Youtube Culture – A Global Phenomenon

The booming world of Youtube is becoming a cultural phenomenon. Over the past 10 years, the vast platform has grown significantly since it was first established in 2005 by founders Chad Hurley, Steven Chen, and Jawed Karimin. Its content coversĀ a wide range of topics and advice on those topics, offering tips in addition to the […]

New YouTube Subscription Service Might Block Independent Music

The next phase in YouTube’s growth is near, and it could spell doom not only for the popular video platform, but for independent artists. YouTube is entertaining a subscription-based service, rumored to be called the “YouTube Music Pass,” that will offer ad-free videos and downloadable songs to subscribers. However, the company will only feature videos […]

YouTube Music Awards… Interesting

The inaugural YouTube Music Awards (YMA) took place Sunday night in New York City. The website-sponsored music awards show, touted as a celebration of the do it yourself content environment Youtube helped to foster. It was billed as the crowning moment of years worth of artists that have taken things into their own hands to […]