A book excerpt details how YouTube's love affair with PewDiePie soured in 2017, before he stopped pushing boundaries and signed a livestreaming deal in 2020
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YouTube says it has temporarily demonetized James Charles' channel, which has 25.5M+ subscribers, after 15+ sexual misconduct accusations from men and boys
the misconduct is a result of the click culture and the unhealthy, unregulated nature of young online fame Molly / @molls : @kattenbarge IDK what the solution is, but they started this with Logan or P...
PewDiePie signs an exclusive livestreaming deal with YouTube, following similar deals between YouTube and other stars in recent months
PewDiePie signs exclusive … J. Fergus / Input : Google shows it never learns, signs PewDiePie to an exclusive YouTube deal Tweets: @karlbode : I've lost track of the journalists and editors I know tha...
ICANN says it will review PIR's sale of .org to Ethos Capital to decide if it should be allowed; notes it has 30 days to provide or withhold its consent
The proposed acquisition of Public Interest Registry … Marietje Schaake / Financial Times : Selling off online domain names threatens internet governance Anthony Spadafora / TechRadar.com : ICANN paus...
Profile of PewDiePie covering his relationships with YouTube and mainstream media, as he tries to shed his reputation as a far-right sympathizer
The biggest YouTuber in the world has been accused of being a closet white nationalist and even inspiring mass shootings. He says it's all a misunderstanding. Tweets: @kevinroose , @chronotope , @drb...
Profile of PewDiePie covering his relationships with YouTube and mainstream media, as he tries to shed his reputation as a far-right sympathizer
The biggest YouTuber in the world has been accused of being a closet white nationalist and even inspiring mass shootings. He says it's all a misunderstanding.
The YouTube channel of Indian music production company T-Series becomes the first to cross 100M subscribers after a months-long race with PewDiePie
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How a hands-off culture and tangible rewards for attention led to the PewDiePie scandal on YouTube, a platform with its own emerging politics
Felix Kjellberg, known to his fans as PewDiePie, is by far YouTube's biggest star. His videos, a mix of video-game narration, humorous rants and commentary …
Disney Severs Ties With YouTube Star PewDiePie After Anti-Semitic Posts
Disney said it was severing ties with Felix Kjellberg, a top star with 53 million subscribers to his “PewDiePie” YouTube channel, after he posted videos in which he makes anti-Semitic jokes or imagery...
Google cancels PewDiePie's original series following Nazi controversy, removes him from the Google Preferred advertising program
PewDiePie also lost his preferred advertising status — YouTube's biggest star, PewDiePie, has always flirted with controversy.