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British YouTube star Joe Sugg is launching a production company backed by BBC Studios to develop entertainment and factual entertainment formats. Final Straw Productions will make shows for people of all ages and has already struck a development, production and distribution deal with the BBC’s commercial arm, which…

YouTube EMEA Regional Boss Ben McOwen Wilson is stepping down after more than a decade leading the Google-owned platform across the region. McOwen Wilson is departing YouTube but staying with Google, as he gets set to lead the Google Play app store in EMEA next week. McOwen Wilson delivered the…

Alphabet, parent of Google and YouTube, undershot Wall Street analysts’ consensus forecasts for the second quarter, reporting $69.7 billion in revenue and earnings per share of $1.21. While the miss wasn’t by much — the Street expected revenue of $70 billion and earnings of $1.31 — the quarter also marked the…

Rotten Tomatoes has teamed with Movieclips, an established YouTube destination for trailers and other movie material, to create a newly expanded entertainment video hub. Both Rotten Tomatoes and Movieclips are under the digital network umbrella of NBCUniversal-owned Fandango. The new Rotten Tomatoes YouTube Network…

EXCLUSIVE: Digital comedy outlet Smosh has appointed Joel Rubin as the company’s first EVP of Programming and Content. Along with the arrival of Rubin, a digital media veteran who has worked at LeBron James’ SpringHill Company, Rooster Teeth and SourceFed, current Smosh staffers Lisa Van Lenner and Kiana Parker have…

Technoblade, a YouTube creator and Minecraft gamer with nearly 11 million subscribers, has died of cancer, his parents announced in a video posted on their son’s channel. He was 23. Eight hours before he died — he was diagnosed with cancer a year ago — the gamer wrote a final message to his followers, a message that…

YouTube said today that more than 1.5 billion logged-in users are watching YouTube Shorts every month as it moves to cement its role as rival to short-form juggernaut TikTok. Google's YouTube launched Shorts in late 2020 to compete with the ubiquitous social media platform owned by ByteDance of China. TikTok, which…

Redoubling its emphasis on living-room streaming, YouTube is rolling out a new feature to allow viewers to interact with programming playing on their TV set by using their mobile phones. Android or iOS phones must be signed in to the same YouTube account as the one on the TV. Users can then click “connect” when…

The Supreme Court blocked a Texas law that prohibited major social media platforms including Facebook and YouTube from restricting content based on viewpoint. The law was championed by the Gov. Greg Abbott, as a response to alleged bias by major platforms against conservatives. But in a 5-4 decision (read it here)…

Susan Wojcicki, YouTube CEO and one of the most powerful women in business today, said a leaked Supreme Court draft ruling last month jumpstarted internal discussions on issues from employee benefits, to the risk of misinformation and the impact on advertising on the platform should Roe V. Wade be kneecapped. "For…

YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki and Microsoft chief Satya Nadella were skedded to join 2,500 politicians, business and nonprofit leaders at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland this week as the annual gathering kneecapped by Covid is back in person. It reconvenes, a bit subdued, at a critical moment with the…

YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki called it “a big deal” that the digital video giant shifted this year from the NewFronts to the broadcast upfront week, kicking off a presentation to advertisers featuring Lizzo, MrBeast and other crowd-pleasers. “Viewers have more choices than ever about what to watch or where to watch it,&#8221…