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How do you get bigger audiences for your YouTube videos? That problem has plagued YouTube users for two decades. When the app first launched, it was relatively easy. The social media platform had fewer than 50,000 users and two million video views per day in 2005, meaning that interesting or compelling content had a good…
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Music videos aside, what about all those kangaroos? … Welcome to today’s three thoughts that make up Vol. 857 of The Daily Dirt. 1. I had always wondered what the most popular YouTube music videos might be, but had never really looked into it until a few days ago. My first thought when piecing together…
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I’m not sure what normal is these days. After the last few weeks we’ve all had, I think we’re all ready for some lazy, hazy summertime fun. But, when duty calls, the Muddy River team will be ready. We want to thank everyone for the kind words you have shared with us regarding our coverage…
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Be patient, you’ll understand the quarter-pounder reference in just a minute … Welcome to today’s three thoughts that make up Vol. 445 of The Daily Dirt. 1. The 21st century is still a relatively new piece of forever, yet what it has produced in its first 20-plus years is pretty impressive. I’ll be the first…
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QUINCY — The Illinois Stories program will feature a piece on the 1839 vintage fire truck, Quincy First, at 8 p.m. Thursday, June 16 on WQEC, Quincy’s PBS station (Cable channel 8) and again at 4 p.m. Sunday, June 19. This was the first fire engine used in Quincy and also the first used in…
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Matt and Abby Howard are high school sweethearts who got married in July 2019 during their sophomore year at Missouri State University in Springfield, Mo. Abby (Biswell), who graduated from Quincy (IL) High School in 2017, was traveling to the Muny in St. Louis to perform in summer theater programs when she met Matt, a…
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Devon Hawkins, who went viral after going live on local television after being shot five years ago, was arrested in Quincy over the weekend on multiple charges. Hawkins, 26, was arrested in the 7th and Lind area on a Jersey County warrant for FTA speeding, driving while license suspended, and transportation of alcohol. In January…
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