Susan Wojcicki Apologizes For Hurting LGBTQ Community, Public Metrics Were Never Designed To Be As Important As They Are, Is Quibbi Too Big To Fail?

Quibbi will have raised $1.5 billion by the time it launches. Is it destined for failure? Or will that cash make it too big for anything but success?

Not displaying correctly? View this email online. Susan Wojcicki Apologizes For Hurting LGBTQ Community, But Defends Decision To Let Steven Crowder Videos Stand Susan Wojcicki offered sincere apologies to the LGBTQ+ community during an appearance at Code Conference yesterday over a controversy last week in which Vox journalist Carlos Maza described homophobic harassment at the hands of right-wing YouTube star Steven Crowder. Top 50 Most Viewed YouTube Channels Worldwide • Week Of 6/9/2019   Jimmy Donaldson's high-profile, feel-good shenanigans and smart, click-baity hijinks have propelled his MrBeast YouTube channel to more than 20 million subscribers and 2.7 billion views. This week, though, was particularly good. Stranger Things Star Noah Schnapp Teams With Dolan Twins To Relaunch His YouTube Channel   Stranger Things phenom Noah Schnapp, who plays main character Will Byers in Netflix's hit original, has relaunched his YouTube channel with the aid of some familiar faces. Instagram Adds New Custom Gender Options For User Profiles In Honor Of Pride   In honor of Pride Month, Instagram is adding new options for the way that users' genders are displayed on their public profiles. Public Metrics Were Never Designed To Be As Important As They Are Last month YouTube announced changes to the way it displays subscriber counts on its creator channels, making it more difficult to tell which channels are gaining or losing subscribers in real-time. Hardee's Enlists Ryan ToysReview To Relaunch Kid's Meal Business After 8 Years   Ryan ToysReview, the seven-year-old YouTube phenom with 20 million subscribers and an astonishing 30 billion lifetime views, is helping fast food chain Hardee's get back into the children's meal business. Canadian Digital Network BroadbandTV Surpasses 575 Million Monthly Viewers   While other multi-channel networks may be faltering, Vancouver's BroadbandTV (BBTV) continues to shatter new viewership records, it says. Quibbling About Quibi – Too Big To Fail Or Too Expensive To Succeed?   So it turns out $1 billion isn't quite enough to launch Quibi, Jeffrey Katzenberg's expansive vision of the future of episodic short video. Livestreamers Are Changing The World With Their Generosity — And Last Month They Raised A Record $2.1 Million For St. Jude   Across from the main entrance of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, there is an arresting brown-brick building with high arched doorways, capped by a shining golden dome. Inside, under a massive stained-glass ceiling, one nook is wreathed with poster-sized, black-and-white photos of silver screen Hollywood stars like Andy Griffith, Elvis Presley, and Angela Cartwright. Maybe those photos will be joined by ones of high-profile gamers in the not-so-distant future.  Copyright © 2019 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.