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Having a robust library for kids is a key tool to help streaming services retain subscribers and boost engagement. Can it also attract new subs?
The partnership will give CAA-represented actors and athletes access to YouTube’s tools to manage and identify AI content that shows their digital likeness.
Cord-cutters are again dealing with rising programming costs after YouTube TV told subscribers their monthly fee will go up by 14% to $82.99 in January.
Starting in January in the U.S. and other markets, Spotify Premium users will be able to see ad-free videos, and video creators can earn money off those videos.
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Yung Filly, a British YouTuber turned rapper, has been charged with allegedly raping a woman in September, Western Australia officials said Thursday.
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Tiffany Smith, mother of YouTube influencer Piper Rockelle, settles a lawsuit filed by young actors of ‘the Squad’ who alleged an abusive work environment.
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Karue Sell is restarting his pro tennis career at 30 years old, and finding success with the help of a lucrative YouTube channel, brand partnerships and a 35-year-old coach. Welcome to the ATP Challenger Tour grind.
Wojcicki was among Google’s longest-serving employees and one of the highest-profile female executives in Silicon Valley. Few people had greater sway over the economics of the internet in the social media era.
At least 1,000 contestants on MrBeast and Amazon’s upcoming competition series ‘Beast Games’ have filed a class-action lawsuit.
Longtime YouTube and Google executive Adam Smith joins Walt Disney Co. as chief product and technology officer of Disney Entertainment and ESPN, as the media giant aims to beef up its tech.