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VidCon general manager: Online video is about more than just YouTube

The popular online video conference is trying to highlight other platforms, like Twitch and LinkedIn.
YouTube displayed a giant play button with the names of creators chosen to work with the company at VidCon.
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YouTube tries to make nice with its creators

Jun 22, 2018
Many are unhappy with how the site pays them.
The YouTube and Netflix app logos are seen on a television screen.
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Should we trust Silicon Valley to fix itself?

Some tech pioneers want to repair the problems they helped create, like addictive technologies.
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How the internet went from a hippie project to a game of Monopoly

Apr 19, 2017
In 'Move Fast and Break Things,' Jonathan Taplin examines how the wild web's big players became overlords.
Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg.
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VidCon 2016 — less up close and personal

Jun 23, 2016
The gathering of online content producers and their fans will see more security.
Personalities JC Caylen, Ricky Dillon, Connor Franta, Trevor Moran, Kian Lawley and Sam Pottorff speak at the 2014 VidCon at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California.
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The financial hardships of mid-level YouTube stars

Dec 28, 2015
Fledgling stars struggle to balance Internet fame and self promotion.

'YouTube Voice:' The linguistics behind the phenomenon

Dec 22, 2015
Audience engagement doesn't require tricks, just a few simple speaking strategies.

For public good, not for profit.

How do you solve a problem like censoring YouTube?

Feb 2, 2015
48 hours worth of video is uploaded every minute—Policing content is problematic.

Five ways a web series can make money

Oct 6, 2014
Kai Ryssdal talks to YouTube lit adaptor Bernie Su about the web-series industry.

YouTube changes terms and conditions for labels

Jun 18, 2014
YouTube picks fight with record labels in attempt to create streaming service