YouTube

• YouTube Is Demonetizing Every Video About The ‘Momo Challenge,’ Which Isn’t Actually A Thing
• YouTube Millionaires: NEFFEX Supplies YouTube’s Creator Community With A New Copyright-Free Song Each And Every Week

  Ask a YouTuber about finding background for their videos, and you'll likely get a sigh and a long-suffering look. That’s because in many cases, YouTubers can’t find copyright-free or inexpensive-to-license music to use in their videos.

  
• YouTube Disables Comments On Tens Of Millions Of Videos Featuring Kids In Effort To Prevent Adpocalypse 2.0

  For the past two weeks, YouTube has been doing damage control. After YouTuber Matt Watson discovered swarms of pedophilic comments on videos of young kids, major marketers pulled their ad spend, and YouTube has since been taking increasingly drastic steps to waylay the likely inevitable coming of Adpocalypse 2.0.

  
• Creators Going Pro: The Vat19 Shop Is A Haven For The Weird And Wonderful — And YouTube Drives 50% Of Its Sales

  Step into and shop the digital halls of Vat19.com and you’ll find yourself in a sprawling commercial menagerie stuffed with some of the world's weirdest and most wonderful products that can be shipped straight to your door.

  
• Facebook Is Facing Backlash From Creators For Its New ‘Fan Subscriptions’ Feature, But Should It?
• FBE (née Fine Brothers Entertainment) Acquires YouTuber Merch Startup Officially Pinned (Exclusive)
• Ariana Grande Becomes Most-Followed Female Creator On Instagram
• “Despacito” Becomes First Video In YouTube History To Pass 6 Billion Views
• T-Series Surpassed PewDiePie For 10 Minutes Following Routine YouTube Audit
• YouTube Music Launches New Mini-Series Format, Beginning With Billie Eilish
• YouTube Demonetizes Anti-Vaccination Channels Following Advertiser Outcry
• After Child Video Scandal, YouTube Says Ad-Friendly Videos Can Be Demonetized For Inappropriate Comments