Actor and HitRecord founder Joseph Gordon-Levitt says we must all get off YouTube

The multi-hyphenate actor-director-entrepreneur, Joseph Gordon-Levitt (best possible recognized for roles in “3rd Rock from the Sun,” “Inception,” “Snowden” and “10 Things I Hate About You,”) got here to TechCrunch Disrupt SF 2019 this morning to speak about his startup, the collaborative media platform HitRecord. Sp…
The multi-hyphenate actor-director-entrepreneur, Joseph Gordon-Levitt (best known for roles in “3rd Rock from the Sun,” “Inception,” “Snowden” and “10 Things I Hate About You,”) came to TechCrunch Disrupt SF 2019 this morning to talk about his startup, the collaborative media platform HitRecord. Sp…

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  2. "YouTube today is launching a new tool aimed at small businesses who need a simple, low-cost way to create videos, but may not have the creative experience or technical know-how required to do so". (April 14, 2020)
  3. "YouTube in September announced a $100 million fund to invest in new childrens video content, following its $170 million settlement with the FTC over childrens privacy law violations". (February 5, 2020)
  4. "People love to share YouTube videos among their friends, which is why in mid-2017 YouTube launched a new in-app messaging feature that would allow YouTube users to private send their friends videos and chat within a dedicated tab in the YouTube mobile app". (August 21, 2019)
  5. "YouTube is partnering with Merchbar on a new integration that will allow artists to sell their official merchandise to their worldwide fans from a shelf just below the video". (October 16, 2019)
  6. "YouTube today warned its creator community that video removals may increase during the COVID-19 pandemic. The company said its systems today rely on a combination of technology followed by human review". (March 16, 2020)
  7. "Last September, YouTube began testing a new feature called profile cards, which showed a users public information and comment history on the current channel". (January 15, 2020)
  8. "Kid-friendly YouTube content now has its own website, youtubekids.com". (August 30, 2019)
  9. "A new study on kids app usage and habits indicates a major threat to YouTubes dominance, as kids now split their time between Googles online video platform and other apps, like TikTok, Netflix, and mobile games like Roblox". (June 4, 2020)
  10. "YouTube is warning creators they may see their subscriber numbers decline this week as the result of a purge that will remove closed accounts from YouTube metrics". (December 5, 2019)
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