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CBS News: Dayton native most successful online jingle writer
Dayton native Joel Moss Levinson was called the Internet’s most successful jingle writer in a segment that air on “CBS News with Katie Couric”; Thursday, Jan. 8. See the news segment below. Levinson’s interview starts at 1:28.
The 28-year-old son of “Dayton Daily News” reporter Meredith Moss has won more than $200,000 in cash and prizes since he began entering online contest about a year ago.
His 35 low budget, but snappy homemade videos have even earned him trips to numerous exotic locals. The college drop out has been a guest on “The Tonight Show With Jay Leno” and featured in a New York Times front page article.
Levinson most recently won an electric car by being named The Game Factory’s “King of Cubicles” for a video in which he proved he can protect “you” from dragons. See the dragon video, one of Levinson’s favorites, below.
The CBS news segment was titled “YouTube Generation Taps Into Net Profits,” Read the article the CBS article on Levinson here.
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