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Ina Garten Joins YouTube for Video Podcast Series Happy Hour

Ina Garten Joins YouTube for Video Podcast Series Happy Hour

Published by Daniella Wilson

Ina Garten is trading TV for YouTube, launching a video podcast on the streaming platform in partnership with Vox Media. Garten will host Happy Hour on her newly-launched YouTube channel, which will see the cookbook author and Food Network host sit down with guests from the worlds of culture, food, art, entertainment and sports in her New York City apartment. Yes, there will be food and cocktails too. Vox Media will oversee sales, marketing, and distribution for Happy Hour. “I’ve always thought the best part of a great dinner party is the conversation—the stories you find yourself lingering over and listening in on. That’s how I want Happy Hour to be,” says Garten. “I get to invite people I’m curious to know more about to my home and get to know them — how they got where they are, what makes them laugh, and what they’re still figuring out. I want Happy Hour to feel like you’re right there in the kitchen with us, having a drink and joining the conversation.” “For decades, we’ve all …

YouTube now lets creators tag Amazon products and earn commissions from purchases

YouTube now lets creators tag Amazon products and earn commissions from purchases

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YouTube announced on Thursday that eligible creators in the U.S. can now tag Amazon products in their content and receive a cut of sales. Creators can link Amazon products in their shorts, long-form videos, and livestreams. The update turns product recommendations into a more direct revenue stream for creators, and for Amazon, the move puts its massive online marketplace inside one of the most popular video platforms. Although YouTube already runs a Shopping affiliate program with participating retailers, the addition of Amazon’s vast catalog essentially allows creators to recommend a variety of products through a native integration. By bringing Amazon into the Shopping Affiliate Program, creators no longer need to paste Associates links in the video’s description, then hope viewers copy the link when they make a purchase. Instead, YouTube says Amazon will provide it with a curated catalog of highly requested and trending products that creators can tag in their videos. If a creator can’t find a specific product that they want to tag, they can request to add it by reaching out to …

Meta Agrees to Limit Teens’ Time on Facebook and Instagram, Calls on TikTok and YouTube to Match

Meta Agrees to Limit Teens’ Time on Facebook and Instagram, Calls on TikTok and YouTube to Match

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Meta today said it will implement major changes to Facebook and Instagram’s child safety features as part of a settlement agreement with almost all U.S. states. Here’s what will change for users under 18 on Instagram and Facebook if the agreement is approved. Time Limit – Teens will have a two-hour daily time limit on Facebook and Instagram, though it can be overridden by a parent. The two-hour total includes both apps. Night Mode – Users will be blocked from posting and viewing content between midnight and 6 a.m. School Mode – Notifications are muted between 8 a.m. and 3 p.m. Prompts – The apps will send prompts after every 15 minutes of continuous screen time. There will also be prompts when daily usage hits 60 minutes and 90 minutes. Feed Control – Teens can choose a non-algorithmic feed that does not include personalization through the Instagram and Facebook recommendation systems. Parents will be able to require this setting. Autoplay Control – Teens will be able to turn off autoplay. Parents can require this setting. …

What YouTube Changing Its Public View Counts Means

What YouTube Changing Its Public View Counts Means

Published by Daniella Wilson

The next movie trailer you watch on YouTube is going to get a ton more views than one from last week. It’s not that the hypothetical new trailer is so much cooler than the hypothetical older one. But as of Monday, YouTube has changed how it counts public views of videos. The platform’s previous definition of 30 seconds is being replaced by views that “will be counted the moment a video begins to play — from the very first frame,” YouTube noted in an update last week. On one hand, the change will align YouTube with the way platforms like TikTok, Instagram and X count their video views. It also eliminates a dual system where longer YouTube videos and YouTube Shorts were measured differently. The new system aligns with that of Shorts, where views include the number of times a video starts to play or replay, regardless of duration. Under the new metric, for example the record-breaking 718 million views Spider-Man: Brand New Day’s first trailer racked up in its first 24 hours in March …

I tried the most popular walking workout video on YouTube and this is what I discovered

I tried the most popular walking workout video on YouTube and this is what I discovered

Published by Jenni Sidey

I struggle to get my steps in sometimes and that’s when an indoor walking workout can come in handy. It’s a great way to boost my step count without even leaving the house, which as, a single mom with limited childcare, is a godsend. I’ve tried plenty of sessions on YouTube, and tried five of the most popular 1,000-step walking workout videos. Latest Videos FromFit&Well I prefer the shorter videos because I can squeeze them into a desk break, or while I’m on lunch. So I was intrigued when I discovered this 1.0 Mile Happy Walk from Walk at Home by Leslie Sansone, which has racked up over 150 million views over two videos (the original video had a glitch and was reposted). You may like This makes it the most-watched indoor walking workout on YouTube, and as far as I’m concerned, worth a try. Watch the 1.0 Mile Happy Walk 1.0 Mile Happy Walk | Walk at Home | Walking Workout | over 100M Views – YouTube Watch On My experience trying the 1.0 …

