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When SideLogic started streaming on Twitch, he was convinced it was already too late to make it.

“I’m like, ‘Man, I really want to try Twitch streaming. I really want to try it. It seems fun. It’s not going to hurt,'” he says. “In my head, though, I had that mentality of, it’s too late. Everyone that is very successful in this industry, they started 10 years ago. The growth is going to be hard.”

And he knew about who was successful. In middle and high school, he spent his post-class afternoons with videos from some of the most followed YouTubers and Twitch streamers of the time–like...

The second most-watched YouTube channel in the world (after T-Series), and the third most-subscribed (after T-Series and PewDiePie) is coming to Roku. 

CoComelon is a kid-friendly YouTube channel with 82.3 million subscribers that recently clocked an unlikely milestone -- racking up upwards of 1 billion views in a single week. Its songs and videos, which help preschoolers learn letters, numbers, colors, and more, will now be available on The Roku Channel, marking its first distribution foray outside of YouTube.

Content will live on the 'Kids & Family' tab on The Roku Channel -- a free, ad-supported hub that is available to anyone with a Roku account on nearly all devices. This means that popular CoComelon videos like "Bath Song," "Yes Yes Vegetables," and "Baby Shark Submarine" -- which have garnered billions of views -- will now be available on Roku, according to the company.

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The world’s most popular YouTuber was shut out of the annual YouTube Rewind recap, and now he’s speaking out. Related: YouTuber PewDiePie Apologizes For Using N-Word During Live Broadcast: ‘I’m Just An Idiot’ PewDiePie, the Swedish comedian whose real name is Felix Kjellberg, has been regularly featured in YouTube’s year-end recaps, but after being caught in […]...

Despite the controversy that has surrounded him over the past nine months, YouTube star Felix "PewDiePie" Kjellberg continues to wield a significant amount of influence among his followers. His new videos still receive several million views each, and products that depict his "bro fist" insignia tend to be in demand. The latest branded items Kjellberg's fans can get their hands on are headphones, which the Swedish gamer designed alongside Razer.

Kjellberg's headphones come in an electric magenta shade and feature bro fists over each ear. The YouTube star appealed to his viewers through his pug Edgar, who tried on the new gadget as part of an introductory video.

Previous items vended by Kjellberg include video games and fidget spinners. He also made his literary debut in 2015, authoring This Book Loves You.

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Despite his polarizing reputation, Felix "PewDiePie" Kjellberg maintains a legion of subscribers, and he has now delivered a new project to them. The YouTube star's latest collaboration with Goat Simulator design Armin Ibrisagic is a game called Animal Super Squad, which challenges players to conquer its wacky, out-of-control physics.

Animal Super Squad, like Goat Simulator, uses its collision engine as a major selling point. The player must steer his or her animal avatar through a series of loopy levels that are riddled with obstacles. Failure results in epic bails that seem designed to entertain both players and viewers.

Ibrisagic and Kjellberg's latest collaboration is their second. Last year, they teamed up to launch PewDiePie's Tuber Simulator, which offered a satirical look into the life on an online video star. Much has changed since then, with Kjellberg finding himself at the center of two controversies. In February, he drew accusations of anti-Semitism within his videos.

People have come up with a lot of epithets for YouTube’s most subscribed individual creator, Felix Kjellberg aka PewDiePie, due to his recent antics, and now we can add “untouchable” to that list.

In an interview with Polygon, executive producer of YouTube gaming channel Smosh Games, Dave Raub, explained why no one can touch Kjellberg. To put it simply, Raub noted, “He’s at the top.”

The YouTube gamer has a largely loyal following of over 57 million subscribers. At 27-years-old, he was the ranked the highest paid YouTube star by Forbes at the end of 2016, having earned $15 million that year. His channel has been the most subscribed-to individual’s channel since the year 2013.

Lately, Kjellberg has come under fire for making racist jokes in his videos. Most recently, he used the n-word during a livestream. Before that, he made multiple videos that featured anti-Semitic humor and images of Nazis.

