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Youtube

Nov. 1, 2018

Taylor Nicole Dean Is the Queen of PetTubeAnd Cheese the cowfish is her king.

By Madeline Muzzi
select all Oct. 17, 2018

Why Can’t Instagram Get Anybody to Care About IGTV?It’s been months since Instagram launched its longform video hub, with help from popular creators. So why isn’t the YouTube competitor luring users?

By Madison Malone Kircher
select all Aug. 28, 2018

The New Meme That Opens a Portal to Another Universe“Open your mouth.” [Endless scream.]

By Brian Feldman
select all Aug. 6, 2018

The Only Pressure Facebook Understands Is From Its Megaplatform RivalsNobody can force Facebook to do anything, unless they’re the competition.

By Brian Feldman
select all July 6, 2018

YouTubers Die Trying to Save Girlfriend in WaterfallThe pair was known for filming risky stunts.

By Brian Feldman
select all June 26, 2018

Tanacon Was a Fyre Festival for the YouTube Set“We just ended up driving home with nothing but broke bank accounts and sunburns.”

By Madison Malone Kircher
select all June 22, 2018

YouTube Launches Channel Memberships in Effort to Keep YouTubers HappyA long-requested feature is finally here.

By Brian Feldman
politics May 16, 2018

Red State Republicans Are Trying to Trump Each Other’s TrumpinessGOP candidates for governor of Georgia are tripping over each other to sound like Trump on “the swamp” and sanctuary cities.

By Ed Kilgore
select all Apr. 20, 2018

One of YouTube’s Biggest Clients Is Back to Buying AdsProcter & Gamble has returned, but will screen every video before putting ads on it.

By Brian Feldman
select all Apr. 20, 2018

YouTube Has Turned Into a Merch-Plugging FactoryAs it gets harder and harder to make money from YouTube ads, vloggers are turning to merch to pay the bills.

By Chris Stokel-Walker
select all Apr. 19, 2018

YouTuber Could Go to Prison for Feeding Toothpaste Oreos to Homeless ManThe popular YouTuber made a couple thousand bucks, and also made a guy vomit.

By Brian Feldman
select all Apr. 13, 2018

An Apology for the Internet — From the Architects Who Built ItEven those who designed our digital world are aghast at what they created. A breakdown of what went wrong.

By Noah Kulwin
select all Apr. 9, 2018

YouTube Is Reportedly Violating Children’s Privacy LawMore than 20 consumer groups have teamed up to file a federal complaint against the platform.

By Madison Malone Kircher
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YouTube Shooter Wounds 4, Kills SelfYouTube employees reported hearing shots and seeing blood as they evacuated the building.

By Madison Malone Kircher
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‘The Condom Challenge’ Is the Latest Warmed-Over Viral Moral PanicThe hysteria surrounding the condom challenge appears to be unfounded.

By Madison Malone Kircher
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Genius Partners With YouTube to Be More Like SnapchatThe platform is experimenting with “Song Stories.”

By Madison Malone Kircher
select all Mar. 30, 2018

YouTube Denies Inevitable Jake Paul Talk ShowThe site is just testing the waters.

By Brian Feldman
select all Mar. 22, 2018

YouTube Bans Firearms Demos and Instructional VideosA popular subgenre on the video site could be in trouble.

By Brian Feldman
select all Mar. 20, 2018

Hi, Jake Paul, Your Slogan Doesn’t Mean What You Think It MeansJake Paul’s slogan, “It’s everyday bro,” is a grammatical self-own.

By Madison Malone Kircher
select all Mar. 16, 2018

Why Wikipedia WorksIt could have gone horribly wrong, but Wikipedia is still one of the most trusted sites on the web.

By Brian Feldman
select all Mar. 14, 2018

Wikipedia Is Not Going to Save YouTube From MisinformationThe video site will use the crowdsourced encyclopedia for fact-checking.

By Brian Feldman
select all Feb. 28, 2018

Gay Olympian Gus Kenworthy Urges YouTube to Crack Down on Hate Speech“Maybe consider filtering out keywords and phrases like ‘faggot’ and ‘kill yourself’ so that they just never show up in anyone’s comments.”

By Madison Malone Kircher
select all Feb. 26, 2018

Jake Paul to (Temporarily) Stop Vlogging Every Day, BroHe’s reportedly in Florida to help survivors of the Stoneman Douglas shooting.

By Madison Malone Kircher
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It’s Time to End ‘Trending’It’s a worthless metric that online platforms use as a crutch.

By Brian Feldman
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YouTube’s No. 1 Trending Video Is a Parkland-Shooting ConspiracyEven in a post–Logan Paul economy, the company still hasn’t figured out its trending-page problems.

By Madison Malone Kircher
select all Feb. 15, 2018

FBI Received Tip About School-Shooting Threat on YouTube From Nikolas Cruz“I’m going to be a professional school shooter,” a user named Nikolas Cruz wrote in the comments of a YouTube video back in September.

