Thursday, September 1, 2016

YouTube Stars Are Blowing Up Over Not Getting Paid (Update)

  Philip DeFranco

By Bryan Menegus

For the past year YouTubers have been trying to navigate a deluge of false copyright claims and a changing algorithm that rewards needlessly-long videos. Now, allegedly, the platform is starting to withhold paychecks.

For professional or semi-professional YouTubers, monetization through advertising is almost always their main source of revenue. Exurb1a, MrRepzion, Philip DeFranco—who alone has 4.5 million subscribers and has been on the platform for over a decade—and others have recently made videos claiming YouTube has pulled ads from their videos, citing a new* policy. 

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Source: Gizmodo 

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