Swedish YouTube star PewDiePie has issued an apology for a racial slur while live streaming a video game session, releasing a short apology video on his YouTube channel. Related: Defiant PewDiePie Fires Back At Disney PewDiePie, real name Felix Kjellberg, dropped the “N-word” on his YouTube channel while playing a game called “PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds”. The 27-year-old […]...

Over the weekend, YouTube star Felix "PewDiePie" Kjellberg generated controversy when he used the n-word as an expletive during one of his Twitch streams. The responses that followed over the next day were varied; some argued for the embattled streamer, arguing that he should not be vilified for his use of a single word, while others found Kjellberg's language to be indefensible. One of the strongest reactions in the latter camp came from Sean Vanaman, a developer who vowed to file Digital Millennium Copyright Act (Dmca) takedown requests for any PewDiePie videos that featured his games.

Tuesday, September 12 has brought more updates. Most significantly, Kjellberg posted a new video in which he offered an apology for his behavior. He called the widespread use of the n-word in the gaming world "extremely immature and stupid." "I hate how I personally fed into that part of gaming," he added. "I'm not going to make any excuses.

Over the weekend, random Swedish guy who’s somehow massively famous for playing video games Felix “PewDiePie” Kjellberg made headlines once again after another racist outburst.

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YouTube superstar, PewDiePie is once again under hot water after saying the n-word during a live game broadcast. During the controversial livestream of Pubg, the YouTube star whose real name is Felix Kjellberg said, "What a f**king n*****! Geez! Oh my god! What the f**k? Sorry, but what the f**k!"

Now, PewDiePie is facing major backlash as, Sean Vanaman, the co-founder of Firewatch developer, Campo Santo is filling a Dmca takedown notice on PewDiePie’s videos about Firewatch, and all future games under them, Vanaman explained on Twitter.

We're filing a Dmca takedown of PewDiePie's Firewatch content and any future Campo Santo games.

— Sean Vanaman (@vanaman) September 10, 2017

He's worse than a closeted racist: he's a propagator of despicable garbage that does real damage to the culture around this industry.

— Sean Vanaman (@vanaman) September 10, 2017

This is not the first time that PewDiePie, the most subscribed channel on YouTube,...

YouTube star PewDiePie is in hot digital water after he used the n-word during an online livestream.  The 27-year-old Swedish sensation, whose real name is Felix Kjellberg, was met with backlash after he used the racial slur in a livestream on Sunday. While playing PlayerUnknown's Battleground, he took aim at an opponent, saying, "What a f--king n----r. Geez, oh my God. What the f--k. Sorry, but what the f--k." Kjellberg added, "What a f--king asshole. I don't mean that in a bad way," as some of his 57 million subscribers watched.  Sean Vanaman, co-founder of Campo Santo, which is the developer behind the game, did not take the remarks lightly and did not mince words in his...

Felix "PewDiePie" Kjellberg has found himself embroiled in yet another controversy. The controversial Swedish gamer, whose YouTube channel has more than 57 million subscribers, drew himself a fresh helping of ire after he used the n-word during one of his streams.

Kjellberg used the epithet while playing the popular multiplayer survival game PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds. "What a fucking nigger," he exclaimed while engaged in a firefight. He quickly attempted to apologize for his use of the word. "Sorry," he said, "but what the fuck. What a fucking asshole. I don't mean that in a bad way."

A clip featuring the controversial moment has been shared by Slate:

Kjellberg's use of the slur immediately sent shockwaves across the internet. Perhaps the strongest response came from Sean Vanaman, the co-founder of the game studio Campo Santo and the writer of Firewatch, which is popular with streamers and YouTube gamers. In a series of tweets,...

An immensely popular YouTube streamer has once again come under fire for using racist language online. Felix “PewDiePie” Kjellberg was playing “PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds” on a live stream over the weekend when he dropped the n-word. “What a fucking n—–,” Kjellberg said before correcting himself. “Sorry, but what the f—. What a f—ing a–hole.” “I don’t mean that in a bad way,” he added. Also Read: Disney's Maker Studios Cuts Ties With PewDiePie Over Anti-Semitic Videos The clip started spreading on social media and message boards, prompting some game developers to take action. Following the incident, Sean Vanaman,...

