Wikimedia blindsided by YouTube’s SXSW ‘information cues’ announcement
In a tweet to its followers, the company said, "We are happy to see people, companies, and organizations recognize Wikimedia's value as a repository of free knowledge. In this case, neither Wikipedia nor the Wikimedia Foundation are part of a formal partnership with YouTube. We were not given … Read More
K-pop singer Solbi to release new song on YouTube
SEOUL (THE KOREA HERALD/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) – Singer Solbi has announced an unscheduled new release for Friday (March 16), saying she will unveil the music video for the new song on YouTube at 9pm (8pm Singapore time). According to her agency M.A.P Crew on Thursday, the video will … Read More
The Financial Times uses YouTube to boost subscriptions
While some media companies have recently turned their attention to YouTube, the Financial Times has focused on the video-viewing platform for the last three years. The FT knows that video plays a role in driving subscriptions: If an anonymous user on FT.com interacts with a video on either the first …
Woman Sentenced to Jail for Accidentally Killing Her Boyfriend in YouTube Stunt
A 20-year-old Minnesota woman was sentenced to a 180-day jail term on Wednesday for fatally shooting her boyfriend during a YouTube stunt last June. … the criminal complaint, Perez told the police that “Pedro Ruiz III had been trying to get her to shoot the book while he held it …
Killer gets 180-day sentence for YouTube stunt gone wrong
Last year, she and her boyfriend, Pedro Ruiz III, parted ways, permanently, after a YouTube video they were filming went horribly, predictably wrong. This wasn't the pair's first doing-dumb-things-on-camera rodeo. They'd posted questionable stunts to YouTube before. This time around, they planned on … Read More
Woman gets 180 days in jail for killing boyfriend in YouTube stunt gone wrong
A 20-year-old woman who fatally shot her boyfriend in the chest in a video stunt meant to go viral on YouTube has been sentenced to 180 days in jail. Judge Jeffrey Remick ordered Monalisa Perez to serve the first 90 days of her sentence in ten-day increments over three years. …
Woman Who Shot Her Partner for a YouTube Video Receives Jail Time for Manslaughter
In 2017, Monalisa Perez shot and killed her partner, Pedro Ruiz, while filming a video they intended to put on YouTube. (The couple expected the bullet to be stopped by a book held up in front of Ruiz's chest.) On Wednesday, Perez plead guilty to second-degree manslaughter and was sentenced …
Woman who shot boyfriend dead in YouTube stunt jailed
CHICAGO • A judge in the US state of Minnesota has sentenced a YouTube prankster to six months in prison for fatally shooting her boyfriend in a botched video stunt that they hoped would go viral. Monalisa Perez, a 20-year-old mother of two children, believed that her boyfriend, Mr Pedro …
Lyor Cohen At SXSW: YouTube’s Music Service Will Be Something Consumers “Will Be Proud Of”
Since joining YouTube in 2016, music industry big shot Lyor Cohen has focused much of his energy on an upcoming service, tentatively titled Remix. While it's still not clear what exactly Remix is or when exactly it will premiere, Cohen has offered some hints. The exec delivered a keynote address …
YouTube’s Lyor Cohen teases music subscription service, combines w/ the ‘best of Google Play …
We've known for quite some time that YouTube has been planning a new premium music subscription service, but the details have been a bit unclear at times. Now, at SXSW, YouTube's Global Head of Music, Lyor Cohen, has given a bit of extra insight. Read More