Paul Robinett
{{Short description|American vlogger and entrepreneur}}
{{for-multi|the U.S. Army general of World War II|Paul McDonald Robinett|the character in Law & Order|Paul Robinette}}
Paul Robinett, known by his screen name Renetto, is an American vlogger and entrepreneur.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.wired.co.uk/article/youtube-community|title=The rise and fall of YouTube's celebrity pioneers|author=Tufnell, Nicholas|magazine=Wired|date=November 27, 2013|accessdate=September 18, 2017}} Robinett's videos have attracted over 56 million views, and his YouTube channel has over 44,500 subscribers.{{cite news | title=Ein Träumer. Ein Spieler. Ein Prediger (German) | author= Sabine Pamperrien | newspaper=Berliner Zeitung | date=December 7, 2008 }}{{cite news | url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=950CE6D6113EF935A15751C0A9619C8B63&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=1 | title=New Hot Properties: YouTube Celebrities | author= Bob Tedeschi | newspaper=New York Times | date=February 26, 2007 }} His channel has been viewed over 31.2 million times.
YouTube
Robinett began posting videos on YouTube in mid-2006.{{cite news | url= https://www.chicagotribune.com/2006/10/13/youtube-all-stars/| title= YouTube all-stars | author= Kathryn Masterson | newspaper=Chicago Tribune | date= October 13, 2006 | access-date=May 10, 2010}}("Four months after starting to post videos on youtube Paul Robinett, known on Web as Renetto a Moby looking bald guy with thick black glasses was recognized...") Initially, he posted videos as the character "renetto", "a squeaky-voiced, intellectually challenged reviewer of others' YouTube videos." Robinett released a video called "Diet Coke+Mentos=Human experiment: EXTREME GRAPHIC CONTENT" posted in August 2006, in which he placed a large quantity of Mentos in his mouth and drank Diet Coke at the same time, and implied that he suffered serious injury as a result.{{cite news | url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB115768704950557377 | title=Fact or Fiction? (article preview) | author= Brian M. Carney | author-link= Brian Carney (editorialist) | newspaper=Wall Street Journal | date=September 8, 2006 }} Robinett was nominated for the first YouTube Video Awards.{{cite news | url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/19/AR2007031900099.html | title=YouTube to Sponsor Video Awards Show | author=Jake Coyle | publisher=Washington Post / Associated Press | date=March 19, 2007 }}{{cite news | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/6466143.stm | title=YouTube to present video awards | work=BBC News | date=March 19, 2007 }} He is also an official partner in YouTube's revenue sharing program. Robinett is based in Canal Winchester, Ohio, where he owned and ran a candle shop and sold hand-signed, hand-poured candles. In September 2007 he announced his move and challenged YouTubers to find him, and ended up in Ahwatukee, Phoenix, Arizona. He later returned to Ohio but now resides in Florida.
Personal life
Paul is divorced from his wife Andrea. They have 4 children together.
See also
References
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- {{cite magazine | url=http://www.spiegel.de/netzwelt/tech/0,1518,437476,00.html | title=Renetto (in German) | magazine=Der Spiegel | date=September 17, 2006}}
External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20151117031056/http://thevloglife.com/ Official website]
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