YouTube's community of gamers, especially those who make videos that fall under the "Let's Play" genre, can be a huge marketing asset for up-and-coming developers. Some video games, such as Day-z, have received millions of sales thanks to their popularity on the internet.

How much impact does just one Let's Play video have? When that video comes from YouTube's most-subscribed channel, game makers sometimes see six figures as a result. The New York Times recently published a piece about video game developers and designers who use "YouTube as an accelerant. Among other anecdotes, the Grey Lady cited Ryan Clark, who estimated that YouTube star Felix "PewDiePie" Kjellberg's playthrough of his game Crypt of the Necrodancer ultimately catalyzed more than $100,000 in sales.

In a 2015 video, Kjellberg booted up Crypt of the Necrodancer and navigated the game's dungeons, which require the player to stay in beat with the soundtrack. The affable (if...

Every year, we get a glimpse into Felix ‘PewDiePie’ Kjellberg's business empire, given that the most-subscribed YouTube star on earth files financial statements annually in his native Sweden for his parent company Pewdie Productions Ab.

And while Pewdie Productions clocked an $8.6 million profit on $9.3 million in revenue in 2015 -- a stunning profit margin of 93% -- the numbers for 2016 are drastically lower, reports Swedish business news website Breakit. Pewdie Productions reported revenues of just 7.5 million kronor in 2016 -- or roughly $930,000 -- marking a 90% drop from the previous year.

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In light of the YouTube Adpocalypse, and given the risks that brands inevitably take in partnering with online influencers -- who are bound to make off-color comments given the glut of content that they share about their lives each day -- many top advertisers today are beginning to seek influencer whitelists in order to better ensure brand safety.

Whitelists, or pre-approved rosters of creators that brands feel they can work with risk-free, are less scalable and more expensive to compile than blacklists, according to Digiday -- though recent developments may have made them necessary. Whereas in the past, brands might team with thousands of influencers on a campaign, giving them a fair amount of freedom to make posts as they saw fit, certain highly sponsored influencers have found themselves in hot water in recent months. Felix ‘PewDiePie’ Kjellberg, for instance, was dropped by Disney and YouTube for making anti-Semitic jokes,...

Two of 2017’s most notable trending topics have collided. Swedish YouTube star Felix “PewDiePie” Kjellberg, in his latest move, is now selling fidget spinners emblazoned with his “brofist” logo.

The PewDiePie fidget spinners are available through a store run by Fanfiber, a fan-facing merchandise platform based in Amsterdam. Purchasing one of the toys will run you $9.99, and global shipping options are available.

Fidget spinners, which have become an ubiquitous fad in schools around the U.S., have drawn a polarizing response. As with many other recent developments concerning the world of PewDiePie, it’s hard to tell whether Kjellberg is trolling his observers or whether he is seizing a new revenue opportunity. On Twitter, he claimed “everyone has been asking for this,” though many of the replies he has received in response have questioned that claim.

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Back in March, YouTube star Lilly Singh released her first book, in which she instructed readers How To Be A Bawse. A little more than a month later, that title has left a big impression on the New York Times’ best-seller list. The Grey Lady’s rundown of the top “Business” books of May 2017 has Singh’s entry in the number #1 slot, ahead of offerings from the likes of Tony Robbins and Tim Ferriss.

In How To Be A Bawse, announced last year and released on March 28th, 2017, Singh imparts onto her readers the wisdom that has helped her become a major digital-native celebrity and applies it to topics like relationships and career choices. Since the book’s arrival, it has become a big hit on Amazon. As of this post, it is one of the retailer’s top 1000 titles and has been showered with unanimous five-star reviews by its readers.

Felix ‘PewDiePie’ Kjellberg is no stranger to controversy, but he's also renowned for the generous charity work he's undertaken throughout his career -- including raising millions of dollars for the likes of (Red), Crisis Text Line, charity: water, and Save The Children. And this month, which marks Mental Health Awareness Week in the U.K., Kjellberg is sharing critical resources with viewers who may be struggling.

“When I was younger, I personally went through some tougher times, and I strongly think that having someone to talk to is extremely important,” Kjellberg says. He notes that suicide is the leading cause of death among males aged 20 to 50 -- a demographic that presumably makes up a large part of his audience -- due to stigmas surrounding seeking help. “I mean, it’s a stigma for everyone in general, but especially males.”

