Recent youtube phenomenon was profiled by Forbes online (also as a youtube video). The producers dont have much of a response to the question,
"So did the show Lonelygirl make any money?" -> "No." http://youtube.com/watch?v=g4VS5u2PvV0&mode=related&search= I didnt pay much attention to the show, it looked popular on youtube at the time. How many eyeballs watched the show? 10,000 ? And they didn't make any $ ?