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Youtube

Health Media

The Reigning Queen of Pandemic Yoga

A profile of YouTube yogi Adriene Mishler

Molly Young New York Times Magazine Permalink

Media

Un-Adopted

YouTubers Myka and James Stauffer shared every step of their parenting journey. Except the last.

Caitlin Moscatello The Cut Aug 2020 30min Permalink

Movies & TV

Andy Samberg Is Happy to Be the Butt of the Joke

America’s poet laureate of the dick joke is taking it all in stride.

Sam Schube GQ Jul 2020 20min Permalink

Best Article Tech

The Terror Queue

The moderators who keep Google and Youtube free of beheadings and child porn now have PTSD themselves.

Casey Newton The Verge Dec 2019 25min Permalink

Science Media

The Life and Death of an Instafish

What one funny-looking fish taught us about evolution, the internet, and the monsters we create.

Miranda Collinge Esquire UK Jul 2019 25min Permalink

Politics Tech

The Making of a YouTube Radical

Caleb Cain was a college dropout looking for direction. He turned to YouTube, where he was pulled into a world filled with conspiracy theories, misogyny and racism.

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Roose on the Longform Podcast

Kevin Roose New York Times Jun 2019 15min Permalink

Business Tech

YouTube Executives Ignored Warnings, Letting Toxic Videos Run Rampant

How proposals to change recommendations and curb conspiracies were sacrificed for engagement.

Mark Bergen Bloomberg Apr 2019 15min Permalink

Media

The Dodgy, Vulnerable Fame of YouTube's Child ASMR Stars

Children film themselves chewing, whispering and tapping to give their adult audience an ASMR buzz. But at what cost?

Amelia Tait Wired (UK) Feb 2019 25min Permalink

Tech Movies & TV

Raised by YouTube

The platform’s entertainment for children is weirder—and more globalized—than adults could have expected.

Alexis C. Madrigal The Atlantic Oct 2018 20min Permalink

Arts Media

Welcome to Poppy's World

Her creepy, surreal YouTube videos have millions of views, but no one knows Poppy’s full story.

Lexi Pandell Wired Jun 2017 20min Permalink

Arts

Rise and Scam

Joanne the Scammer has celebrity fans and a massive YouTube following. Branden Miller barely leaves his Daytona Beach apartment.

Patrick D. McDermott The Fader Aug 2016 15min Permalink

Politics Tech

The Secret Rules of the Internet

On the history of content moderation and what it means for the future of free speech.

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Previously: “The Laborers Who Keep Dick Pics and Beheadings Out of Your Facebook Feed”

Catherine Buni, Soraya Chemaly The Verge Apr 2016 40min Permalink

Business Media

Connor Goes to Hollywood

Chasing stardom in YouTube’s crowded universe.

Ryan Bradley The Verge Aug 2015 15min Permalink

Arts

The Misadventures of Issa Rae

She was an overnight YouTube success. Then she tried to make a TV show.

Jenna Wortham New York Times Magazine Aug 2015 Permalink

Arts Business Tech Media

Hollywood's Big-Money YouTube Hit Factory

Established media companies used to sue YouTube. Now they’re betting on it.

Felix Gillette Businesweek Aug 2014 15min Permalink

Tech

The American Room

Behind the nation’s closed doors, with YouTube.

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Previously: Paul Ford on the Longform Podcast..

Paul Ford Medium Jul 2014 10min Permalink

Arts Tech Media Movies & TV

Streaming Dreams

On YouTube’s shift towards professionally created content.

John Seabrook New Yorker Jan 2012 25min Permalink

As Seen on YouTube (and Pretty Much Only on YouTube)

A profile of Vova Galchenko, teenage juggling virtuoso and early viral star.

Jason Fagone Play Jun 2008 Permalink

Tech Media

How YouTube's Global Platform Is Redefining the Entertainment Business

How YouTube went from ubiquitous to profitable; and where it goes next.

Danielle Sacks Fast Company Feb 2011 Permalink