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It’s been a little over a month since the so-called YouTube ‘Adpocalypse’ began in earnest. And, while a boycott of YouTube by major marketers -- who were stunned to discover last February that ads were running against videos promoting hate speech and terrorism -- does not seem to have affected Google’s bottom line just yet, certain creators are feeling the burn.

Commentary channels in particular, including Philip DeFranco, Daniel ‘DramaAlert’ Keem, h3h3productions, and Felix ‘PewDiePie’ Kjellberg have all been vocal about lost revenues in recent weeks. DeFranco, for instance, says ad earnings on his channel fell 80% initially, then leveled out to a slightly less ominous 30% decrease. Ethan and Hila Klein, meanwhile, who helm h3h3productions, say they are making 15% of pre-boycott earnings. Like Kjellberg, who has also complained of plummeting revenues, the Kleins have decided to harness more programming muscle toward Twitch.

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After the fallout from his recent controversy left Felix "PewDiePie" Kjellberg with neither a partner network nor a programming deal with YouTube, the top YouTube star decided to take his talents to Twitch. There, on a channel called Netglow, he launched the first episode of his weekly web series Best Club on April 9th. Over the course of the broadcast, it brought in 62,000 views, which marks a healthy start for PewDiePie's efforts on Twitch.

The inaugural Best Club episode was hosted by Kjellberg and Brad Smith of the World of the Orange YouTube channel. Their first stream together began with a chatty, informal segment that lasted for about two hours and included lots of props.

Best Club's premiere wasn't quite a Twitch record-breaker, but it was a nice start on Twitch for Kjellberg, who plans to return to the streaming platform each Sunday. On Twitter, the controversial star thanked...

In a brand new video titled YouTubeIsOverParty, in which he bemoans creator revenue losses in the face of a growing advertiser boycott, YouTube’s highly controversial and most-subscribed star, Felix ‘PewDiePie’ Kjellberg, announced that he’s going to begin hosting weekly live streams on rival platform Twitch.

Kjellberg will continue to post videos on YouTube, however, and insists that the decision to launch on Twitch -- beginning this Sunday -- has been in the works for months. He adds that it has nothing to do with the current YouTube ad dust-up -- in which top marketers have pulled ads from the platform after discovering that their campaigns were running against extremist videos. In response, YouTube has tightened its leash on the kinds of videos that can be monetized -- and, as a result, Kjellberg says, “I’m not making any money.”

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It's time for another monthly installment of our Tubefilter Top 100 Most Viewed YouTube Gaming Channels Chart and a U.S. gamer is in the top spot.

Chart Toppers

Felix Kjellberg's both famous and infamous Let's Play gaming channel PewDiePie couldn't hold onto its top spot. The channel dropped 31% in monthly views in the short 28 days of February to bottom out in second place at a still impressive more than 250.8 million views on the month. PopularMMOs overtook Pewd's for first place. The U.S.-based gaming channel with an affinity for Minecraft (don't let the title fool you) scored over 267 million views during the month.

In the #3 spot, once again, is TheDiamondMinecart. One of the headliner's of StyleHaul's male-oriented Hauk initiative took a 9% in its view count to amass just under 239.2 million views in the month. Next up in fourth place for the second week in a row is FGTeeV.

Amid the fallout from a series of anti-Semitic jokes on Felix ‘PewDiePie’ Kjellberg’s channel last month, YouTube’s most-subscribed star is now sharing one of the most devastating aspects of the controversy, he says: the shuttering of his company, Revelmode.

“The last piece of the puzzle, sort of, that didn’t really come out in the media was Revelmode,” Kjellberg says of his joint venture with Maker Studios, which has been in the works for roughly three or four years and is now “shut down.” In a new video uploaded to his channel over the weekend, Kjellberg calls it “probably the worst thing with this whole thing going down.”

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Last week, Felix 'PewDiePie' Kjellberg took a moment to mourn the loss of his YouTube Red series, Scare PewDiePie, which YouTube cancelled last month in the wake of a series of anti-Semitic jokes on Kjellberg's channel, and which was supposed to premiere last Thursday, he said.

