Under fire from blockchain upstarts and big tech firms that are trying to chip away at its dominance among video influencers and other content creators, YouTube today has announced several enhancements to the ways its content creators can generate revenue.
The announcements came at the VidCon convention in Anaheim…
Pretty Little Liars alum Shay Mitchell made an surprise announcement today via her YouTube page.
“There is something in the oven and it’s not my pizza!!! WOW… It’s kind of surreal processing the fact that another human is growing inside of you,” she said.
Yes, Mitchell is pregnant with her first child with Matte…
A body pulled from New York’s East River has been identified as Desmond Amofah, the popular YouTube and onetime Twitch gamer known as Etika. The NYPD confirmed the news Tuesday after putting out an earlier bulletin seeking information about the whereabouts of Etika, who was last heard from a week ago. He was…
Superstar gamer and YouTube titan Tyler “Ninja” Blevins is coming to a bookshelf near you. Two Random House imprints, Clarkson Potter and Ten Speed Press, will take the digital influencer to the printed page with three releases by year’s end.
Clarkson Potter will release the Ninja: Get Good gamer guide and the Ninja No…
The YouTube hit murder mystery competition web series Escape The Night is coming back for a fourth season, making it the longest-running YouTube Original series. The new season will include 10 half-hour episodes with the first two debuting on YouTube Premium July 11.
The first episode will also premiere simultaneously…
YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki apologized to the LGBTQ community during an appearance at a tech conference Monday but stood firm on the company’s decision not to suspend the account of right-wing personality Steven Crowder after investigations into anti-gay slurs he made on the platform against Vox journalist Carlos…
YouTube’s efforts to explain why it de-monetized videos by right wing online personality Steven Crowder that targeted Vox writer Carlos Maza with anti-gay mockery has drawn criticism from all quarters, with Maza slamming YouTube’s wrist-slapping and Ted Cruz accusing the platform of “playing God.”
In a nearly 800-word…
After a lengthy period of opting not to take action, YouTube has de-monetized the account of right-wing online personality Steven Crowder for using anti-gay slurs in attacking Vox writer Carlos Maza. It did attach a caveat to the action, however.
When the issue surfaced via Maza’s account of the events, YouTube said…
YouTube has announced today that they are increasing their efforts to protect minors and families. These updates expand their current policies that protect minors from being exploited on the popular streaming platform.
A statement on the YouTube site said: “We also enforce a strong set of policies to protect minors on…
If you can’t check your GMail, watch your favorite puppy video on YouTube or use your favorite filter on Snapchat, you’re not alone. A number of web services have been wonky across the country after Google's Cloud service, which powers many apps outside its own web services, has experienced an outage on Sunday…
VidCon has unveiled the influencers and executive lineup for its 10th annual gathering, which is set for July 10-13 at the Anaheim Convention Center.
Alongside such digital talent as Hannah Hart, Poppy, Rickey Thompson, The Try Guys, Kandee Johnson, Miles Jai and VidCon founders Hank Green and John Green will be execs…
YouTube star Lauren Love, who has more than a million subscribers to her channel, is under fire for a prank video in which she pretends to be a company executive and fires hapless Walmart employees.
Love visited a Richmond, Texas Walmart dressed in professional attire and approached a few employees. She told them they…
