Inside the Mating Rituals of Brands and Online Stars With deals collectively worth billions of dollars at stake, the pressure is on advertisers and viral performers on sites like YouTube and Instagram to find the right match. Read More…

Russian Comedy Plays on YouTube, Not in Movie Theaters, to Avoid Censors Aleksey Krasovskiy faced an uproar for a film about a tragic event in Russian history. So he paid for it himself and didn’t bother asking for permission to show it. Read More…

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Russian Comedy Plays on YouTube, Not in Movie Theaters, to Avoid Censors Aleksey Krasovskiy faced an uproar for a film about a tragic event in Russian history. So he paid for it himself and didn’t bother asking for permission to show it. Read More…

Alex Jones Gains a Platform on the Streaming Service Roku Months after being barred by almost every social media company, the conspiracy theorist’s Infowars channel gives him a new media foothold, angering Sandy Hook families. Read More…

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An Egg, Just a Regular Egg, Is Instagram’s Most-Liked Post Ever There’s nothing special about the egg. Seems like a fine enough egg. But more than 35 million people have liked it, dethroning Kylie Jenner’s birth-announcement post. Read More…

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