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Companies are pulling ads from YouTube to protect their brands

Mar 23, 2017
Multiple U.S. companies are pulling their ads from YouTube over offensive material. AT&T, Verizon and Johnson & Johnson’s decision follows other companies here and abroad that will stop advertising until Google can guarantee their ads won’t run before videos containing hate speech. Google says it’s committed to working on a resolution, but there are technological […]

YouTube gets into the live streaming game

Feb 28, 2017
The Google-owned platform hopes to 'reinvent the way TV works.'
YouTube is launching a service that will combine YouTube content with live national and local television.
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How YouTube became YouTube, told with YouTube videos

Oct 24, 2016
CEO Susan Wojcicki talks about running YouTube and watching Palo Alto — her hometown and the city at the heart of Silicon Valley — grow.
Susan Wojcicki, CEO of YouTube, talks with Marketplace host Kai Ryssdal.
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YouTube stars to livestream from the Olympics

Aug 2, 2016
YouTube hopes millions of fans will follow them online to Rio.
A man takes a selfie in front of the Olympic rings in Olympic Park ahead of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games on August 1, 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. 
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VidCon 2016 — less up close and personal

Jun 23, 2016
The gathering of online content producers and their fans will see more security.
Personalities JC Caylen, Ricky Dillon, Connor Franta, Trevor Moran, Kian Lawley and Sam Pottorff speak at the 2014 VidCon at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California.
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YouTube stars move to the big screen

Apr 1, 2016
Why are production companies betting on YouTube stars to cross over to film?
Roman Atwood is one of the stars of "Natural Born Pranksters."
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For public good, not for profit.

YouTube's Grace Helbig and her gig economy

Feb 19, 2016
She uses comedy and digital platforms to tackle eating disorders and fashion.
Robin Remer

The financial hardships of mid-level YouTube stars

Dec 28, 2015
Fledgling stars struggle to balance Internet fame and self promotion.