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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. “We believe it’s our responsibility to those users to give them access to authoritative news and...
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 minutes before the game’s scheduled start time, hosted by MLB Network’s Stephen Nelson and Bill Ripken...