The document also helps to clarify some of YouTube’s thinking around podcasts, as it suggested YouTube had plans to feature audio ads sold by Google and other partners. This could present a potential new revenue stream for the tech giant at a time when the younger generation has shifted their search behavior from Google to other platforms, like TikTok. The document said YouTube planned to roll out audio-first metrics to creators and integrate YouTube data into podcast measurement platforms, including Nielsen, Chartable and Podtrac, as well. The addition of a top-level landing page for podcasts is a fairly significant move for the company.
Before today, there were already a number of hints that YouTube was getting more serious about podcasts — particularly after Spotify entered the space with its support for video podcasts.
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“The podcast destination page on YouTube helps users explore new and popular podcast episodes, shows and creators, as well as recommend podcast content,” said YouTube spokesperson, Paul Pennigton. “It’s currently available in the U.S. only.”
Reached for comment, YouTube told TechCrucnh the URL is not globally available at this time.
plans for podcasts in general or the destination itself — hinting that a broader announcement was still to come. (It’s possible this will be one of the announcements planned for a YouTube creator event scheduled for next month, if we had to guess.)
Earlier this year, reports emerged that YouTube would soon add a dedicated podcasts homepage — a signal the company was getting more serious about its investments in podcasts and the potential ad revenue they could deliver. Today, YouTube confirmed to TechCrunch the new podcasts destination is now live for U.S. users, after the URL was discovered to be live ahead of any formal Accordingannouncement.toareport by 9to5Google, the dedicated podcast page YouTube.com/podcasts went live sometime last month and is now linked, at least for some users, on YouTube’s existing Explore page alongside other top destinations like Gaming, Sports, Learning, Fashion and others. It did not appear in the website’s sidebar navigation, however.
YouTube declined to answer further questions about the company’s
Originally published by Sarah Perez on August 22, 2022
Last year, YouTube hired a podcast executive, Kai Chuk, to lead its efforts in the space and has been offering cash to popular podcasters to film their shows, reports said. This March, a site called Podnews leaked an 84page presentation that detailed YouTube’s podcast roadmap. In the document, YouTube revealed it had plans to pilot the feature by ingesting RSS feeds. It also mentioned a new URL, YouTube.com/podcasts, but the link didn’t work at the time.
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YouTube launches a dedicated podcasts homepage for US users
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Meta, TikTok, and Twitter Hope to Fight Election Misinformation.
But experts who study social media and politics point out that these new policies aren’t that different from those in place in 2020—which could have consequences, since video content may play a larger role in the spread of misinformation this year.
“They say they tested these processes during the 2018 midterms and 2020 [general election] and that they have it under control, but this is anything but the case,” says Jennifer Grygiel, an associate professor at Syracuse University who researches social media. “We don’t exist in a media environment today that looks like anything we’ve known, and we need to talk about that more.”
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that we’ve seen in the last decade has been like the one before,” he says. “We need to remain vigilant across this online ecosystem.”
Video-based platforms like TikTok and Instagram Reels could be especially problematic, says Zeve Sanderson, the founding executive director of NYU’s Center for Social andMediaPolitics.
As they rise in popularity, media experts fear that the automated moderation systems in place could find challenges in monitoring videos that contain misinforma
With less than three months from the U.S. midterm elections, social media companies are preparing for another intense fight against misinformation. TikTok, Meta, and Twitter say they’re ready for the challenge this time, and they’ve each drafted a similar playbook that includes more fact-checking, labeling misinformation more carefully and adding more restrictions on political advertising.
Originally posted by Nik Popli August 18, 2022
Ever since the 2016 presidential election, which saw social media platforms be used to spread misleading information, social media companies have launched expensive campaigns to educate the public about unreliable content and invested more in moderation policies, only to find a number of harmful posts falling through the cracks. (continued on next page)
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Here’s what major social media platforms are doing this time to stop election misinformation. TikTok launches ‘election center’
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in Germany impersonated prominent political figures during the country’s last national election. Misleading posts in Colombia falsely attributed quotes from a candidate to a cartoon villain, and videos in the Philippines amplified myths about the country’s former dictator, whose son became president.
That degree of influence means TikTok, which is owned by Chinese tech giant ByteDance, could play a major role in the spread of misleading information if left unchecked. For example, six hashtags promoting conspiracy theories about the 2020 election garnered more than 38 million views as of July, though the company has blocked some hashtags including #StopTheSteal.
The video platform launched an election center where users can get “authoritative information” about voting sites and election results—in 45 languages. All election-related posts will have clickable labels that will allow viewers to get information about the elections in their state, including on videos from the government, politicians and political parties. This may be the first election cycle that TikTok has the time—and experience—to combat the spread of misinformation that garnered so much attention during the 2020 election, when the platform first took off. Once known for its catchy dances, TikTok has begun to see more posts involving political and social misinformation, according to
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ACM is also asking organizations to participate in the first US Democracy Day on September 15, highlighting the need to preserve and strengthen our democracy. Find out more about the nationwide effort and ways media organizations can help.
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Learn about the latest technology allowing municipalities of any size to easily stream and archive video of meetings on any budget with free, automated transcriptions and translation. We will present general guidelines to make it simple and affordable to stream and archive every meeting, ushering in a new level of transparency, accessibility, and citizen engagement.
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Mark your calendars for Community Media Day 2022, which is on Thursday, October 20. The celebration of community media across the US is now in its SEVENTH year, and it’s a great opportunity to raise visibility for the work you do in our industry. For More information, visit: https://www.allcommunitymedia.org/
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Jinglepunks
A provider of stock photography and stock footage. It was founded in Germany in 2014 and maintains a library with over 3.2 million free stock photos and videos.
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A music publishing and licensing company headquartered in New York, NY, founded by Jared Gutstadt and Dan Demole in October 2008. The company provides original and licensed music for television, film, video games, and advertisements.
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Splitshire
This site offers a wealth of free stock images but also a whole host of free videos too. The curation of the platform is super clean and the images are very cool.
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A website dedicated to proprietary stock photography. Since 2021, it has been owned by Getty Images. The website claims over 265,000 contributing photogra phers and generates more than 16 billion photo impressions per month on their growing library of over 3.48 million photos.[1] Unsplash has been cited as one of the
