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How five women from a Palakkad bakery found YouTube stardom
VillageFoodKerala, a YouTube channel featuring five women cooking traditional dishes, taps into the appeal of long forgotten recipes and rustic charm of village life
Entertainment Hits $332.5B To Become World’s Second Most Valuable Sector As Netflix, YouTube & Spotify Fly – Interbrand Report
Hollywood is struggling with layoffs and budget cuts, but entertainment just overtook the automotive industry to become the world’s second-largest business sector. That’s according to consultancy Interbrand, whose latest Best Global Brands report pegs the cumulative value of entertainment companies’ brands at $332.5B, an increase of 12.4% year-on-year. Withi
Dave Jorgenson Jumped From Short-Form Video at The Washington Post to Long-Form Video on YouTube. Which Task is Harder?
Will a YouTube viewer spend more than half an hour trying to figure out if Ukraine’s attacks on Russian data centers have decimated an army of propaganda bots? Dave Jorgenson believes the answer is a resounding “Yes.” During a recent 32-minute-plus episode of his show, “What’s Your Source,” a joyful Jorgenson led followers through a […]
Brisbane YouTuber on her most moving fan interactions
Monica Ferreira tells CityChats about the parts of her career she values the most.
Watch out, YouTube — Instagram goes from short-form to 90-minute videos
After years in which every social platform (even LinkedIn!) aggressively pursued short-form video, this is a notable shift in strategy for Instagram.
Un fiscal pidió que un fotoperiodista vaya a juicio por amenazar a Rayo Vlogs, un youtuber libertario
Se trata del reportero gráfico Pablo Cerolini; de ser encontrado culpable podría recibir una pena de entre dos y cuatro años de cárcel
Reed Hastings On Netflix Shakeup, YouTube Rivalry And How Streamer Can Go Back To “Being Thrilling”
Netflix co-founder Reed Hastings ended his three-decade association with the company he co-founded last June, but he has a lot to say about how the company can get back to “being thrilling.” The exec said he “read about” Netflix laying off 1,000 workers, about 6% of its staff, but did not know in advance about […]
Instagram Is Testing Ability to Share Videos up to 90 Minutes Long and Launches on Apple TV — but Unlike YouTube, It’s Still Not Paying Creators a Share of Ad Revenue
Meta’s Instagram is trying to make itself a better place for watching and sharing longer-form entertainment content from digital creators, including testing out video lengths of up to 90 minutes and letting users watch Reels and more on Apple TV. The moves are meant to position Instagram as a bigger potential competitor to YouTube. But […]
Instagram chases YouTube with a push for longer, widescreen videos
Instagram is announcing a big push into longform horizontal video, which the platform is calling "Features." Instagram boss Adam Mosseri has been against doing longform video on the platform "for a long time," he says in a six-and-a-half-minute video (here's the widescreen version) with VP of product Tessa Lyons, saying that "one of my concerns […]
As His Doc ‘Rather’ Starts Streaming for Free on YouTube, Dan Rather Is More Concerned Than Ever About the Future of Journalism, Especially at CBS News: ‘The Wreckage Is Everywhere’ (EXCLUSIVE)
As Dan Rather turns 95 this Saturday — just days before the 2026 midterm elections — the recent documentary “Rather,” about both the newsman’s life and the modern state of journalism, couldn’t be more timely. And now, it will be easier than ever to watch the 2023 Frank Marshall-directed film, which will now stream for […]
YouTube launches shopping programme in UAE: How influencers can earn money with 500 subscribers
YouTube has launched its Shopping affiliate programme in the UAE, Saudi Arabia and Egypt, allowing smaller content creators to earn money from products they recommend to their audiences. The programme, announced on Monday, enables eligible creators with as few as 500 subscribers to tag products in their videos, Shorts and livestreams and receive commissions
AV2: YouTube will ab Anfang 2027 erste Videos mit dem neuen Codec streamen
YouTube will AV2-Streams ab Anfang 2027 im Web anbieten. Der AV1-Nachfolger soll rund 30 Prozent effizienter sein, ist aber aufwendiger zu dekodieren.
