YouTube Becomes Top Grossing iPhone App for the First Time
YouTube today achieved a milestone, becoming the Top Grossing Free iPhone app in the U.S. App Store for the first time, according to data app analytics site … Sensor Tower says YouTube grossed approximately $14 million in February of 2018, a 133 percent year-over-year increase from last year. Read More
Why Your Favorite Car Channels Are Getting Fed Up With YouTube
Over the past few years, legacy print magazine Motor Trend has built up a sizable and enviable digital video operation, including 5.6 million YouTube subscribers and an ambitious on demand video network. But earlier this week, in another sign of YouTube's fading relevance to publishers and the … Read More
Watch: YouTube Red Debuts Trailer for ‘Karate Kid’ Spinoff ‘Cobra Kai’
The series is written and executively produced by Josh Heald, Jon Hurwitz, and Hayden Schlossberg. It is produced by Overbrook Entertainment in association with Sony Pictures Television. The show debuts at the Tribeca Film Festival on April 24 before premiering on YouTube Red on May 2. Watch the … Read More
YouTube to ban firearms videos
YouTube is getting involved with the national gun-control debate with the announcement of some restrictions on firearms-related videos. The online-video site will ban videos promoting or linking to websites selling firearms and accessories, as well as videos that show users how to manufacture firearms, … Read More
YouTube’s ‘frustrate and seduce’ plan to annoy music freeloaders revealed
It's fair to say YouTube isn't artists' nor publishers' favourite streaming platform. While the video site offers free access to tracks, albeit with the intrusion of some ads, many streamers do not see the need to pay. Now YouTube has revealed its plan to convert freeloaders into those who currently …
YouTube will annoy users into paying for its new music streaming service with ads
YouTube is going to start increasing the number of ads that appear between music videos to convince its freeloading users to pay for its upcoming music streaming service. The company's global head of music Lyor Cohen explained to Bloomberg this week in an interview at the South by Southwest … Read …
For the first time ever, YouTube has become the top grossing app on the App Store
According to data from Sensor Tower (via TechCrunch), YouTube has become the number one top grossing app on the iOS App Store as of yesterday. The app has been slowly making its way up the charts over the past few years, but what really pushed it to the top is …
YouTube plans to annoy music listeners into subscribing by playing more ads
YouTube is going to start serving heavy music listeners more ads in the hopes of annoying them into becoming paid subscribers to the company's upcoming new music service, according to YouTube's global head of music Lyor Cohen in an interview at SXSW, via Bloomberg. While that no doubt will be … …
YouTube will “frustrate” users with ads to lure them to a paid streaming service
YouTube generated around $10 billion in revenue through advertising, Bloomberg reports. The upcoming subscription service "will include exclusive videos, playlists and other offerings that will appeal to die-hard music fans." It will mark YouTube's third attempt at a subscription plan. A March 2018 … Read More
YouTube Red: 5 Things to Know About the Streaming Service
YouTube's premium tier, dubbed Red, has actually been around since late 2015. For a monthly fee of $10, subscribers get to skip all advertising on YouTube videos while also gaining access to a pair of Spotify-like audio platforms (YouTube Music and Google Play Music). YouTube Red has also offered … Read …