Husky wasn't the first to cast. Guys like Day9, Artosis, & Tasteless cast too, and are quite popular. But HD & Husky were the first to focus mostly on "Virtual" tournaments. The other successful casters focused more on "Real life" tournaments. Artosis & Tasteless even went to Korea for a year to comment StarCraft II games on GomTV. Day9 regularly travel to big tournaments.
And yet, none of them make as much money as Husky & HD (supposedly, I don't have hard numbers.)
It shows the power of the web. The old medias are here to stay, but most of the creativity & growth today comes from the web.
Just a slight correction. Artosis and Tasteless are actually still living in Korea and casting fulltime.
Aye; this past weekend at MLG they even identified themselves as "from South Korea", not America. They'be been there for a few years and haven't announced any plans to move.
How about hn peeps meet in channel HackerNews?
I'm taking a coding break and will be on for the next hour. HNers are free to add me on BNET using the email in my profile.
SC2 is actually a great way to meet and befriend people remotely
https://spreadsheets.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AlLWR_q...
It's crazy how many people are earning a good living off YouTube. Not a lot in absolute numbers, but when you compare it to the number of TV show hosts on cable/broadcast TV it's quite impressive.
The dream of independent niche content producers finding an audience and making good money is actually happening.
That said, $2-3 CPM sounds high to me. But I don't know anything about the YouTube ad market.
http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=142342
Although you literally have to be in the top 2.