clearly not welcome in this new media landscape .
green, who described this debacle as “one of the most important events in the history of online video, ” agrees. he wrote in an email :
is it possible to not sign your life away, and have joint ownership of your content, ie: intellectual property (ip) rights? i reached out to shaun spalding, a board member of new media rights, to find out and he said it is possible and happens all the time in the web video space, but it’s “not really an ideal situation for anyone” when it comes to profits. if an individual is concerned about a company using their ip in ways they don’t like, then “it’s always better to fully own your ip. ” so don’t bother, basically .
there are a lot of people out there wondering what exactly the middle men are supposed to be doing in this new world… and wondering if maybe they don’t need to be paying them anymore. ”
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the company also announced that it has signed development deal with finland - based youtube star sara maria forsberg, whose video “what languages sound like to foreigners” has garnered 10. 6 million views in about a month .
under the multiyear deal with forsberg, omnivision will work with the 19 - year - old to co - create content to be available on existing and new youtube channels, urltoken and other platforms starting next month. forsberg will start working for omnivision from pietarsaari, finland, but she hopes to eventually relocate to los angeles. omnivision will be her exclusive worldwide manager in partnership with yrc finland oy, pursuing advertising, online, film, tv, theatrical, print and other opportunities. forsberg is scheduled to make her u. s. television debut with an april 7 appearance on “the ellen degeneres show, ” and is also planning to launch her music career with a major record label .
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my damn channel is an entertainment website and multichannel network which enables comedians , actors , filmmakers , musicians . and brands to co-produce , monetize and distribute original video content . the company has launched several original comedy series on the web , including wainy days , horrible people , you suck at photoshop and videos by harry shearer . my damn channel was founded in 2007 by rob barnett , who remains its ceo . in 2011 , my damn channel was named one of time magazine 's " 50 websites that make the web great " . in 2013 , my damn channel entered into a partnership with digital media firm blip in which the two companies will share exclusive first-run distribution for four original comedies . 
my damn channel is an entertainment website and multichannel network which enables comedians, actors, filmmakers, musicians. and brands to co-produce, monetize and distribute original video content. the company has launched several original comedy series on the web, including wainy days, horrible people, you suck at photoshop and videos by harry shearer. my damn channel was founded in 2007 by rob barnett, who remains its ceo. in 2011, my damn channel was named one of time magazine's " 50 websites that make the web great ". in 2013, my damn channel entered into a partnership with digital media firm blip in which the two companies will share exclusive first-run distribution for four original comedies.
my damn channel is an entertainment website and multichannel network which enables comedians, actors, filmmakers, musicians. and brands to co-produce, monetize and distribute original video content. the company has launched several original comedy series on the web, including wainy days, horrible people, you suck at photoshop and videos by harry shearer. my damn channel was founded in 2007 by rob barnett, who remains its ceo. in 2011, my damn channel was named one of time magazine's " 50 websites that make the web great ". in 2013, my damn channel entered into a partnership with digital media firm blip in which the two companies will share exclusive first-run distribution for four original comedies.