Jon Ronson / New York Times ·
How lawn care YouTuber Greg Chism scaled a family channel to 13B views with YouTube's coaching, before YouTube banned it in 2017 following online backlash
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Bloomberg ·
The FTC has been investigating whether YouTube broke consumer protection laws by violating its own policies when suspending accounts or banning content
The US Federal Trade Commission has been investigating whether Alphabet Inc.'s YouTube violated consumer protection laws …
Anna Washenko / Engadget ·
YouTube adds Amazon to its shopping affiliate program, enabling US creators to tag Amazon products in Shorts, longform videos, and livestreams
The retailer just finally joined YouTube Shopping's affiliate program.
John Koblin / New York Times ·
Netflix has discussed adding streamers like Peacock and Fox One as it seeks to compete with YouTube and Roku in becoming a one-stop shop for TV content
For years, Amazon has persuaded tens of millions of people to use its Prime Video app to subscribe to other services …
Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg ·
YouTube is offering top creators millions to post videos exclusively on YouTube for a period and will penalize those that post to Netflix concurrently
YouTube will pay creators to post their videos to YouTube before any other service. If creators post to YouTube and Netflix at the same time, they will face consequences.
Emma Roth / The Verge ·
YouTube will start counting a view as soon as a video starts to play, from August 24, lining up with the system used by Instagram, TikTok, and its Shorts videos
By tracking views from the instant a video starts to play, YouTube's new counter works more like TikTok, X, and Instagram.
Aisha Malik / TechCrunch ·
YouTube says new creators will need double, or 8,000+, watch hours over the past year or 20M Shorts views in the last 90 days to start earning money from Feb. 1
YouTube announced on Monday that new creators will have to meet higher thresholds to begin earning money from ads and subscriptions.
Andrew Webster / The Verge ·
Rockstar says it will show an "extended look" at Grand Theft Auto VI on August 27, premiering on Netflix at 3pm ET before streaming on YouTube at 9pm ET
The preview will stream on both Netflix and YouTube. … We'll be getting an in-depth preview of Grand Theft Auto VI very soon …
Lillian Rizzo / CNBC ·
Sports clips' rise on platforms like YouTube has left broadcasters debating whether to use them to attract younger viewers or protect their subscription revenue
As the New York Knicks clinched their first championship in 53 years and the NBA notched its highest Finals series ratings since 1998 …
Liv McMahon / BBC ·
The UK's social media ban will cover Snapchat, TikTok, YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, X, and more, and will require platforms to stop children from livestreaming
The UK has announced it is going to ban social media for under-16s.
Aisha Malik / TechCrunch ·
YouTube launches new Premium podcast features, including an AI-powered recommendation tool, an "Auto speed" setting, and a new on-the-go listening mode
YouTube announced on Thursday it's introducing new podcast features for Premium users, including an AI-powered recommendation tool …
Todd Spangler / Variety ·
YouTube makes its AI content labels more prominent on desktop and mobile, and will apply them automatically if it detects "significant photorealistic AI use"
Is that YouTube video clip you're watching real or was it made with AI?
Alexandra Alter / New York Times ·
For publishers, pirated audiobooks made with AI on YouTube are a growing issue: removal is cumbersome, and some are hiring tech companies to take them down
Illegal, synthetically narrated copies of "The Hunger Games," hit self-help books and everything in between are increasingly common on the platform.
Bloomberg ·
Filings: YouTube, Snap, and TikTok reach agreements to settle a lawsuit, set for trial in June, over claims social media addiction disrupted kids' learning
Snap Inc., Google's YouTube and ByteDance Ltd.'s TikTok reached agreements to settle the first lawsuit headed to trial over claims …
Shalini Ramachandran / Wall Street Journal ·
How US schools' overreliance on YouTube for educational content encourages students to drift into endless video scrolling on school-issued devices
Parents find their kids captive to the video streaming site on their school-issued devices; for one, it was 13,000 YouTube videos in three months
Jay Peters / The Verge ·
YouTube rolls out Full Multiview Customization to YouTube TV, letting users pin up to four live streams in a window, after debuting a limited version in 2023
Custom multiview is finally here. Custom multiview is finally here. … YouTube CEO Neal Mohan announced Tuesday that YouTube TV is getting "fully customizable" multiview.
Stevie Bonifield / The Verge ·
YouTube now lets users set a zero-minute Shorts time limit, effectively removing them from its iOS and Android app; the lowest previous option was 15 minutes
All YouTube users are getting an option to set their Shorts time limit to zero minutes.
Andrew Romero / 9to5Google ·
YouTube livestreams will show fewer ads to users who support creators with Super Chat, Super Sticker, or gift purchases, and disable ads during peak engagement
YouTube has been under a microscope in recent months for increased ad frequency during videos and livestreams, whether purposeful or not.
Dominic Preston / The Verge ·
YouTube raises YouTube Premium's prices in the US: Lite is $1 more at $8.99/month, Individual is $2 more at $15.99/month, and Family is $4 more at $26.99/month
The standard plan is going up by $2 a month in the US. … YouTube Premium is getting more expensive in the US …
Anu Adegbola / Search Engine Land ·
Google rolls out its Veo video model globally within Google Ads, allowing advertisers to create 10-second videos for YouTube from up to three static images
Advertisers can now generate short videos directly inside Google Ads using Veo, Google's most advanced generative video model