Kjellberg shared an image for the second season of the series on Twitter, which features the subtitle 'Multiplayer' and sees Kjellberg squaring off against friend and fellow YouTuber Sean ‘JackSepticEye’ McLoughlin. The first season of Scare PewDiePie featured Kjellberg navigating real-life horror video game scenarios designed to terrify him. It was produced by Kjellberg’s former network partner, Maker Studios, as well as Skybound Entertainment.

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Felix ‘PewDiePie’ Kjellberg is undergoing a career transition of sorts, and now he’s looking to beef up the team.

According to a post on Kjellberg’s official Facebook page, the team is looking for a Brighton, U.K.-based production assistant. A permanent position, the job consists of creating content ideas for Kjellberg’s YouTube channel -- the most-subscribed on all of the platform -- as well as managing uploads and scheduling. A little under a day old, the Facebook post already counts roughly 15,000 likes and 500 shares.

Candidates must be 18 years or older and have previous experience in production, a deep understanding of video game and Internet culture, and knowledge of video editing programs Adobe Premier Pro and Sony Vegas, according to the post. Prospective applicants who meet the above criteria can apply right here.

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It's time for another monthly installment of our Tubefilter Top 100 Most Viewed YouTube Gaming Channels Chart and YouTube biggest gamer of all time is in the top spot.

Chart Toppers

Felix Kjellberg's Let's Play gaming channel maintained its first-place position on the Gaming Chart for the second month in a row. PewDiePie stayed relatively constant in its view count scoring more than 363 million views in the month. In a still-very-distant second place is PopularMMOs. The highest-ranking U.S.-based gaming channel on the chart jumped up 20% to top out at over 295.7 million views on the month.

In the #3 spot is, yet again, TheDiamondMinecart. One of the stars of StyleHaul's male-oriented Hauk initiative saw his channel's view count climb 7% to top out just show of 263.6 million views. Next up in fourth place is FGTeeV. The self-described "premiere YouTube channel for family gamers" was up 19% to take home almost 240.2 million views throughout the month.

It’s been a tumultuous past couple of weeks for YouTube’s most-subscribed star, Felix ‘PewDiePie’ Kjellberg, who was dropped from his multi-channel network, Maker Studios, and who saw his YouTube Red series axed following a series of anti-Semitic jokes that have cropped up on his channel since last August.

But now that the dust is settling, Kjellberg posted a video on Friday reiterating his thanks to supporters while remaining defiant in the face of critics. Kjellberg suggests the controversy has resulted in new viewers “who came to support me throughout this whole thing with the media because they thought the whole situation was unjustified...It was almost like the Internet had my back.”

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Felix Kjellberg couldn't hold onto the #1 spot on the Most Subscribed chart. The famous (and now possibly infamous?) YouTube star closed out 2016 in commanding fashion after manufacturing some will-he-or-won't-he-delete-his-channel drama, but he couldn't maintain such a high subscriber acquisition rate in the new year. January saw PewDiePie's Bro Army recruitment dip 55% to bottom out in third place just shy of 1.1 million new subs.

Claiming the top spot form Kjellberg is Ed Sheeran. The YouTube channel of the 26-year-old English singer-songwriter shot way up in it subscriber count thanks to a handful of new music video uploads, the first we've seen from Sheeran's channel in over a year. Lyric and music videos for singles like "Shape Of You" helped drive almost 1.4 million new subscribers to the artist's home on YouTube.

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If you thought the accusations of anti-semitism, the consequential severed relationships with Disney and YouTube, and the self-admission of his amateur comedic ability was going to have a dramatic effect on the types of videos Felix Kjellberg uploads to his all-time most-viewed and most-subscribed YouTube channel, you were wrong.

Kjellberg’s latest upload to his more than 53-million-subscribers-strong PewDiePie channel features the blonde-haired, blue-eyed Swedish 27-year-old (now both famous and infamous) star cracking a joke about how he’s the superficial platonic ideal of the Third Reich before killing Hitler in some Sniper Elite gameplay with a kill shot to the genitalia. The joke here is that’s killing the historical figure is the only way PewDiePie can redeem himself from his ill-received comedy he still claims was taken way out of context.