The Embarrassing Secret of Kareem Rahma’s Success

The Embarrassing Secret of Kareem Rahma’s Success

Published by Jenni Sidey

I have been publicly humiliating myself for years. It is only very recently that it started working out in my favor. After I uploaded my first Instagram video in 2019, an impression of Elton John, I had to turn off the comments because people were being mean. Friends texted to ask if I was okay. My then partner suggested that I go to therapy again, and my mother told me to stop. I don’t even remember the first time I felt true embarrassment. Do you? I remember the 700th time, which happened in 2013. I had recently moved to New York City from the Midwest and was working in marketing at Vice, a job I got by sending one of the most embarrassing emails ever. For about a month I had been dating a woman who was way out of my league. I was head over heels, though I had a feeling I was the most expendable player on her roster. But, for some reason, when I went on vacation with friends to Puerto Rico …

Mark Cuban EPs Social Entrepreneurs Series

Mark Cuban EPs Social Entrepreneurs Series

Published by Daniella Wilson

Have you ever felt the urge to help change the world – as an entrepreneur? If so, a new 10-episode documentary series following social entrepreneurs who are tackling “today’s most pressing challenges” may be for you. How to Change the World, a production of World Within Studios, in partnership with Religion of Sports, that is executive produced by Mark Cuban, Geralyn Dreyfous and Gotham Chopra, will premiere on YouTube on Sept. 10. It explores entrepreneurs’ work and their “innovation, determination and community-driven solutions. “Each episode follows the emotional arc of a real founder, from a small brick-and-mortar beverage startup to a Lakota-founded green energy company,” the creators say. “The scale of growth varies by story – but not the measure of success. Community impact is the measuring stick throughout every narrative.” Business voices featured in the show include Cuban, former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz, NYU Stern professor and podcast host Scott Galloway, Acumen founder Jacqueline Novogratz and Our Place co-founder Shiza Shahid. Other faces sharing their insight in the series include Free Solo climber and Alex Honnold, …

3D-printed ‘balloon banjo’ is ready for pickin’

3D-printed ‘balloon banjo’ is ready for pickin’

Published by Jenni Sidey

Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. By signing up, you confirm you are 16+, will receive newsletters and promotional content and agree to our Terms of Use and acknowledge the data practices in our Privacy Policy. You may unsubscribe at any time. The banjo is an infamously difficult to learn musical instrument. Mastering multiple open tunings makes the learning curve much steeper than the guitar, while its many complex finger picking and roll patterns only add to the challenges. But if you are looking for a much simpler alternative to the bluegrass staple, the designers at Co:Creation Lab have you covered. All you need is a 3D printer, some nylon fishing line, and an everyday party favor to build a diminutive “balloon banjo.” But as the team’s short demonstration video shows, it’s immediately clear that their ingenious instrument is much more suited as a children’s toy than something to show off at the next pickin’ party. Balloon Banjo — a 3D-printed instrument whose sound box …

LeBron James Launches YouTube Golf Channel — Watch Trailer (Exclusive)

LeBron James Launches YouTube Golf Channel — Watch Trailer (Exclusive)

Published by Daniella Wilson

Forget Philly, LeBron James is taking his talents to YouTube. James, the NBA’s all-time leading scorer, is launching a YouTube Golf channel “chronicling his journey with the sport,” The Hollywood Reporter has learned. The name of the YouTube Channel will simply be “LeBron James.” “LeBron and his friends will play a round at some of the world’s greatest golf courses, dine at local restaurants and have a little fun while enjoying everything the game of golf has to offer,” THR is told. If you simply can’t wait a minute longer for such content, well, we’ve got more good news for you. The channel launched timed to the publication of this story; its debut episode “follows James and members of the storied 2016 Cleveland Cavaliers championship team as they celebrate the 10-year anniversary of their historic comeback that brought the franchise its first title.” James, Kevin Love, J.R. Smith, Richard Jefferson, Tristan Thompson, Channing Frye and famously not Kyrie Irving picked a great place to start: Castle Stuart Golf Links at Cabot Highlands in Scotland. There, the …

Zyzz Was the Original Looksmaxxer. His Rise and Untimely Death Feel More Relevant Than Ever

Zyzz Was the Original Looksmaxxer. His Rise and Untimely Death Feel More Relevant Than Ever

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Depending on your perspective, Zyzz can be regarded as the original “looksmaxxer”—though the term had yet to be coined—or one of the earliest forefathers of the manosphere as we know it today. “I really see this as a cautionary tale,” Poster Boy’s director, Selina Miles, tells WIRED. She notes that Shavershian’s meteoric rise and untimely death left a huge impression on Australian millennials, and that his legend continues to reverberate today. “He had his transformation, and his story has really resonated with a lot of people,” she says. “We have to stay curious as to why. Why has he had this impact on men?” Through a mixture of Zyzz’s archival content and interviews with close friends as well as his older brother, Said Shavershian—a professional bodybuilder to this day—the documentary circles the question of his outsized appeal during a key shift in human communications. At that moment, few imagined YouTube (launched in 2005, when he was 16) or Facebook (first available to him the following year) as a means to notoriety, let alone financial success. …