News

• YouTube’s First Virtual Brandcast Will Focus On Surging TV Viewership
• YouTube Introduces New Grey ‘Clock’ Monetization Icon So Creators See Less Flip-Flopping

  YouTube is introducing a new monetization icon for creators in order to prevent the flip-flopping notifications that they receive, indicating that their videos were eligible -- and then ineligible -- to make money.

  
• Colleen Ballinger Responds To Allegations From Former Social Media Intern

  In her latest YouTube video, Colleen Ballinger says sending lingerie to a teenage fan “was a silly, stupid mistake that is now being blown way out of proportion.”

  
• Snap Poaches YouTube’s Francis Roberts To Oversee Relations With Digital Creators

  Snap has poached YouTube vet Francis Roberts, who has long served as a strategic partner manager for top creators, working in tandem with some of the Google-owned video giant’s biggest stars, including Liza Koshy, The Try Guys, and Jackie Aina.

  
• The Ad Council Taps Meghan Trainor, Addison Rae, Molly Burke For Mental Health Awareness Month
• IAB Unveils Lineup For First-Ever Virtual NewFronts With TikTok, Snap, More
• Insights: With Metaverse Talk Common Amid Pandemic, We’re Ready To Be ‘Player One’ Almost Anywhere Else
• Jim Gaffigan Cooks Up Comedy In Quarantine With New YouTube Show
• YouTubers Kristin And Marcus Johns Both Recovering From Surgery After Devastating Hit-And-Run
• YouTube Taps ASAPScience, Kati Morton, More For Sleeping Competition Series
• James Charles Brings In 7 YouTube Gurus For Self-Dubbed “Biggest Beauty Collab In History”
• NBC Picks Up ‘A Little Late With Lilly Singh’ For Season Two, But Won’t Film Remotely
• YouTube’s FameBit Shutters Self-Service Influencer Marketing Platform To Prioritize In-House Matchmaking
• Top 50 Most Viewed US YouTube Channels • Week Of 5/11/2020
• How Ad Council, Collectively, And Digital Brand Architects Are Evaluating Social Good Campaigns During COVID-19
• Facebook Agrees To Pay $52 Million To Content Moderators Whose Work Affected Their Mental Health
• Family Of Late YouTuber Corey La Barrie Launches GoFundMe For Memorial Expenses
• YouTube TV Adds ‘Court TV’ To Expanding Channel Lineup
• TikTok Millionaires: Capital Craig’s Content Stars His Whole Family Of Pranksters
• Rooster Teeth’s The Roost Podcast Network Signs ‘Zane And Heath: Unfiltered’ (Exclusive)
• Top 50 Most Viewed YouTube Channels Worldwide • Week Of 5/11/2020
• Jeffrey Katzenberg On Quibi’s 1.3 Million Active Users: “It’s Not Close To What We Wanted”
• Facebook’s New Features Are Meant To Help Small Businesses See More “Virtual Foot Traffic”
• YouTube Creator Corey La Barrie Has Tragically Passed Away On His 25th Birthday