By Madison Malone Kircher
select all Feb. 9, 2018

YouTube Suspends Logan Paul’s Ability to Run Ads After He Tased a Dead RatPaul had some fun with animal corpses.

By Brian Feldman
select all Feb. 7, 2018

YouTube’s Algorithm Wants You to Watch Conspiracy-Mongering TrashWhat YouTube thinks you should watch next is often stuff you probably shouldn’t.

By Jake Swearingen
select all Feb. 5, 2018

Logan Paul’s Real Return to YouTube Is Exactly What You’d Expect But WorseHe brags about gaining a million followers in the three weeks he took off to reflect after posting a video of an apparent suicide victim.

By Madison Malone Kircher
select all Jan. 24, 2018

Logan Paul Returns to Vlogging With Suicide-Prevention PSAThe YouTuber took three weeks off after posting a video of an apparent suicide victim hanging from a tree.

By Madison Malone Kircher
select all Jan. 20, 2018

Remember ‘End of the World’? Here’s Its Sequel, 15 Years LaterJason Windsor, who was 18 when he made “End of the World,” has returned with “End of the World (Probably for Real This Time).”

By Lily Puckett
select all Jan. 19, 2018

Hotel Shames YouTuber Who Emailed Asking for a Free StayThe hotel has since said it will be banning all bloggers from the establishment.

By Madison Malone Kircher
select all Jan. 18, 2018

YouTube Is Pulling Videos Featuring the Tide Pod ChallengeDon’t eat them, please.

By Brian Feldman
select all Jan. 11, 2018

Most of the Time, You’re Watching What YouTube Wants You to SeeAbout 70 percent of time spent on the site is determined by its automated systems.

By Brian Feldman
select all Jan. 9, 2018

YouTube Finally Says Something About Logan Paul Vlogging Apparent Suicide VictimThe company’s open letter still didn’t say much about what will happen to Paul, who has taken a break from YouTube since the incident.

By Madison Malone Kircher
select all Jan. 3, 2018

Why 2018 Will Be the Year of the YouTube Moral PanicBetween Logan Paul, Nazis, and creepy kids’ videos, it’s YouTube’s turn.

By Brian Feldman
select all Jan. 2, 2018

YouTube Has Very Little to Say After Logan Paul Posts Video of Dead BodyThe company’s official statement leaves a lot to be desired.

By Madison Malone Kircher
select all Jan. 2, 2018

How Chrissy Teigen’s Family Became Victims of a Horrible New Conspiracy TheoryTeigen got embroiled in an internet conspiracy theory so insane it almost makes Pizzagate look normal by comparison.

By Paris Martineau
select all Jan. 1, 2018

Logan Paul Posts Footage of Apparent Suicide Victim on YouTube“I think this definitely marks a moment in YouTube history,” says Paul.

By Jake Swearingen
select all Dec. 28, 2017

Can YouTube Survive the Adpocalypse?After countless scandals, the end of YouTube’s age of exploration seems nigh.

By Rachel Dunphy
select all Dec. 27, 2017

YouTube’s Child-Abuse Problem Is Getting WorseThe latest scandal alleges that the platform was used by pedophiles to encourage child abuse.

By Paris Martineau
select all Dec. 21, 2017

Play This Video of a Flaming Yeezy Yule Log at Your Next Holiday GatheringThe creators wouldn’t say how many real Yeezys were harmed in the process.

By Madison Malone Kircher
select all Dec. 20, 2017

Woman Pleads Guilty to Fatally Shooting Boyfriend in YouTube Stunt Gone AwryMonalisa Perez shot her boyfriend at close range while he held up a book, which the couple believed would stop a bullet.

By Madison Malone Kircher
select all Dec. 20, 2017

Amazon May Launch Its Own Version of YouTubeAre you ready to watch some Amazon Tube?

By Jake Swearingen
select all Dec. 6, 2017

All the Times I Said ‘I Know That Thing’ During This Year’s YouTube RewindIt’s all very confusing.

By Brian Feldman
select all Dec. 5, 2017

Can 10,000 Moderators Save YouTube?Or are we doomed to a lifetime of Pregnant Spider-Man?

By Brian Feldman
select all Nov. 29, 2017

YouTube, Several Months Behind Everyone Else, Will Also Now Have StoriesThe new feature is called Reels.

By Madison Malone Kircher
select all Nov. 28, 2017

50,000 YouTube Channels Have Lost Ads Amid Crackdown on Kid ContentMaybe advertisers will come back now.

By Brian Feldman
select all Nov. 13, 2017

Jake Paul’s Team 10 Reeling Amid Dramatic Exits and Bullying AccusationsSpanish brothers Emilio and Ivan Martinez called out Paul over the weekend.

By Madison Malone Kircher
select all Oct. 30, 2017

This YouTuber Is Figuring Out How to Counter the Right’s Dominance of the SiteContraPoints’s videos are funny, gonzo, and smart — and follow a format specifically designed to fight the far right’s dominance of YouTube.

By Jesse Singal