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As placement season kicks off in the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) across the country, students are nervous about landing jobs as a shadow of the tech slowdown lurks on campus. This and more in todays ETtech Top 5.

While news is not a separate vertical on YouTube, it continues to be a key driver of content consumption on the platform.

Minges Brook students logged the most minutes of activity during the NFL Play 60 competition Sept. 26-Oct. 26

On Sunday, Edison Mall closed due to an eight-inch water main break. It reopened Monday afternoon but under a boil water notice.

Longtime Google exec Tara Walpert Levy is joining YouTube as its new VP of Americas. In her new position, Walpert Levy will lead the teams overseeing “YouTube is the foundation of the creator economy...and yet I think there’s another wave of explosive growth to come,” Walpert Levy said.

YouTube Spending $7 Million To Help Independent Journalists, Newsrooms Start Their Own Channels YouTube is spending $7 million on two new initiatives aimed at helping independent journalists and digital-first newsrooms launch their own channels. Tim Katz, the platform’s head of news partnerships, told Axios YouTube is investing in the pair of programs because its user base wants more trustworthy video news content. “We see our users coming to the platform and looking for news,” he said. ...

MLB announced Monday morning that its MLB Game of the Week Live on YouTube will premiere April 7 with the American League champion Tampa Bay Rays facing the Boston Red Sox at 1 p.m. ET. That will be the first of three April streaming telecasts, followed by Angels-Astros on April 22 and Twins-Indians scheduled for April 28. For that April 7 broadcast, Scott Braun will be back on the play-by-play call with returning analyst John Smoltz joined by Carlos Pena. Pregame coverage will begin 30 minute...