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They're ignoring MrBeast's rules of YouTube, and thriving
New York Times, Published on 24/05/2024
» NEW YORK - Late last year, Zackary Smigel, a YouTube creator, made a video titled "Why Is YouTube Like This?" By "this" he meant that the platform was filled with videos that have sensationalised titles, heavily edited content and grabby thumbnails, often featuring a person’s emotive face.
Top influencers on China's version of TikTok are twin brothers with over 100m followers
Published on 06/11/2022
» Twin brothers who star in their own video skits about daily life have become the most popular influencers on Douyin, the Chinese version of TikTok, amassing more than 100 million followers in four years.
VR offers television producers 'Hollywood in a box'
AFP, Published on 29/11/2016
» LOS ANGELES - On a soundstage no bigger than a large bedroom a cameraman takes up various angles to film a helicopter that isn't there, landing in a field that isn't there either.
Iran rounds up 450 social network users
AFP, Published on 23/08/2016
» TEHRAN - Iran has "arrested or summoned" around 450 social media users over their online activities, a website linked to the powerful Revolutionary Guards said on Tuesday.
Apple sued over obscure film by China's media regulator: court
AFP, Published on 30/06/2016
» BEIJING - Apple is being sued by China's media regulator over rights to an obscure patriotic film, a Beijing court said Thursday, in the latest legal battle for the US tech giant in one of its crucial overseas markets.
Digital is not rescuing troubled US newspapers
AFP, Published on 15/06/2016
» WASHINGTON - The grim news for newspapers: digital is doing little to rescue them from their deepening woes.
Chinese search giant's model 'misleading': regulator
AFP, Published on 09/05/2016
» BEIJING - Internet giant Baidu, China's equivalent of Google, must change how it displays search results, regulators said Monday, following an outcry over the death of a student whose family used it to seek a cancer cure.
Two Apple services blocked in China
AFP, Published on 22/04/2016
» BEIJING - Apple confirmed Friday its iTunes Movies and iBooks service have become unavailable in China, after reports authorities ordered them to be taken offline.
Global warming takes a short break
Published on 26/01/2016
» Snow, sleet and icy winds across Asia caused deaths, flight cancellations and chaos over the weekend as areas used to warmer weather struggled with record-low temperatures.
Kuwait tightens online media controls
AFP, Published on 14/01/2016
» KUWAIT CITY - Kuwait's parliament on Wednesday passed legislation to regulate all web-based "professional" media, a day after a controversial cybercrimes law came into effect.