Last week I was perusing YouTube when I came across a dodgy video. It wasn't Logan Paul dodgy, but it was still pretty sketchy. "ABC Host CLASH With Jordan Peterson in Heated Discussion," read the title. Alongside the words was a thumbnail featuring Peterson and Leigh Sales, a respected TV … …

Following YouTube's announcement last month that it intends to spend "hundreds of millions" on original content for Red, it's just unveiled plans for a YouTube-made movie that'll also be released in theaters. And unlike its previous effort, 2016's widely-regarded flop Lazer Team, this project has a serious … Read More

Google first launched a standalone YouTube app in 2012 following its removal as a preinstalled app in iOS 6. Since then, the iOS version has been a venerable favorite among users, consistently maintaining a spot in the upper echelons of the App Store's free app charts. Even today, YouTube sits …

YouTube will increase the number of ads that some users see between music videos, part of a strategy to convince more of its billion-plus viewers to pay for a forthcoming subscription music service from the Google-owned video site. People who treat YouTube like a music service, those passively … Read More

YouTube wants a larger piece of the streaming music pie than it's currently earned, so it's come up with an audacious plan that you're going to hate – and it involves more ads. In an interview at SXSW, YouTube's global head of music, Lyor Cohen, said that people who listen …

UPDATE: YouTube has clarified Lyor Cohen's comments and released a statement that says: "Our top priority at YouTube is to deliver a great user experience and that includes ensuring users do not encounter excessive ad loads. We do not seek to specifically increase ad loads across YouTube. Read More

Both stars from The Karate Kid are back in a new trailer for Cobra Kai, the upcoming YouTube Red series that's poised to make "How do I get YouTube Red?" a trending search term. Much of the trailer focuses on Zabka's Johnny Lawrence, the one-dimensional Karate Kid antagonist who got …

Now that streaming services have ascended into the heart of Oscars season, YouTube wants to make like Amazon and Netflix and get a statuette for itself. The company, owned by Google, is making moves to get an award, or at least a nomination, by purchasing Vulture Club, starring Susan Sarandon. …

Last week in a keynote at SXSW, Lyor Cohen, YouTube's Global of Head of Music, confirmed that the video platform would launch a new music service. Code-named 'Remix,' multiple reports had placed the launch of Google's (3rd) subscription-based music platform launch in early March. It will now … Read More

YouTube's latest rules change comes in the wake of a series of hard-hitting decisions by major corporations, such as Delta Air Lines and car rental company Hertz, to cut ties with gun manufacturers and the National Rifle Association. The amassing of the public relations-friendly moves have been seen … Read More