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The debut of a new TV show by Kelly Clarkson, a farewell to rocker and reality TV star Eddie Money, and news on the sale of the boyhood home of one of arena rock’s giants made up some of the headlines in the music industry this week. All this as the industry eyed new pots of gold in podcasting and streaming, hi-tech…

UPDATE: Shane Gillis has apologized to “Anyone who’s actually offended by anything I’ve said.”  The comedian is in hot water as a YouTube video from last year surfaced, featuring him uttering a racial slur against Chinese people. Gillis was just announced as a new cast member for the upcoming season. NBC has not…

UPDATED with more details: Google will pay $170 million to settle claims by the Federal Trade Commission anda New York Attorney General Letitia James that YouTube illegally collected personal information from children without their parent's consent. The record fine, which had been anticipated after news reports that…

Since tightening its controls on content in an effort to limit hate speech in June, YouTube says it removed 17,000 channels and 100,000 videos in the second quarter, both fivefold increases over previous periods. In a blog post Tuesday, the company said it has also reduced views on videos that are later removed for…

YouTube is officially kicking off its shift to AVOD (ad-supported video on demand) today by dropping the first season of its most popular original scripted series Cobra Kai, starring Ralph Macchio and William Zabka, in front of the paywall for a limited time. The streamer also has set Season 2 premiere dates for…

With an Emmy nomination this year for his short form web series Billy on the Street, comedian Billy Eichner is celebrating both his third Primetime nod from Academy, and his third iteration of the show, since it returned as a web series late last year. But short form online isn't a new home for Billy on the Street…

YouTube and parent company Google took down 210 channels after they posted a co-ordinated series of videos seen as undermining the anti-government protests in Hong Kong. Shane Huntley, director of Google’s Threat Analysis Group, confirmed the takedowns in a blog post, noting that the action was consistent with similar…

When YouTube was just five years old, Randy Rainbow was an artist in need of an outlet. Blogging and then creating topical videos for the platform, Rainbow hit on his first viral video in 2010, moving on in 2016 to skewer President Donald Trump with show tunes. Rewriting classic numbers with a political bent, and…

YouTube is in a "little bit of a transition" in terms of its original commissioning strategy, according to its European content exec Luke Hyams. Hyams, who is Head of Originals, YouTube, EMEA, confirmed that the digital platform is not looking for scripted projects and has commissioned a slew of non-scripted…

YouTube, which has been under pressure for facilitating inappropriate content viewed by children, is in discussions with federal regulators to end its advertising targeting on videos that appeal to kids, Bloomberg reported. Several years ago, Google-owned YouTube launched a new arena that would ostensibly house all of…

The 9th annual Streamy Awards are about to get a little more muscle behind them. YouTube is partnering with Tubefilter, which oversees the yearly event, and dick clark productions for the awards ceremony, which will take place at the Beverly Hilton on December 13.  The event will stream live globally on YouTube…

EXCLUSIVE: YouTube’s scale-back on original scripted programming continues. I have learned that the online video platform is not proceeding with new seasons of its drama series Step Up: High Water and comedy Wayne, and is not going forward with drama pilot Dark Cargo and comedy pilot It’s a Man’s World. The…