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Kenyan YouTube content creators are expected to submit their tax information to the video-sharing platform by March 31 in order to avoid a hefty 24 per cent taxation on their earnings. In a new requirement, the Google-owned service will require content creators to pay tax to the United States. YouTube wrote a statement to creators, informing them of the condition that is set to begin in June. “We are reaching out because Google will be required to deduct US taxes from payments to creators outside the US later this year. Over the next few weeks, we will be asking you to submit your tax info in AdSense to determine the correct amount of taxes to deduct, if any apply,” read the message by YouTube.Read More  1 Why Eric is in trouble over ‘Wife Material’  2 Facebook, Google fight bill that would help US news industry  3 Why Eric Omondi was trending on twitter this morning  4 Eric Omondi arrested over ‘Wife Material’ YouTube creators monetise their posts through the AdSense service, which allows them to collect a percentage of advertisement revenue from their videos.  “Google has a responsibility under Chapter 3 of the US Internal Revenue Code to collect tax info from all monetising…

A Massachusetts man facing federal charges had videos where he bragged about drug dealing. Pictured here is a screenshot of one of the videos. (Federal court records)A 20-year-old Malden man charged with running a drug trafficking “enterprise” put an add out on Snapchat advertising pills for sale and boasted about making money through drug dealing in YouTube rap videos, according to federal investigators.In an affidavit unsealed in a Boston federal court, FBI agents describe how investigators watched Dhamari Jordan’s YouTube videos and responded to his Snapchat ad listing Percocet and Adderall for sale.When Jordan, who goes by the name DMO Crashout on his YouTube page, posted the drug advertisement, an undercover Massachusetts State Police trooper reached out.The Snapchat ad was viewed by the trooper on Dec. 3. Working undercover, the trooper asked Jordan the price per pill. The response was, “$20 a pill,” authorities wrote in the affidavit.About five minutes later, Jordan called the undercover trooper and discussed the quality of the pills and future possible deals, an FBI agent wrote in court records.Investigators were already familiar with Jordan. Authorities note in June 2019, Jordan was arrested on firearms charges after he allegedly was caught with a loaded gun. The…

Despite what a YouTube video would have you believe, Charli D’Amelio didn’t die on Friday, March 12, nor did she get into a car crash — at least, not to our knowledge! Article continues below advertisementInstead, the death prediction seems to be a creepy attention-getting stunt from a channel called 2021 Vision, and YouTube users aren’t having it. “The amount of attention you want is astronomical,” one person wrote in a comment. Another user added, “I can’t believe some people legit believe this.”Did Charli D’Amelio die?The video, uploaded on Feb. 22, 2021, claimed Charli would die on March 12. But the TikTok star was still alive and kicking as of Friday night, even uploading an Instagram Stories video to urge her fans to vote for her in the 2021 Kids’ Choice Awards’ Favorite Female Social Star category.Article continues below advertisementSource: InstagramThe YouTube account 2021 Vision seems to want to cash in on the viral fame of the 2020 Vision account, which has already distanced itself from its imitators. “This is my only channel. 2021 Vision, 2025 Vision, 2030 Vision — all are frauds,” 2020 Vision’s YouTube bio reads.Article continues below advertisementThe 2020 Vision account appeared to predict Kobe Bryant’s death in…

Buying YouTube views and subscribers has been one of the hottest discussions for over the past several years. With more people now using YouTube to create content and watch content on a daily basis, it’s now one of the largest and fastest growing resources for content on the internet today. With this in mind, it is always prudent to optimize one’s YouTube channel at all levels. One should do this even before uploading their first-ever video, and the future growth of their brand and following is always in place. And in the event that your channel is already running, it is never late to make changes for the better. No matter if you are starting your YouTube journey today or always have amassed millions of views and subscribers, today we are going to cover the many different aspects of YT and the concept of buying YouTube views and followers to improve your reach, growth and user engagement. Let’s get started! YouTube content creation is a full-time job Editing one’s video content for improving a channel’s performance is a continuous process. Once a YouTube account is created for the business, then it is a full-time engagement. Even if one is an…

Google has started to roll out a major redesign to the YouTube application on Apple TV with tvOS. This update brings the latest YouTube interface that Google uses on other platforms to Apple’s streaming box, nearly a year after it first came to Google TV. Google first started rolling out the basis of this new user interface to Google TV in November 2019. It then made some additional tweaks to the interface in March of the following year, bringing new borders, darker backgrounds, and other aesthetic changes. This redesign is now rolling out to Apple TV users around the world. It represents a pretty noticeable update compared to the previous Apple TV interface, bringing a more modern and less boxy overall design. If you’re not a YouTube Premium subscriber, you might notice a large Masthead ad as well. The YouTube app for Apple TV has faced some criticism for disobeying the tvOS platform consistencies, such as gestures on the trackpad behaving differently than in other tvOS applications. The jury’s still out on whether or not this latest update makes any improvements to that aspect of the application. The new version of YouTube for Apple TV appears to be rolling out…

