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Feb
27
2022
By Troy Warren
YouTube Pauses Monetization for Russian Media Channels Following Sanctions

YouTube Pauses Monetization for Russian Media Channels Following Sanctions

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BY ABBEY WHITE | HollywoodReporter.ComTroy Warren for CNT #BusinessThe news follows a similar move on Friday from Meta which is "now prohibiting Russian state media from running ads or monetizing on our platform anywhere in the world" according to security policy head Nathaniel Gleicher.YouTube is pausing Russian affiliated channels’ ability to monetize on the video platform, the company announced on Saturday.In a statement, YouTube announced it would be suspending several channels’ ability to collect ad revenue, including the state-funded media outlet RT. The move comes just days after Russia’s decision to invade Ukraine on Thursday.“In light of extraordinary circumstances in…
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Jan
26
2022
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By Troy Warren
YouTube CEO: More Creators Are Making At Least $10K a Year

YouTube CEO: More Creators Are Making At Least $10K a Year

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BY J. CLARA CHAN | HollywoodReporter.ComTroy Warren for CNT #DigitalIn an open letter addressing YouTube's 2022 goals, Susan Wojcicki also notes the platform will increase its focus on podcasting.YouTube saw a 40 percent year-over-year increase in channels making more than $10,000 a year, according to YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki, as the platform promotes new efforts to allow creators to monetize their work.The latest figures were shared in an open letter on Tuesday from Wojcicki, though the executive did not disclose the exact number of channels making that yearly income in 2020 vs. 2021 to account for the 40 percent increase.…
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Jan
26
2022
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By Ellen Britt
YouTube Is Hinting They Will Embrace NFTs

YouTube Is Hinting They Will Embrace NFTs

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Ellen Britt for CNT #NFT  The CEO of YouTube just published a letter saying the company is thinking of NFTs as a way to add revenue for its content creators.  Although they are not yet saying how NFTs would be integrated into the platform, we can take some clues from Twitter, which recently added the ability for its Twitter Blue users to add an NFT that they own as their profile pic, which will be hexagonal in shape, rather than round. Twitter and Meta Leading The Way Plus we are sure that YouTube is looking at what Facebook is doing as well, with its name…
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Jan
16
2022
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By Troy Warren
‘Baby Shark Dance’ Sets YouTube Record, Surpassing 10B Views

‘Baby Shark Dance’ Sets YouTube Record, Surpassing 10B Views

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BY KIMBERLY NORDYKE | HollywoodReporter.ComTroy Warren for CNT #DigitalIt now has 2.3 billion more views than the second-most-watched video, Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee's "Despacito."How many times have you seen it?On Thursday, the Baby Shark Dance music video set a YouTube record.The video, which was released in June 2016, has officially become the first video ever to hit a whopping 10 billion views on YouTube, making it the most viewed video in the history of the site, according to creators The Pinkfong Co.The 10 billion threshold was breached on Thursday. As of 7 a.m., the video has 10,002,749,119 views, to…
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Dec
10
2021
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By Troy Warren
Time Takes Person of the Year Reveal to YouTube

Time Takes Person of the Year Reveal to YouTube

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BY ALEX WEPRIN | HollywoodReporter.Com Troy Warren for CNT #Digital After making the reveal on NBC for years, the magazine and media brand looks to expand the franchise through the digital video giant. For years, Time used the reach of broadcast TV to unveil its annual Person of the Year. For 2021, however, the magazine and media brand now owned by Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff and his wife, Lynne Benioff, will be taking the big reveal to YouTube. Time‘s video production division, Time Studios, will produce the special, which will premiere Monday, Dec. 13, at 7:30 a.m. ET on Time’s YouTube Channel. Last year, Time unveiled its…
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Nov
06
2021
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By Troy Warren
How YouTube Sidestepped Woes Over Apple’s Privacy Changes

How YouTube Sidestepped Woes Over Apple’s Privacy Changes

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BY J. CLARA CHAN | HollywoodReporter.Com Troy Warren for CNT #Digital Unlike Snapchat and Facebook, the video platform’s parent company, Google, has its own operating system — which came in handy when users started opting out of ad targeting on iOS devices. When Snap, the first major tech giant out of the gate with third-quarter earnings, revealed Oct. 21 an overall miss caused by Apple’s iOS privacy changes, shares tumbled 20 percent as analysts watched carefully to see whether the dent to targeted advertising would become a trend. For the most part, it has. Days later, Facebook (now officially rebranded as…
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Jul
07
2021
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By Troy Warren
YouTube recommendations serve up most videos viewers wish they’d never seen, study says

YouTube recommendations serve up most videos viewers wish they’d never seen, study says

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Joan E. Solsman | CNET.Com Troy Warren for CNT When YouTube viewers volunteered to report videos they regretted watching, 71% of them were recommended by YouTube's own algorithms, according to a Mozilla study. YouTube's almighty recommendations surfaced most of the videos that a crowdsourced army of volunteers said they regretted watching, according to a study released Wednesday by Mozilla based on "regret" reports from YouTubeusers. Of the videos people said they regretted, 71% were recommended by YouTube's artificial intelligence. YouTube also recommended people watch videos that it later removed for breaking its own rules, the report said, and videos that people regretted were…
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