Tag: YouTube

YouTube Created a Generation of Young Stars. Now They Are Getting Burned Out.

Grayson Dolan, in ripped black jeans, and Ethan Dolan. The twins, who have more than 10 million subscribers on their YouTube channel, will stop posting every week to preserve their mental health. PHOTO: RICH FURY/GETTY IMAGES FOR H&M Dolan twins among the big names taking a break from the video site, citing the demand of having to […]

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New Android phones in Turkey to lose Google services in antitrust dispute

The dispute is about being able to set different default search engines Google has stopped issuing licenses for new Android phone models sold in Turkey, meaning they will not be able to ship with its services, Reuters reports. The development comes just over a year after the country’s competition regulator fined Google 93 million lira ($17.4 million) […]

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YouTube’s list of the most viewed music videos of the decade will have you humming ‘Despacito’

(CNN)Pasito a pasito the song “Despacito,” won the decade.Nearly two years after the song’s release date, Puerto Rican singer Luis Fonsi and reggaetón star Daddy Yankee continue to burn steadily up the charts.YouTube has released a detailed breakdown of the most popular music videos from the past four decades, and “Despacito,” which is mostly in […]

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YouTube’s End-Of-Year Videos Are Historically Bad. This Year It Somehow Got Hilariously Worse.

This week’s newsletter: YouTube somehow put out an even worse “Rewind” video than in years before, and a former wedding influencer shows us how to transition into a divorce influencer. I can’t believe I’m saying this, but I miss YouTube’s bad year-end Rewind videos. YouTube has released its year-end “rewind” video for 2019. It makes […]

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YouTube Bans Insults Based on Race, Gender and Sexual Orientation—But Is Met With Skepticism

YouTube will no longer allow veiled or implied threats. CARSTEN REHDER/PICTURE ALLIANCE VIA GETTY IMAGES Topline: YouTube tightened its harassment policy on Wednesday to bar “veiled or implied threats” and malicious insults based on someone’s race, gender or sexual orientation—but the move was met with skepticism from prominent creators who doubt the company’s ability to enforce […]

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