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Join the madness this weekend from TomorrowWorld, live on YouTube
Friday, September 26, 2014
Did you wake up today with a craving for three days and nights of electronic dance music madness, live from deep within the forests of the Chattahoochee Hills? Yeah, us too. That’s why starting today at 4 p.m. PT you can watch TomorrowWorld all weekend long at
youtube.com/tomorrowworld
.
Performing among eight designed stages over three days, TomorrowWorld has assembled a nearly-300 strong lineup of artists including
A-Trak
,
GRiZ
,
Tiësto
,
Nicky Romero
,
NERVO
,
Laidback Luke
,
Diplo
,
Skrillex
,
Steve Aoki
,
Borgore
,
Carnage
,
Cash Cash
,
Felix Cartal
,
Keys 'N Krates
,
Martin Garrix
,
Mat Zo
,
Yves V
,
Regi
,
The Chainsmokers
,
Tommy Trash
,
Zeds Dead
,
Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike
, and more.
In 2013, the first edition of
TomorrowWorld
welcomed 140,000 visitors from 75+ countries to the Chattahoochee Hills, Ga., and millions of you watched live on YouTube. This year, T-Mobile sets the music free, unleashing live sets, interviews, special features, and the all-important backstage gossip, all in glorious HD at
youtube.com/tomorrowworld
.
Brian Anderson, Music Programs Manager, recently watched
"Underground Resistance - Boiler Room.”
Investing in creativity
Thursday, September 18, 2014
Over the past four years, YouTube has gone through a dramatic transformation. We’ve seen the fidelity of our videos evolve from the grainy footage of webcams to the crystal clear beauty of 4K. We’ve seen teenagers who began by vlogging in their bedrooms emerge as media heavyweights, with passionate followings and shows that draw more fans than similar shows on cable TV. And we’ve seen partner revenue continue to grow at a healthy pace, giving our creators the chance to do what they love by finding their fanbase on YouTube. Today, more than 1 billion viewers visit YouTube every month to follow their favorite shows and channels and our daily watchtime continues to grow at 50 percent annually.
Throughout that time, we’ve made a number of key decisions to accelerate this transformation. We first made a series of investments in channels to jumpstart our creator ecosystem. Eighty-six of those channels are now among the top 1 percent of YouTube’s most popular, but the real sign of success was the massive global fan base our creators built.
Then, to ensure our creators had the production support they needed, we created the
YouTube Spaces
in L.A., Tokyo, London and soon New York. The Spaces offer creators free access to the latest and greatest equipment, sets and support to facilitate creativity and content innovation.
This year, we’ve expanded our support to full-scale marketing and advertising campaigns, helping turn successful creators with large fan bases like
Bethany Mota
and
Epic Rap Battles of History
into household names, broadening their appeal to new audiences. These campaigns started in the U.S. but we’re now extending them to places like the U.K., France, Germany and Brazil to ensure that creators around the world can continue to serve as beacons for the creator community at large.
Now, we feel the time is right to make another important investment in our creators. That’s why we’ve decided to fund new content from some of our top creators, helping them not only fulfill their creative ambitions but also deliver new material to their millions of fans on YouTube.
As any creator will tell you, making compelling new content isn’t easy, and we expect to learn a lot through this process. We’ll experiment with new formats and ideas. We’ll get our hands dirty. We’ll make some mistakes. Together, we’ll (hopefully) create some fantastic new content on YouTube. But one thing is certain: there’s no one we’d rather go on this adventure with than our creators.
It’s been an incredible few years for YouTube. And with YouTube stars jumping from their bedrooms to billboards in Times Square, we think there’s never been a better time to be a creator.
Alex Carloss, Head of YouTube Originals, recently watched,
“Kutiman - Thru You Too - GIVE IT UP.”