Twitch streamer turned YouTube streamer Valkyrae offers insight on why YouTube is continuing to struggle against Twitch's continuing success. Twitch maintains its status as the indisputable leader within live-streaming video platforms globally despite multiple attempts from a wide gamut of companies attempting to challenge. A large aspect of Twitch's success comes from its pedigree honed for almost a full decade, with the service beginning on June 6, 2011. This time has allowed a community to build around the service with a unique culture. A culture with its own unique form of communication has turned into a cultural phenomenon found only within the platform. Many corporations have taken swings at Twitch in the past. Multiple attempts have been made to establish a rival service to share the success of the company. There have been a variety of tactics used to lure Twitch's audience away to new platforms. Exclusivity contracts for massive names in the industry have been a tactic favored by the now-defunct Mixer and YouTube Gaming Live. Mixer notably offered partnered streamers bonuses at the beginning of the pandemic for working overtime during the pandemic. Former Twitch streamer and 100 Thieves partner Rachel 'Valkyrae' Hofstetter offered some insights as to why she believes YouTube continues…

YouTube and Nielsen roll out new ad measurements as YouTube CTV viewership continues to increase. Here's what you need to know.In 2020, more people than ever streamed YouTube on connected TVs (CTV).This is driven in part by people spending more time at home, resulting in more folks choosing to watch YouTube primarily on the TV screen.In December 2020, a quarter of logged-in YouTube CTV viewers watched content almost exclusively (more than 90%) on the TV screen, according to internal YouTube data.Moreover, Google’s early studies have shown that YouTube CTV campaigns are driving incremental viewership across linear TV, desktop and mobile devices.After leveraging YouTube CTV for a recent campaign, Christina Seidner, Senior Brand Manager, Kimberly-Clark, noted:“We believed YouTube CTV would boost our Pull-Ups campaign in a cost-effective way as our customers continue to shift attention from traditional TV to streaming platforms. What we found is that what’s true about YouTube overall is true about YouTube CTV – it delivers unique reach to TV.”The growing viewership of CTV creates a new opportunity for advertisers.However, understandably, many advertisers have hesitations around advertising on CTV due to difficulties in measurement and attribution.YouTube has acknowledged the importance of measurement across CTV and, as a result,…

Hi, this is Amanda Perelli and welcome back to Insider Influencers, our weekly rundown on the business of influencers, creators, and social-media platforms. Sign up for the newsletter here. In this week's edition:How Snapchat made a comeback and the key moments in its turnaroundHow YouTube creators are using Amazon's live shopping feature, Amazon LiveThe pitch a self-published author sent to Instagram influencers to get free marketingAnd more including the top fitness influencers on TikTok and how much a YouTuber with 50,000 subscribers makes per month.Snap is on a growth tear. Here's how the once flailing company got advertisers to fall in love with it and reversed a sales slump. Snapchat. Reuters Snap has won back users and advertisers after a rocky start as a public company.The company has expanded its ad formats and cozied up to creators to try and dial up the amount of time users spend on the platform. Tanya Dua, Lara O'Reilly, and Dan Whateley spoke with 22 people close to Snap to chart the key moments in its turnaround.Catering to advertisers was an important part the company's comeback. But Snap has also made recent efforts with the influencer community.Here are some changes Snap made to appeal to creators:The company…

So this was a weird one: depending on the browser you’re using, your space bar may not have worked in the YouTube.com search bar for a little while today. Pressing it would make absolutely nothing happen, so your YouTube searches ended up being one long string of words. The bug seemed to be around for an hour, based on when people started sounding off about it on Twitter, but as of 3:50PM ET, the site appeared to be working correctly again on all browsers. The bug affected the desktop site, but only browsers that aren’t based on Chrome. Firefox wouldn’t take spaces in Windows, macOS, or even Android if you requested the desktop version of the website. Safari on iPhones worked as normal, but the problems showed up on Safari on iPad — probably because iPads request the desktop site, too. Asking for the mobile version immediately fixed it there, and requesting the desktop site on an iPhone immediately broke spaces. The good news is that the lack of spaces probably didn’t affect your YouTube experience much — it’s very good at understanding your intent even on long, relatively obscure searches with a bunch of words smashed together. YouTube’s search…

Released as the second single to Mars' 2010 debut studio album Doo-Wops & Hooligans, "Grenade" earned the singer his third Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 hit. It was nominated for record of the year, song of the year and best pop solo performance at the 2012 Grammy Awards, and "Grenade" was certified diamond by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) last October. In the visual, Mars depicts the unrequited love he has for his girlfriend by lugging a piano through Los Angeles as a sign of the lengths he would go to for her, only to find her at home with another man, leaving him devastated. Catch another glimpse of "Grenade" below.