In Seismic Shift YouTube To Make Its Original Programming Available For Free, Ariana Grande Taps YouTube Stars, Facebook Gives Back To Journalism

By 2020 the largest video sharing site in the world will make its premium productions all ad-supported and outside of the paywall. 

Not displaying correctly? View this email online. Ariana Grande Taps Colleen Ballinger, Gabi DeMartino For Mean Girls-Themed Music Video Katy Perry had Christine Sydelko. Taylor Swift had Todrick Hall. And now, in the growing line of popstars who have recruited beloved YouTubers for their their music videos, Ariana Grande has cast Colleen Ballinger and Gabi DeMartino. in her upcoming clip for the single "Thank U, Next." YouTube Offers College Students Half Off YouTube Premium, YouTube Music Premium   YouTube has sliced prices for YouTube Premium and YouTube Music Premium in half for full-time university students in the U.S. TopBuzz Creator Spotlight: How The Nastyass Honey Badger Narrator Turned His Viral Moment Into A Brand   Like many viral videos before it, The Crazy Nastyass Honey Badger is as hilarious as it is inexplicable. In the clip, dating back to Jan. 2011 and counting 89 million views to date, a character named Randall narrates Nat Geo Wild footage of a honey badger. In Seismic Shift, YouTube To Make All Of Its Original Programming Available For Free   YouTube is planning a massive pivot for its original programming distribution strategy. Young Busco, Who Created The 'What Are Those?' Meme, Has Died At 31   The 31-year-old man behind one of the most beloved memes in recent memory has passed away at age 31. Insights: Facebook Finally Gives Back, A Bit, To Journalism On Giving Tuesday   For all the damage that Facebook has done to journalism in recent years – getting rich in part by trafficking billions of dollars in journalistic output for which it paid virtually nothing; that "fake news" kerfuffle and accompanying election manipulation by Russian operatives; even hiring those oppo research jerks who claimed company critics were anti-Semitic while simultaneously saying others were backed by George Soros, anti-Semites' favorite punching bag – the Mess That Mark Zuckerberg Built is finally doing something a little bit right. Copyright © 2018 Tubefilter, All rights reserved. Sign up for Tubefilter Newsletters here. Our mailing address is: Tubefilter 5405 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 270 Los Angeles, CA 90036 USA  You received this email because you subscribed to a Tubefilter Newsletter or have registered to attend one of our Tubefilter Events. We respect your privacy and inbox. If you believe this was sent to you in error and you no longer wish to receive these emails, please update your subscription preferences or unsubscribe.