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Made For Kids & COPPA – Initial Look At The YouTube Data

Jason Urgo — Tue, 21 Jan 2020 20:42:22 +0000

It’s been about two weeks since YouTube rolled out the COPPA restrictions across the platform where creators need to pick either on the channel or video level whether their content is made for kids or not. As this happened in January, the worst month for ads in general, it’s hard to fully tell just how […]

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The Social Blade Decade

Jason Urgo — Fri, 27 Dec 2019 21:05:31 +0000

tl;dr Today’s news is our Chrome / Firefox extension has been updated to allow creators to watch their own live counts again! Internet & Social Media History And just like that another decade has passed. It’s crazy to think that the Internet has really only been a thing for about three decades now (yes I […]

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Abbreviated Subscriber Counts on YouTube

Jason Urgo — Mon, 09 Sep 2019 23:50:36 +0000

As you likely have heard by now, as of September 2019, YouTube will be abbreviating subscriber counts everywhere except in a creators private studio dashboard. This will cause the subscriber number everywhere it is publicly shown, including on Social Blade, to be shortened to only three leading digits max. Read on to learn a little […]

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Social Blade launches Report Cards for YouTube

Danny Fratella — Fri, 21 Sep 2018 16:57:28 +0000

Social Blade is excited to launch our latest product offering: Report Cards! Report Cards for YouTube aim to help you show off your channel’s key metrics in an easy, succinct way. Generate a report to send to brands you’re interested in working with, include a copy in your media pitch deck, pass out printed versions […]

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Instagram opens highly-coveted verification form to the public

Danny Fratella — Thu, 30 Aug 2018 19:59:40 +0000

Ah, the coveted blue check mark, distinguishing the most elite and influential Instagram users from the plebeians. The process for getting one has largely been a mystery to the general public – but for the most part, you needed to know someone. Until now. This week, Instagram has decided to open their application form for […]

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YouTube Premium to debut 50 original shows in 2019

Danny Fratella — Wed, 22 Aug 2018 23:58:11 +0000

YouTube announced that they plan to release 50 original shows during 2019, the platform’s EMEA head of originals, Luke Hyams, shared at the annual Edinburgh TV Festival today. Hyams, who previously worked as an executive at Disney, shared plans for the content ramp-up in front of an audience packed with TV producers and deal-hopefuls, touting […]

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YouTube Music inks partnership with American Music Awards

Danny Fratella — Wed, 22 Aug 2018 17:51:30 +0000

YouTube Music will be the first-ever presenting sponsor of Dick Clark Productions’ American Music Awards this year, the two companies announced Wednesday morning. The deal will promote YouTube Music during the broadcast as the go-to place for streaming music, videos, and live performances. The specifics are limited, however: it’s not clear how YouTube will be […]

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Netflix testing ads-that-aren’t-really-ads during viewing sessions

Danny Fratella — Mon, 20 Aug 2018 17:24:22 +0000

Netflix is testing the waters with promotional videos inserted in between episodes and movies, and users are up-in-arms. The videos, which promote other pieces of Netflix original content, are inserted after a user finishes watching an episode or movie. The service began quietly testing this new behavior last week, and it didn’t take users long […]

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Viacom plans for AwesomenessTV layoffs, weeks after low-value acquisition

Danny Fratella — Sat, 18 Aug 2018 13:57:23 +0000

Viacom has plans to lay off nearly one hundred AwesomenessTV employees in an internal streamlining of its workforce, just weeks after it acquired the Gen-Z media company. “As we begin to integrate Awesomeness and streamline the organization within Viacom, a number of positions were impacted today,” a Viacom spokesperson said. “We are grateful for the […]

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TanaCon founder to pivot into content production, launches OTT platform

Danny Fratella — Fri, 17 Aug 2018 16:52:30 +0000

Michael Weist, the 22-year-old infamous for the TanaCon disaster, is pivoting his company from live events to original content. Good Times Entertainment, the company that previous tours and conventions were produced under, will cease to exist, and a new company called Good Times TV will take its place. Good Times TV is planned to be […]

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