YouTube

• Luis Fonsi’s “Despacito” Becomes All-Time Most-Viewed YouTube Video, Nears Three Billion Hits
• Key Of Awesome To Premiere YouTube Red Pilot Based On ‘Reggae Shark’ Web Series (Exclusive)

  The Key Of Awesome, which features music video parodies and sketches, is set to debut the pilot of its first-ever YouTube Red series on Aug. 12.

  
• Google Preferred Advertisers Return To YouTube Months After ‘Adpocalypse’ (Study)

  As of June, the number of Google Preferred advertisers was way up -- to the tune of 134% more than there were in January, before the 'Adpocalypse'.

  
• YouTube Kids Lands “Eight-Figure” Upfront Commitment From Toy Brand Mattel

  YouTube Kids is snatching away some TV advertising dollars thanks to a reported eight-figure upfront deal with toy company Mattel.

  
• Liza Koshy To Co-Host ‘TRL’ Reboot As Part Of Overall Deal With MTV
• Travel Vlogger Amelia Liana Accused Of Posting Fake Instagram Photos
• Amid Its Move From Sweden To The U.K., PewDiePie’s Company Sees Revenues Climb
• UTA Signs Mexican YouTube Megastar Olalla ‘Caeli’ Lopez
• YouTube Turns Its Buffering Icon Into A Fidget Spinner On Videos About Fidget Spinners
• Inanna Sarkis, Hannah Stocking Tapped For Tyler Perry’s ‘Boo 2! A Madea Halloween’
• NCAA Rules Football-Playing YouTuber Ineligible Due To Ad Revenue
• YouTube Will Place Flagged “Supremacist” Videos That Don’t Violate Its Guidelines In A “Limited State”