YouTube

• YouTuber Olly Thorn Raises $100,000+ By Livestreaming Shakespeare Readings Around The Clock For 4 Days
• The YouTube Radicalization Pipeline Exists, And It’s Driving Users Toward Increasingly Alt-Right Content (Study)

  A new study out of Cornell University has found “strong evidence for radicalization among YouTube users,” and concludes that viewers who consume “mild” radical right-wing content (it cites Joe Rogan, a YouTuber with a talk show and 6.1 million subscribers, as a creator of such “mild” content) often migrate to viewing much more radical alt-right content.

  
• YouTube Embraces PewDiePie After Two-Year Cold Shoulder, Congratulates Him On 100 Million Subs

  PewDiePie has become the first YouTuber to reach 100 million subscribers.

  
• Bernie Su’s Livestreamed Interactive Sci-Fi Series ‘Artificial’ Brings Twitch Its First Emmy

  Lizzie Bennet Diaries creator Bernie Su has won Twitch its first Emmy. His series, Artificial, which is in its second season and airs by streaming new episodes live each week on Twitch, nabbed the juried 2019 award for ‘Outstanding Innovation in Interactive Media,’ the Television Academy announced today. Su’s show, produced by his studio 96 Next, is the livestreaming platform’s first winning program.

  
• Google Agrees To Meet With The YouTubers Union, But Says It Won’t “Negotiate Their Demands”
• YouTube Updates Child Safety Policies To Remove Adult-Themed Videos Aimed At Kids
• YouTube Disables 210 Channels For Spreading Misinformation About Hong Kong Protests
• YouTube Millionaires: Murray SawChuck Uses YouTube To Bring The World A Whole Lot Of Magic
• Creators Going Pro: The Ireland Boys Turned One Viral Hit Into A Full-Time YouTube Career For Themselves And Their Parents
• Disney Channel To Produce Shortform YouTube Series ‘Shook’ Starring Sofia Wylie
• NBC Gives Lilly Singh A Superpowered Welcome With Hourlong Primetime Special
• YouTube No Longer Commissioning Scripted Originals In EMEA, Orders 3 Education-Focused Projects