YouTube

• YouTube Has Removed At Least 300 Donald Trump Campaign Ads Since 2016
• MrBeast Just Got His Very Own Youtooz Figure. Here’s A Look At The Collectibles Company Cornering The YouTube Market.

  Pop culture fans all over the world have shelves lined with Funko Pop! figures -- cute, compact versions of seemingly every major character and celebrity out there, from Alien’s xenomorphs to Disney’s full roster to Mariah Carey. There are more than 8,000 different Pop!s, and last year, they raked in $686 million in sales for publicly-traded Funko. The vinyl figures have become universally popular across fandoms...but one notable space the company behind them hasn’t broached is the digital arena, where plenty of YouTubers have thousands, even millions of fans who’d be ready and willing to snap up their miniature likenesses.

  
• How To Make A ‘Heist’: Markiplier’s Interactive Special Is A Whole New Kind Of Content For YouTube

  With 24 million subscribers and monthly view counts regularly topping 160 million, Markiplier is one of YouTube’s top gaming creators. So, it’s probably no surprise that when the world’s largest video sharing site began seeking out native talent to feature in its own original specials and series, his name was on the list.

  
• YouTube Is Still Struggling To Label Videos From State-Controlled Outlets

  A YouTube spokesperson has said the platform’s efforts to accurately find and label videos uploaded by state-controlled media outlets are ongoing, after a ProPublica investigation found a number of unmarked videos.

  
• Bill Nye, Casey Neistat, iJustine Among Guests For Marques Brownlee’s YouTube Original ‘Retro Tech’
• Donut Media Drives In Creators MatPat, Linus Tech Tips, Gus Johnson, ChrisFix For Kia Challenge Series
• YouTube Launches Largest ‘Masthead’ Ad Format On TV Screens Globally
• MrBeast And Mark Rober’s #TeamTrees Fundraiser Is Getting A Discovery Channel Special
• YouTube Test Matching “Edgy” Creators And Advertisers Has Resulted In Hundreds Of Thousands In Ad Dollars
• U.K. Fashion Vlogger Kofi McCalla Teams With Label EJDER On Voter-Registering T-Shirts
• Google Will No Longer Allow Political Ad Targeting Based On Party Affiliation, Voter Records
• Japanese Hotel Charges Guests $1 If They Agree To Stream Their Stays For 24 Hours