A YouTuber dissected an iPhone Duo and thinks he found the cause of crackgate
Social media and the iPhone Duo subreddit are filled with reports of Apple's foldable failing quickly and in spectacular fashion. Some users report having the phone for only a few hours before the hinge seems to catch on something, then audibly crack and break the screen. Tellingly, the cracks all seem to happen in the […]
Before ‘Obsession’ and ‘Backrooms,’ ‘Lights Out’ Blazed the Trail From YouTube to Studio Hit
The horror short by Swedish director David F. Sandberg went viral 10 years ago thanks to a Reddit post that New Line turned into a blockbuster.
Teen Study: YouTube Rules, AI Doom Increases With Age and Moviegoing Beats Sports on Weekends
A new Teens and Screens report from UCLA's Center for Scholars & Storytellers dropped this week featuring data pulled from 1,500 adolescents ages 10-24 on takes for all things media.
FIFA Opens World Cup Bidding For 2030 With Netflix, YouTube Among Suitors
After a record-setting World Cup last summer, FIFA has officially opened the bidding for U.S. rights to the 2030 edition of the men’s soccer tournament. The auction will also include a potential option for 2034, according to press reports Thursday. Thanks in large part to an expanded field and a base in ratings-friendly North America, […]
Social media influencer Jason Samuel arrested in connection with death of YouTuber Harish
Police said Jason Samuel Vijaykumar was arrested based on the complaint filed by the victim’s father, J. Vinayagam
Assembleias do Consórcio Comauto podem ser acompanhadas pelo YouTube
grupo Comauto Comauto/Divulgação Acompanhar o que acontece no grupo faz parte da experiência de quem participa de um consórcio. Datas de assembleias, sorteios, lances e contemplações estão entre as informações que despertam maior interesse dos consorciados ao longo do plano. Pensando em tornar esse acompanhamento cada vez mais simples, o Consórcio Comauto pa
Ibai Llanos entra con ‘La velada del año’ en el combate de Netflix por los ‘youtubers’
El creador de contenidos español es el último fichaje de la compañía tras un verano en el que se ha hecho con más de una decena de canales para luchar contra YouTube por la atención del espectador y con su mirada puesta en el deporte
YouTube says it isn’t testing hiding the dislike button
On Tuesday, I published a story about how YouTube appeared to be testing hiding the dislike button on videos, with at least two users on X sharing screenshots of the dislike button moved into the three-dot menu. But a YouTube spokesperson, in a Wednesday statement to The Verge, confirmed that YouTube is "not testing hiding […]
Dramatic opening of Ben Roberts-Smith interview on 2GB's YouTube
Ben Roberts-Smith interview with 2GB’s Ben Fordham is streaming on 2GB’s YouTube channel. It started with a countdown clock, accompanied by dramatic introductory music.
Janine Harouni Dates New YouTube Stand-Up Special ‘Man’oushe’
EXCLUSIVE: Comedian Janine Harouni will release her next special, Man’oushe, on YouTube on October 25th. Centered on the miscarriage of her first pregnancy, Man’oushe releases to coincide with Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month. The special also weaves together threads about Harouni’s Arab heritage, a surprising family DNA test, and the death of the s
Disney and Netflix Are Courting Creators. YouTube Is Playing Hardball to Keep Them
The studios are offering rich deals to grow engagement on their platforms. The Google-owned video giant is punching back with its own offers — and threats.
YouTube ubah tampilan yang mungkin persulit pengguna "dislike" konten
YouTube dilaporkan kembali melakukan eksperimen dengan mengubah tampilan layanannya yang mungkin bakal mempersulit ...
Πρόγραμμα Τραμπ για «επιβράβευση κατά της απάτης»: Το πρώτο έπαθλο σε 24χρονο YouTuber – πληροφοριοδότη
Ο πρόεδρος Ντόναλντ Τραμπ δήλωσε ότι θα επιβραβεύει τους πληροφοριοδότες που αποκαλύπτουν απάτες στα αμερικανικά κυβερνητικά προγράμματα εγκαινιάζοντας την πρωτοβουλία αυτή με την ανακοίνωση χρηματικού επάθλου για έναν συντηρητικό influencer στο διαδίκτυο. WATCH: Independent journalist Nick Shirley thanks President Trump for the honor of being welcomed into
YouTube might be testing hiding the dislike button
YouTube appears to be testing hiding the dislike button on videos, as reported by 9to5Google. At least two users on X have recently shared screenshots of the dislike button now being placed in the three-dots submenu, and a user on Reddit also shared an image of the dislike button being absent for them. Right now, […]
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