Former YouTube Kids employees describe how the service embraced human curation over virality to address criticism it wasn't doing enough to protect children
Former employees say platform embraced human curation over virality to address criticism it wasn't doing enough to protect younger consumers Tweets: @yoreekoh , @kevinroose , and @martinhoffmann Tweet...
AT&T says it is pulling all advertising from YouTube, after reports of pedophiles openly using the platform; Nestle and Epic Games have also pulled ads
And If History Is A Guide, They'll Be Back Soon Sheila Dang / Reuters : AT&T pulls ads from YouTube as concerns about content resurface Lisa Vaas / Naked Security : Advertisers flee YouTube after vide...
Sources: Disney joins Nestle, Epic Games, and others in pulling ad spending from YouTube following details about a “pedophile ring” in YouTube comments
shocked! — YouTube comments could be a host of such squalor. (Will also be back advertising by summer.) http://twitter.com/... Subrahmanyam Kvj / @sub8u : The fastest way to get real product changes d...
Intel says it has achieved “full US workforce representation” 2 years ahead of 2020 goal and that US staff is 26.8% female, 9.2% Hispanic, 4.6% African American
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Sources: a16z launches a new fund of ~$15M for black celebrity investors to try to boost diversity in tech, with Kevin Durant and Will Smith among its LPs
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Pinterest names Twitter's former vice president of finance, Todd Morgenfeld, as its first CFO
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NFL, Snapchat agree to multi-year partnership extension; NFL gets a Discover slot, will produce Live Stories for games; Snapchat will do most of ad-selling work
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Source: Pinterest, which projected $3B in 2018 revenues, made about $100M in US ad revenue in 2015, expects non-US users to become majority of audience in 2016
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How RadiumOne VC and lawyer tried to buy their way out of Chahal scandal ahead of intended IPO, by paying Willie Brown $250K deposit to make it “go away”
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Mobile video combined with autoplay and social media's reach bring unexpected horror to users' feeds
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