Kjellberg's video description makes some quips at the expense of his detractors, too. In it he states...

After viral YouTuber PewDiePie (real name: Felix Kjellberg) made headlines for posting what many viewed to be anti-Semitic videos, Canadian actor William Shatner took to Twitter to comment on the controversy. While going about his usual Twitter-spree about his favourite TV shows, the “Star Trek” actor shared his thoughts. Related: Defiant PewDiePie Fires Back After Disney […]...

Renowned as the highest-earning YouTube star, Swedish Internet personality PewDiePie is in some hot water after he allegedly posted several anti-Semitic videos, resulting in Disney dropping its multimillion-dollar deal with the 27-year-old (real name: Felix Kjellberg). First reported by The Wall Street Journal, Disney has severed all ties with Kjellberg after he posted 11 videos to […]...

Slamming “old-school media” and saying his words were taken out of context, online star PewDiePie (aka Felix Kjellberg) has nonetheless apologized for the anti-Semitic jokes that resulted in dashed deals with YouTube and Disney’s Maker Studios. "I'm sorry for the words that I used, as I know that they offended people,” Kjellberg says in an 11-minute video titled simply “My Response” (watch it above). “And I admit that the joke went too far." The new media celebrity also…...

Two days after he was dropped from his Disney-owned partner network Maker Studios and saw his YouTube Red series Scare PewDiePie cancelled, Swedish gamer Felix "PewDiePie" Kjellberg is responding to his critics. The number-one YouTube star has posted an 11-minute video in which he responds to the Wall Street Journal's allegations of anti-semitism in his videos and comments on the relationship between "Internet personalities" and the media.

PewDiePie does use small pockets of his response video to apologize who may have been upset or offended by the anti-Semitic allegations levied against him. About his now-infamous "death to all Jews, subscribe to Keemstar" prank and other indiscretions, he lamented he is a "rookie comedian" who doesn't always make the right decision.

Most of his video, however, is reserved for criticism of what he called "old-school media," a group he says "does not like internet personalities because they’re scared of us.

YouTube Star PewDiePie has apologized for the anti-semitic jokes that caused Maker Studios and YouTube to drop him this past week, but says the media took his comments out of context. “I’m sorry for the words that I used, as I know they offended people,” he said in a video posted Thursday. “And I admit the joke itself went too far.” PewDiePie, whose real name is Felix Kjellberg, was dropped by the company after videos including anti-semitic jokes were uncovered by the Wall Street Journal. Also Read: YouTube Cancels 'Scare PewDiePie' Following Anti-Semitic Video Posts According to the report,...

As the controversy surrounding Felix ‘PewDiePie’ Kjellberg has reached a fever pitch this week, YouTube’s most-subscribed star -- who was dropped by Maker Studios and saw his YouTube Red series axed in the wake of a string of anti-Semitic jokes on his channel -- has remained relatively off the radar. But not for long.

Kjellberg returned to Twitter yesterday and acknowledged supporters while vowing to return with new videos soon. He joked that he paid h3h3productions’ Ethan Klein $50,000 to make a video in which Klein defended his friend and accused the media of manufacturing an outraged response to the jokes.

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On the heels of the announcement that it had parted ways with Felix ‘PewDiePie’ Kjellberg, its highest-profile star, Maker Studios is reportedly in the process of drastically streamlining its network of digital stars.

The Disney-owned company, which formerly represented as many as 55,000 channels, is expected to slash that number to around 300, according to The Hollywood Reporter, in order to increase its focus on influencers at the highest echelons. As a result, Maker will not renew deals with channels that boast smaller followings.

Amid these changes, Maker is also set to conduct another “significant" round of layoffs, according to the Reporter, which noted, however, that the company is not imminently shutting down. Maker last laid off roughly 30 employees in July in what the company described at the time as a strategic adjustment.

