I’ve written it before, Roku is a fantastic company. And while I’m not sure I’ve written it down, I have two deeply held beliefs: the U.S. government will be performative, and publicly traded companies will be cutthroat. “YouTube is leaving Roku. And now the fight between the two companies has caught […]
Virtual Experiences The New Reality
The last two years have been a whirlwind for everyone. I’m deeply empathetic to those who have lost someone, like me, been ill, or suffered economically. The last couple of years showed a massive cultural shift towards everything but the essential taking place online. The new reality is virtual. Restaurants […]
YouTube Will Now Remove Videos Claiming Fraud Change Results Of The U.S. Presidential Election
YouTube will now remove videos containing election misinformation: The company says starting today it will, now remove misleading videos that claim widespread fraud or other errors changed the outcome of the US presidential election. This change comes now that “enough states have certified their election results to determine a President-elect.” […]
YouTube’s New Ad Policy Will Be A Win For Vimeo
YouTube will now run ads on channels outside of the Partner Program, and this spells like a win for Vimeo. YouTube’s change will expand ad their inventory by allowing ads to be served on any video on hosted the site (potentially, content guidelines will still exist). But the change will […]
DaVinci Resolve 17.1 Will Run On Apple Chips
The DaVinci Resolve video editor will support Apple Silicon even before the first M1-powered Macs are shipped to customers next week. Blackmagic Design has pushed out an updated version of Resolve adding universal app support for Macs running Apple M1 processors. Resolve has long been known as a film industry-standard for […]
Spotify Acquiring Podcast Hosting Company Megaphone To Grow An Empire
Yesterday, Spotify confirmed the acquisition of the podcast hosting company Megaphone Spotify’s currently uses for podcasts hosting. “we will soon make Streaming Ad Insertion available to podcast publishers on Megaphone, the first time this technology will be made available to third-parties. That means that podcast publishers will be able to offer […]
Vimeo Raises $150 Million In New Equity Funding
Vimeo announced the raise of $150 million in new equity funding with Thrive Capital and GIC leading the funding round at a valuation of $2.75 billion. The announcement came in conjunction with the third quarter earnings of Vimeo’s parent company IAC. According to the earnings report, Vimeo grew revenue by […]
Twitter Launches ‘Pre-Bunks’ What Could go Wrong?
Today Twitter announced they will start pinning notices to the top of all U.S. users’ feeds sharing a warning that results in next week’s election may be delayed, and that they may encounter misinformation on mail-in voting. Twitter is calling the messages a “pre-bunk,”. A way of debunking misinformation before […]
YouTube’s Testing An Option to Reserve Ad Space Six Months in Advance
YouTube is reportedly testing letting advertisers reserve ad space up to six months in advance. This is likely most beneficial for organizations planning to tie into major events, like sporting championships, or elections. The new option surprisingly does not require a minimum ad buy. A report by the Wall Street Journal, says […]
YouTube Changes A Decision, Shocking Creators
YouTube did an oopsie… And more on DCC News. Pew pew! YouTube is reversing course on announced changes to its verification process, after they enraged thousands of creators and likely millions of fans. Within 24 hours of the company announcing changes that would unverify thousands of creators. The company backtracked […]