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Caitlin Alexandra Hill (born 8 September 1988) is an Australian YouTube personality under the name TheHill88. She produces, edits and uploads her videos from her home in Brisbane, and since 2008 from New York City. Dubbed "the goofy princess of cyberspace" by Australia's version of ''60 Minutes'', Hill maintains a channel on YouTube. Her videos have a cumulative view count of over 17 million.〔Myers, Jack ( "YouTube's Biggest Viral Video Stars Sign With Hitviews to Tap Into Marketers' Budgets" ) The Huffington Post, 25 November 2008〕 In addition to maintaining a channel on YouTube, Hill is the Chief Creative Officer of Hitviews, a website and new media business venture, which she co-founded with Walter Sabo.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Hitviews Offers Brands a New, Proven Way to Deliver Message Inside the Most Popular Online Videos )〕 The site allows marketers direct access to internet celebrities such as Kevin Nalty and Cory Williams. Bob Weinstein is among the site's investors.〔Myers, Jack ("YouTube's Biggest Viral Video Stars Sign With Hitviews to Tap Into Marketers' Budgets" ) The Huffington Post, 25 November 2008〕 == YouTube fame == Hill submitted her first video to YouTube 16 August 2006, as a fan response to popular web serial ''lonelygirl15''.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Re: I Probably Shouldn't Post This... )〕 A day later, Hill began to assemble fans of her own upon uploading ''( Re: LonelyGirl: Lazydork is Better Than You )'' (posted 17 August 2006), a video response to YouTube comedian Richard Stern, received over 1,000,000 views before September 2006. Described by ''The Age'' as "cheesy rap", YouTube featured the video and her 14 short videos collectively received over 4,000,000 views.〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Re: LonelyGirl: Lazydork is Better Than You )〕 She has credited Zach Braff, Brooke Brodack and Bree, a ''lonelygirl15'' character played by Jessica Rose, for inspiring her to join the YouTube community.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=CC licensed video interview with Caitlin Hill )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Unexpected: Episode 100 – TheHill88 & Ian Crossland )〕 After sustaining a sizable viewership on YouTube for nearly a year, Hill became one of the first twenty to thirty YouTube users to join the YouTube partnership program in May 2007.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Video interview with Caitlin Hill, by Abbie Santiago of BusinessBoomer )〕 This status gives the user "the ability to share in ad revenue".〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The YouTube Partner Programme )〕 In September 2007, Hill announced on her MySpace blog that 2007 would be her last year in the partnership program, stating: By October 2007, YouTube no longer listed Hill as a revenue sharing partner. In addition to her own output, Hill plays a recurring role in ''Choose Your Own Tube'', a YouTube serial produced and directed by Remi Broadway.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=ChooseYourOwnTube.com )〕 In July 2007, she featured in 'Disgrace', a music-video created by the band Coldstone.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=coldstonemusic.com )〕 Also in July 2007, Hill played herself in Lisa Donovan's comedy sketch ''LisaNova Does Youtube'', in which she and other popular video bloggers are kidnapped by Donovan and made to comment on thousands of YouTube user profiles.〔Behrens, Zach ("LisaNova Kidnaps Perez Hilton" ) (LAist.com ), the Los Angeles version of the Gothamist 11 July 2007〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Caitlin Hill」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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