YouTube
On the cusp of mainstream stardom, MrBeast is being sued
His move to Amazon’s streaming platform Prime Video was meant to be the biggest coup yet for the YouTube sensation, but it may prove his undoing.
- by Karl Quinn
Latest
Video game champion ‘regrets’ jokes about death rumour
The American gamer has given evidence on the second day of his defamation case against a Brisbane YouTube creator.
- by Rex Martinich
Donkey Kong record-holder Billy Mitchell ‘defamed’ by Brisbane YouTuber’s ‘heinous’ death video
An American gamer who held the world record score for arcade game Donkey Kong has appeared in a Brisbane court for the start of a defamation trial against an Australian YouTuber.
- by Rex Martinich
Memes, TikTok and lots of chicken: The new world of movie marketing
Hugh Jackman and Ryan Reynolds have provided a perfect case study in how modern films are marketed, and for some reason it involves eating a lot of chicken.
- by Nell Geraets
Former YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki has died, Google CEO says
Wojcicki, one of the most prominent women in tech, stepped down from her role at YouTube in 2023, a position she held for nine years.
‘This is democracy manifest!’ Internet sensation Jack Karlson dies
The Queensland man who rose to fame after a historical arrest video was posted online more than 10 years ago has been described as “an enigma”.
- by Gemma Grant
I watched nothing but YouTube for a week. Here’s what I learnt
When you need a break from blockbuster movies and bingeworthy shows, you’ll find more alternatives on here than you ever thought you needed.
- by Nell Geraets
Analysis
Media & marketing
‘Sobering reality’: What the future for Australia’s media giants looks like
With mass job cuts across Australia’s largest media companies, is there a way out of the advertising downturn, or is it time to face up to a new normal?
- by Calum Jaspan
Opinion
Social media
Do you recognise this man? He has 300 million die-hard fans but isn’t famous
MrBeast created possibly the single largest mass-truancy event in Australian history this week, and yet you probably haven’t even heard of him.
- by Waleed Aly
The grey zone of misinformation: Iran, Russia’s payments to US media outlet revealed
Legal experts say US journalists who were paid by sanctioned Iranian media entities could be in legal jeopardy.
- by Joseph Menn
Determined, tone-deaf and glib: Rebel Wilson tells her own story
Wilson is a talented actor, but she can’t replicate that talent in her memoir.
- by Stephen Brook
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