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Well, the money earned from YouTube ads on the clip is enough to help put a student through college on a scholarship.
According to the Montreal Gazette, the revenue will go towards tuition “for a deserving student” at the art school where the video was created.
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The clip was produced by animation students at Montreal’s Centre NAD as part of a class project and released to see if the world would be fooled. It was, if only for a few hours, and the video racked up more than 41 million views.
The exact amount of revenue from Google’s AdSense programme hasn’t yet been revealed – but the Daily Dot estimates that it will come to around US$40,000 (€30,000) at a rule-of-thumb rate of US$1 for every 1,000 ad views.
Also, the students reportedly all got an A-plus grade for their work:
Sunday 22 December, 2024
Sunday 22 December, 2024
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Here's how much that fake golden eagle video earned on YouTube...
REMEMBER THAT VIDEO of a golden eagle (almost) snatching a child from a park in Montreal?
The one that turned out to be a fake?
Well, the money earned from YouTube ads on the clip is enough to help put a student through college on a scholarship.
According to the Montreal Gazette, the revenue will go towards tuition “for a deserving student” at the art school where the video was created.
The clip was produced by animation students at Montreal’s Centre NAD as part of a class project and released to see if the world would be fooled. It was, if only for a few hours, and the video racked up more than 41 million views.
The exact amount of revenue from Google’s AdSense programme hasn’t yet been revealed – but the Daily Dot estimates that it will come to around US$40,000 (€30,000) at a rule-of-thumb rate of US$1 for every 1,000 ad views.
Also, the students reportedly all got an A-plus grade for their work:
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Seems fair enough.
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