Prominent YouTuber Rachel Accurso—better known as Ms. Rachel—has built a large following by teaching young children numbers, colors, and language skills. Now, she is stepping into a more public advocacy role. She has begun speaking out on immigration issues. In a recent interview with NBC News, she said, “I am political.”
In 2025, YouTube generated $40.4 billion in ad revenue. That alone would be a major milestone for a streaming platform. But the real headline is what that number eclipses: the combined ad revenue of Disney, NBCUniversal, Paramount, and Warner Bros. Discovery totaled just $37.8 billion. YouTube—with its primarily user-generated content—surpassing the major studios in ad revenue signals a major shift in the media landscape.
After decades in development hell, a new Conan the Barbarian film may finally be moving forward at 20th Century Studios. According to Deadline, filmmaker Christopher McQuarrie is attached to write and direct King Conan, with Arnold Schwarzenegger returning to star. The project is in the very early stages of development, and representatives for the studio have declined to comment.
YouTube personality Grace Randolph has received significant backlash for comments made after the recent controversy at the BAFTAs. Her most recent attempt to address the situation has resulted in her video being ratioed, receiving more downvotes than upvotes. It’s a clear metric that shows her audience is not on board with her opinions.
As we enter into the dawn of Hollywood-level production values deflated by almost infinite levels via artificial intelligence, one film is proving that the Day of Independent Content Creators has finally arrived. The independently produced thriller Iron Lung is poised...
Several Warhammer YouTube Channels have been deleted with others facing imminent removal after receiving copyright strikes from a third-party organization whose authority to act on behalf of Warhammer 40,000 IP owner Games Workshop remains unclear. The strikes are not...
Less Americans are watching content made by Disney, and that may just signal a huge problem for the House of Mouse. Disney’s share of total U.S. TV viewing has slipped over the past year in Nielsen’s “Media Distributor Gauge,” and the details of what did drive...
What began as a pair of damning reviews by Nerdrotic and The Critical Drinker quickly turned into a full-scale embarrassment for Star Trek: Starfleet Academy — and a powerful demonstration of how decisively New Media now outperforms legacy Hollywood. Within the same...
Governor of Minnesota Tim Walz’s daughter, Hope Walz, said in a recent interview that the new media bears an ethical responsibility because of its relatability and accessibility. In her sit-down on the One Hour Detours podcast with John O’Sullivan, Walz said that people see themselves in content creators like Nick Shirley and are more inclined to trust them than traditional journalists.
The YouTube channel Midnight's Edge recently called out Hollywood Trade coverage of the ongoing issues in Venezuela, providing context the mainstream media conveniently left out. The unfolding situation in Venezuela following President Trump’s dramatic operation to...
The Justice Department announced on Tuesday that it had resolved a case against Disney Worldwide Services Inc. and Disney Entertainment Operations LLC. A federal court has ordered Disney to pay $10 million in civil penalties to resolve Federal Trade Commission allegations that Disney violated the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA).
According to the official DC Instagram account, to “celebrate 1 year of DCU peak” all seven episodes of Creature Commandos will be free on YouTube for a limited time. Rather than individual uploads, the series will be a livestream available on December 22, from 1:00 PM to 7:00 PM, and again on Tuesday, December 23, from 3:00 PM to 9:00 PM.
The death of Adam The Woo marks the loss of a true pioneer in independent digital media — a new media creator whose work helped define what YouTube could be long before the platform became dominated by studios, sponsors, and corporate-backed influencers.