The Ledger
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Cole: Bananas are investing $13M in free YouTube broadcasts this year
“Our broadcast, we invest thirteen million dollars this year, which we're not getting that. Like, it's free on YouTube.”
Replacing the word 'YouTube' with 'YT' turned a suppressed TikTok viral
“I took off my video, removed YouTube and wrote YT and that video ended up going viral.”
English: TikTok's phenomenal ML exposes how bad YouTube is at recommendations
“They have just phenomenal machine learning. It makes me realize how bad YouTube is at this. But TikTok just nails me.”
Ahrendts: Authentic executive video should avoid studio production and makeup
“YouTube videos don't have studio lighting and hair and makeup. This has gotta be authentic. We'll do it in my office with an iPhone.”
Schmidt: Google made the decision to acquire YouTube in about 10 days
“We made the decision to purchase YouTube in about 10 days, right? Incredibly historic decision because we were ready.”
Freston: Viacom sued YouTube for $1 billion and lost after a decade
“They ultimately, after I left, sued YouTube famously for a billion dollars and lost it after 10 years.”
Yaffe: 80% of NBA YouTube consumption was outside the US
“By the time I left, 80% of NBA consumption on YouTube happened outside the US.”