Industry

• Online Video Primetime is Primetime
• Funny or Die Wants Long-form Content

  Funny or Die CEO Dick Glover says he wants to produce low-budget long-form shows and movies and distribute them online via Amazon, Netflix, Google, or Apple.

  
• YouTube Is Giving Away Free Video Advertising

  YouTube's newest video advertising product, TrueView, promises its viewers will give advertisers their undivided attention—and won't charge them unless they do.

  
• IMPORTANT: ‘VGR’ Creator Matt Lewis Needs Our Help

  Web series creator Matt Lewis is in the hospital and needs our help. Find out how you can help save his life.

  
• Blocking Fake Pre-Roll Ads Just Got Easier (For Brands At Least)
• TED Talks Gets 500 Million Views in 5 Years
• More Ads Coming to Hulu
• Why Hulu Needs To (But Can’t) Be Sold
• The Nickelodeon Web Series that Never Was
• Hulu Settles on One Video Ad Every 4 Minutes and 35 Seconds
• Rebecca Black’s Friday Taken Down from YouTube
• Google TV Gets Social, Leans Back