YouTube

• YouTube’s new search filters make clearer distinctions between long-form videos and Shorts
• YouTube hid the dislike button. Now it’s considering a name change.

  Can YouTube merge the dislike button with the 'Not Interested' button? It is experimenting with that idea on Shorts.

  
• YouTube touts TV podcast viewership–right after Netflix poached its shows

  On Dec. 18, a couple days after Netflix's twin announcements, YouTube published a short, single-purpose blog post. That single purpose? To convey exactly how much podcast watch time YouTube is banking on TVs alone, and remind Netflix that it may take creators' shows, but it'll still lag behind on Nielsen's charts.

  
• YouTube protests Billboard’s new formula by pulling data from music charts

  A proposed change to Billboard's viewership account has led YouTube to pull its data from the music industry's most prominent charts.

  
• YouTube inks deal to broadcast the Oscars in 2029 and beyond
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• More AI: Will YouTube’s new promptable feed replace the recommendation algorithm?