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Disney-owned Maker Studios has severed ties with PewDiePie, one of the platform’s most popular YouTube stars. Disney Drops Youtuber Pewdiepie Maker dropped the Swedish Felix Kjellberg, better known by his stage name PewDiePie, for releasing a series of anti-Semitic videos. In fact, the Wall Street Journal reported that Kjellberg has posted nine anti-Semitic videos since last August. […]

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One month after YouTube sensation Felix Kjellberg — better known by his online persona PewDiePie — allegedly uploaded videos containing shocking anti-semitic content, the video-hosting site is taking action.

A YouTube spokesperson tells People that they’ve canceled the second season of Kjellberg’s scripted series.

“We’ve decided to cancel the release of Scare PewDiePie Season 2 and we’re removing the PewDiePie channel from Google Preferred,” the spokesperson said, referring to the advertising service for engaging and brand-safe content.

YouTube’s decision follows the news that Maker Studios, a division of Disney, suspended ties with PewDiePie over his anti-semitic videos.

“Although...

Disney is waving goodbye to Internet superstar and Youtube sensation PewDiePie after the online celebrity reposted anti-Semitic videos to his channel. Maker Studios has officially severed ties with Swedish born Felix Kjellberg, even though the videos in question were removed from his channel. Maker Studios, which is owned by Disney, had this to say in their statement.

"Although Felix has created a following by being provocative and irreverent, he clearly went too far in this case. The resulting videos are inappropriate."

Felix Kjellberg was a college student when he launched his Youtube channel under the name PewDiePie back in 2010. One year later, he was becoming known well enough to drop out of school and solely focus on his career as a Youtuber. During that time, he supported himself selling Photoshop art and working at a hot dog stand. In his off time, he devoted himself to producing online content, which,...

YouTube has pulled the plug on “Scare PewDiePie” after it was revealed the famous YouTuber had posted several anti-Semitic jokes, TheWrap has learned. “We’ve decided to cancel the release of ‘Scare PewDiePie’ Season 2 and we’re removing the PewDiePie channel from Google Preferred,” a YouTube spokesperson told TheWrap. The series was one of the first launched on YouTube Red, the premium, ad-free service that costs $10 per month. On Monday, Disney-owned Maker Studios cut ties with PewDiePie, whose real name is Felix Kjellberg, after videos of his featuring anti-Semitic jokes were uncovered by the Wall Street Journal. Also Read: Disney's Maker Studios.

Disney and its subsidiary Maker Studios have dropped Swedish YouTube star Felix Kjellberg, Aka PewDiePie, from its roster one month after the gamer posted a video showing two men laughing as they held up a sign reading: “Death to all Jews.”

In a video from January 11, since removed, Kjellberg filmed his shocked reaction as the two men unfurled the sign, which he had paid them to do. The following week, Kjellberg posted an apology, repeating the hateful rhetoric and criticizing the media for not understanding that he was joking. In a January 22 video, also since removed, he reacts to a video of a Jesus character saying a popular alt-right trolling phrase, “Hitler did nothing wrong.” The Wall Street Journal has segments of the videos.

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Maker Studios released the following statement yesterday: “Although Felix has...

Felix ‘PewDiePie’ Kjellberg, YouTube’s most-subscribed star, has been dropped by his multi-channel network, Disney’s Maker Studios, in the wake of several YouTube videos posted to his channel comprising anti-Semitic jokes and Nazi imagery. In response, YouTube has also axed the second season of Kjellberg’s YouTube Red series, Scare PewDiePie, and has removed his channel from Google Preferred -- a program that aggregates YouTube's top creators into packages for advertisers, a YouTube spokesperson confirmed to Tubefilter.

The controversy all began last month with a now-deleted video in which Kjellberg showcases Fiverr -- a startup where users can pay freelancers $5 (or more) to perform any variety of tasks. Kjellberg found two men in India who will write any message on a piece of wood and dance around for $5. Kjellberg tasked them to hold up a sign that said 'Death To All Jews,' and they complied.

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Update: YouTube has canceled PewDiePie's reality show and "pulled his channel from its premium advertising program," per Variety.

Felix Kjellberg has amassed a massive following on YouTube as PewDiePie, accumulating 53 million subscribers and more than 14 billion total views to date. But Maker Studios, a subsidiary of Disney, cut ties with the Internet star on Monday after learning that he had posted videos containing anti-Semitic content, The New York Times reports.

