YouTube Names Martin Kon Vice President of Strategy
Media analyst joins YouTube after two decades in the consulting world
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7 Big Media Trends of 2019 (So Far), From Streaming Fatigue to DirecTV Now’s Face Plant
“Soon we’ll all start looking at our credit card bills and start saying, ‘Why am I subscribing to all of these services?”” Paul Hardart, a former Warner Bros. executive, told TheWrap
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Mediaite, Daily Caller, Raw Story and Others Launch Ad-Sales Alliance to Challenge Google, Facebook
Political ad spending expected to be close to $10 billion in 2020
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YouTube Chief Defends Not Banning Conservative Commentator Steven Crowder
Susan Wojcicki apologizes to LGBTQ community for “hurtful” but “right” decision
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Google Makes Nearly $5 Billion Annually From News, Study Finds
About 40% of tech giant’s trending clicks come from publishers, according to the News Media Alliance
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Trump Rips Big Tech, Says the ‘Real Collusion’ Is Between Democrats and Silicon Valley
“They discriminate against me,” POTUS says about Facebook, Amazon, Google
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Some YouTube Creators Worry They’ll Get the Steven Crowder Treatment With ‘Arbitrary’ Rules Enforcement
“Right now it’s largely conservatives being censored… but, undoubtedly, today its conservatives and tomorrow it can be you,” PragerU’s chief marketing officer Craig Strazzeri says
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Tech Execs on the State of Silicon Beach and the Challenge of Doing Business While Doing Good (Video)
TheGrill 2019: “If you believe that Facebook and Instagram and Google and others are contributing to the problems in our democracy, is it ethical to continue to be on those platforms?” Magnet Companies co-founder Jeff Berman asks
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Facebook, Google Take Wall Street Beating Amid Potential Tech Regulations
Big tech is hit hard after the FTC and DOJ divide up antitrust investigations
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YouTube Bans Livestreams From ‘Younger Minors’ Unless Supervised by an Adult
Channels that violate its new policy “may lose their ability to live stream,” Google-owned company says
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Roku vs Amazon: The Battle for Streaming Device Supremacy Heats Up (Chart)
Nearly half of all U.S. households that stream use Roku or Amazon devices, according to new data
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Why Instagram Hiding ‘Likes’ Could Be Good for Users – and the Bottom Line
Likes impact the brain in the same way sex and gambling do — and can lead to compulsive phone checking — one expert tells TheWrap
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Justin Bieber Partners With YouTube for Project Launching in 2020
YouTube Originals will now focus on content centered on music, personalities, and learning
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How ABC News Is Dominating in Livestream Video – and Eliminating the Need for Second Screens
“When viewers watch live, they’re watching eight times longer than they do VOD on the Facebook platform,” ABC News’ SVP of content and partnerships Colby Smith says
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Google ‘Thanos’ Right Now, Click the Gauntlet and Watch What Happens
Among the coolest Google Easter eggs you’ll see
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Next 10 Ventures’ Ben Grubbs on Why Digital-First Content Is King (All Things Video Podcast)
“Digital is absolute. It’s not a panel, which is what you get from TV,” Founder Ben Grubbs says.
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How Jake Paul Became the ‘First Postmodern YouTuber’ (Hint: Social Media Lacks Any Oversight)
All Things Video Podcast: “He’s very transparent about the fact that this is all done to game the algorithm and make a business out of it,” journalist Chris Stokel-Walker says
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YouTuber Marques Brownlee Lands New Series ‘Retro Tech’ on YouTube
Known as MKBHD on YouTube, Brownlee’s show will be based on his “Dope Tech” review videos
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Amazon and Google Drop Feud, Will Bring Streaming Apps to Each Other’s Platforms
YouTube will hit Fire TV, and Prime Video will now be available on Chromecast, companies say
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Laura Ingraham Lands a New Sponsor: Google Has Placed 20-Plus Ads This Month
According to Media Matters for America, Google or YouTube ads have suddenly appeared during “The Ingraham Angle” since April 2
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Vox Media Acquires Epic Magazine
Epic, which has over 40 film and TV projects in development, will remain an independent division within Vox Media Studios
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‘Game of Thrones’ Confusion: Lots of Google Users Have No Idea How Jon Snow and Daenerys Are Related
And MANY people still don’t know when Season 8 premieres
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YouTube TV Raises Price to $50 Per Month Following Content Agreement With Discovery
The pricing takes effect starting April 10 for new customers while existing subscribers have until May 13
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Most Americans Trust Facebook Less Than the US Government
60% of Americans say they distrust Facebook — but company continues to add new users in the U.S.
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YouTube Blocks Comments, Recommendations of British Far-Right Activist Tommy Robinson
The immigration and Islam critic’s videos have been removed from YouTube’s recommendations and stripped of comments and likes
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Mark Zuckerberg Says Facebook Could Pay for ‘High-Quality News’ – Should It?
Funding credible journalism and sharing data with media outlets would back CEO’s claim “news is incredibly important to society and democracy,” experts say
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9 April Fools’ Day Headlines That Turned Out to Be True (Photos)
From the death of Marvin Gaye to a Will Ferrell-Kristen Wiig Lifetime movie, these events were unfortunately timed but were 100 percent real
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YouTube Product Chief Says It’s Not in the Company’s ‘Business Interest’ to Promote ‘Extreme’ Videos
Neal Mohan tells The New York Times it’s “purely a myth” that the video giant intentionally recommends polarizing content
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Google Pulls ‘Conversion Therapy’ App After Pressure From LGBTQ Groups
Tech giant pulls controversial app after 142,000 signatures were added to a Change.org petition calling for its removal
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Google Suspended From LGBTQ Rights Group’s Corporate Rankings Over ‘Conversion Therapy’ App
The Living Hope Ministries app remains on Google despite being pulled by Apple, Microsoft and Amazon
