• The YouTube revolution

  • Mar 23 2018
  • Length: 34 mins
  • Podcast

  • Summary

  • Since launching in February 2005, YouTube has become one of the biggest websites on the planet. Over a billion users spending hours each day watching and uploading content.The company, which was sold to Google in 2006 for $1.65 billion, has given rise to a new way of consuming video. In doing so, it has spawned a new type of celebrity with the top stars drawing huge amounts of money from the platform. But there have also been missteps and controversies along the way as the numbers of views and uploads continues to climb.This week's Future File podcast sees Jeff Parsons and Shivali Best joined by Myles Dyer – a popular YouTuber who has been creating videos on the site for over a decade.They discuss Myles' own story as well as some of the positive and negative aspects of YouTube as a whole.There are also a few nuggets of advice for anyone wanting to get more from YouTube – whether that means finding the right kind of videos or even creating one themselves.Please subscribe and rate the Future File podcast, wherever you choose to listen to it and you can also find out more about Myles on his YouTube channel.Thanks for listening. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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