Unearth your country roots with Tim McGraw and Bennett Miller, live from the Hammerstein Ballroom
Tuesday, September 16, 2014
Ten of his 13 album releases have reached #1 on the Top Country Album charts. He’s married to the gorgeous and talented
Faith Hill
. And he’s never seen without a cowboy hat. Who else could we talking about but the immensely talented
Tim McGraw
?
Tonight, Tuesday, September 16, the star is performing live from the Hammerstein Ballroom as part of the American Express Unstaged series, in partnership with VEVO and YouTube. Starting live at 6 p.m. PT, you can watch this exclusive performance directed by Bennett Miller, from the comfort of the
American Express YouTube channel
.
To get amped before the show starts, watch and share the
trailer
; get your sing-along on to
"Meanwhile Back At Mama’s"
; learn to line dance; and catch up on special Unstaged moments from the past like
Sugarland
and
Kenny Chesney
.
Now tip your hat, put on your boots, and join us for a night of country to remember.
Nicola Young, Music Programs Manager, recently watched
"Heartist - Skeletons”
The power of finding your tribe on YouTube
Tuesday, September 16, 2014
Today's guest post is from Ann Shoket, Editor-in-Chief of Seventeen magazine.
The first-ever YouTube issue of Seventeen magazine hits stands today and celebrates the new generation of stars we love. But we obsess over YouTube stars for different reasons than we like traditional Hollywood stars. Those celebs seem so perfect—we can only dream about living their glamorous lives. But on YouTube, we root for the people who are sort of unpolished, a little weird even. We connect with them because they show us their authentic selves, because they are accessible to us.
There’s a moment of total freedom when a girl is alone in her room watching her favorite YouTubers and all the expectations of who she should be and the judgments of people around her just melt away. In that moment she is most powerfully, herself.
The connection is just as deep for the stars. Our cover girl
Bethany Mota
, the first-ever YouTube personality to grace the cover of a national women’s magazine, told us how the community on YouTube was an escape from bullying and the loneliness she was feeling.
Shane Dawson
says that he used to be shy, but on YouTube, he felt free to show his wild side.
It’s liberating to surround yourself with people who just get you. The power of finding your tribe on YouTube is creating a space where it’s okay to be 100 percent you!
Ann Shoket, Editor-in-Chief of Seventeen, recently watched
Jimmy Fallon, Meghan Trainor & The Roots Sing "All About That Bass" (w/ Classroom Instruments)
.
Laugh, learn & give at the School of YouTube
Monday, September 8, 2014
(Cross-posted on the
Google for Education blog
.)
This September, as millions of young people head back to the classroom, we’re opening our digital doors to a brand new type of school--and you’re all invited.
The School of YouTube
will see many of your favorite YouTube stars learn or teach something new. From figure-skating to salsa dancing, baking a cake to landing a plane, you’ll be able to watch a whole range of weird and wonderful lessons during the week of September 8 to 12.
We all know that YouTube is already like a huge virtual school--a place where people come to learn, to teach, to hang out and make friends--so it makes perfect sense to celebrate this for one week. And the best thing about this school is that you’ll be able to make a real difference to young people who desperately need your help.
The stars of the School of YouTube will be asking for donations to help some of the millions of people around the world who don’t have the opportunity to go to school or get an education. These kids may be struggling to survive on city streets, in slums or in refugee camps. Or they may be in a situation like 10-year-old Daniel from Ghana, who has very little time to get an education because he has to work long shifts in a dangerous gold mine so that his family can afford to eat.
Getting an education is by far the most powerful route out of poverty for these children and that’s where the School of YouTube comes in.
Money raised from donations will go to the U.K. charity Comic Relief, to help give kids an education across some of the world’s poorest countries. And even just £10 or $17 can pay for a Zambian orphan to go to school for two months where they also get a healthy meal--often the only one they’ll eat all day.
So hands up, who’s ready for a lesson at the School of YouTube? If you laugh a little or learn a little, please
give a little
.
Kevin Cahill, Comic Relief CEO, recently watched video
“2 Girls, 2 Lives.”
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