James Hale

• YouTube Music Spins Itself Up As Spotify Challenger With Weekly 49-Song ‘Discover Mix’
• Journalists Seek Answers To YouTube Users’ Burning Questions In Upcoming Vox Original ‘Glad You Asked’

  YouTube has dropped the first trailer for its next original series, Glad You Asked -- part of its slate of upcoming shows created as a result of the platform’s investment in Learning initiatives.

  
• Vimeo Debuts ‘For Hire’, A Marketplace For Video Professionals To Find Clients (And Vice Versa)

  Vimeo has launched For Hire, a marketplace where folks looking for professional video services can find skilled freelancers -- and vice versa.Clients can browse Vimeo’s network of more than 30,000 video professionals, including filmmakers, editors, videographers, animators, and more, looking for their project’s perfect match.

  
• Indie Spotlight: Dark Comedy Web Series ‘Scribbles’ Brings One Artist’s Masterpiece To Life — For Better Or Worse

  The greatest thing any artist can achieve is breathing real life into their work....Right?

  
• Viewers Raise $28K To Help 49-Year-Old Beauty Vlogger In Wake Of Brain Tumor Diagnosis
• Creators Lash Out After YouTube Retroactively Strips Them Of Verification
• YouTube Millionaires: Buttered Side Down’s First-Person Videos Put Viewers In The Driver’s Seat Of Disaster
• 21% Of U.S. Households Will Buy A Disney+ Subscription (Study)
• YouTube Exec Says Some Conspiracy Videos Aren’t “Causing Harm,” And Can Remain Uploaded
• Nielsen Now Tracks Interactions With TV Stars’ Social Media Posts, Which Drive 60% Of Engagement For Shows
• YouTube, Facebook, Instagram Are Epicenters For Steroid Sales — And So Are Their Recommendation Algorithms (Study)
• Creators Going Pro: Meet Brittany Null, The YouTube Supermom Whose Channel Is A 10-Year Chronicle Of Her Life