YouTube gears up for election season by enlisting creators to combat deepfakes

2 years ago

YouTube has introduced two new tools for creators who want to remove realistic, AI-generated depictions of their likeness -- a.k.a. deepfakes. The…

VidCon has (reportedly) been sold

2 years ago

The VidCon sale has finally happened. Owner Paramount Global (which is in the middle of an $8 billion merger with…

YouTube wants to shield teens from eating disorder videos. Parents can help.

2 years ago

YouTube is inviting parents to moderate the on-platform activity of their children. The video site has added a Family Center to its mobile…

Some big streamers are leaving YouTube for Twitch. Does data say that’s the right move?

2 years ago

Three years ago, major Twitch streamers like DrLupo, Sykkuno, LilyPichu, and TimTheTatman began leaving the platform to sign exclusive livestreaming…

Will ‘Who TF Did I Marry?’ TV show lead a wave of TikTok adaptations?

2 years ago

Who TF Did I Marry? is coming to a TV station near you. Actor, writer, and producer Natasha Rothwell is helming an adaptation…

Wasserman commits to creators with acquisition of Long Haul Management

2 years ago

Legacy media agencies continue to take an interest in our industry: Wasserman, the marketing and management group founded in 2002…

NBC’s NFL broadcasts add TikTokers to answer YouTube’s “Creator of the Week”

2 years ago

Creators will be omnipresent during the 2023-24 NFL season, and their NFL-themed partnerships will kick off during the season's first slate…

Are Kai Cenat and iShowSpeed Hollywood’s new indie darlings? One director thinks so.

2 years ago

A prominent director of indie movies sees streamers like Kai Cenat and iShowSpeed as the auteur filmmakers of their generation. In an interview…

Minecraft’s gotten more than a trillion views online. Can it champion the box office?

2 years ago

Since coming out in 2011, Minecraft has sold more than 300 million copies and gotten more than a trillion views…

YouTube wins gold with 40 billion minutes of Olympic watch time, compared to 23.5 billion for NBC

2 years ago

Since 1988, Americans have associated Olympics coverage with the Games' official stateside broadcaster, NBC. But data from the 2024 Summer Olympics shows that…