"Although Felix has created a following by being provocative and irreverent, he clearly went too far in this case...

PewDiePie's show on YouTube is no more -- he's been cut loose by the video platform ... hours after Disney pulled the plug over his anti-Semitic "jokes" on his channel.  YouTube says it canceled the release of a 2nd season for PewDiePie -- real name Felix Kjellberg -- and will not be promoting the rest of his channel as well.  One of his videos included a banner that read, "Death to all Jews."   Disney, which...

Disney’s Maker Studios has severed ties with YouTube star PewDiePie, TheWrap has learned. PewDiePie, whose real name is Felix Kjellberg, has been dropped by the company after videos of his featuring anti-semitic jokes were uncovered by the Wall Street Journal. According to the report, Kjellberg posted a video on Jan. 11 featuring footage of two men laughing as they hold up a banner reading “Death to all Jews.” In addition, the paper found nine other instances of anti-semitic jokes on his channel. Also Read: PewDiePie Tops List of Highest Paid YouTube Stars of 2016 Kjellberg has since defended the video as a joke that.

It's time for another monthly installment of our Tubefilter Top 100 Most Viewed YouTube Gaming Channels Chart and an old favorite is in the top spot.

Chart Toppers

Felix Kjellberg's Let's Play gaming channel is back up in the #1 spot on the charts this month. PewDiePie had a fantastic December (thanks to some self-manufactured controversy and achieving some very impressive milestones), shot up 158% in its monthly view count, and topped out at almost 368.6 million views. In a distant second place is PopularMMOs. The top-ranked U.S. gaming channel on the chart saw a 36% increase in views to end the month with nearly 247.5 million of them.

In the #3 spot is TheDiamondMinecart. The UK Gamer at the helm of StyleHaul's male-oriented Hauk initiative jumped up 33% to score more than 245.7 million views on the month. Next up in fourth place is JackSepticEye. The Irish gaming channel that greets the world with a "Top...

Felix Kjellberg is back up at #1. The Swedish-born, UK-residing, twentysomething behind the incredibly popular YouTube Let's Play gaming destination known to its tens of millions of subscribers as PewDiePie had an amazing December. All the will-he-or-won't-he-delete-his-channel hullaballoo Kjellberg brought upon himself throughout the month attracted a lot of new individuals to his Bro Army. That helped PewDiePie attract more than 2.4 million new subscribers.

In a distant second place is Clash of Clans. The freemium, massive, multi-player, online strategy video game's home on YouTube shot up 327% in its month-over-month subscriber acquisition rate to close out December with nearly 1.4 million new subs. Not too far behind in the #3 spot is Whindersson Nunes. The Brazilian vlogger's Portuguese-language channel has been in the Top 5 for several months now, this time amassing just about 1.2 million subscribers in the 31-day timeframe.

Canal Kondzilla is next up in fourth place. The YouTube destination for all your poppy,...

Ever notice that a glut of content seems to flood the YouTube airwaves in December -- perhaps the word ‘vlogmas’ rings a bell? -- only to be followed in January by a relative sense of calm? That could have a lot to do with mercurial Cpm rates over the course of the holiday season, according to industry experts -- or the amount that marketers pay in order to have their ads served against 1,000 video views.

As aptly noted in this tweet by Felix ‘PewDiePie’ Kjellberg -- the most-subscribed creator on YouTube -- ad rates tend to peak in December and then plummet in January, which likely serves as less of an impetus for creators to furnish new content going into the New Year.

when youtubers say they are taking a break in january for random reason. pic.twitter.com/VMawFRWKKB

— pewdiepie (@pewdiepie) January 2, 2017

Over the course of the calendar year,...

T-Series held onto its first-place position on the most-viewed YouTube channels chart for the fourth month in a row. India's self-proclaimed "largest music label and movie studio" continued its steady ascent towards infinity views with a 12% increase in its monthly view count. It topped out just shy of 892.5 million views on the month. In a relatively close and second place is Ryan ToysReview. The five-year-old star's eponymous online video destination for unboxing toys and playtime footage saw a 7% uptick in its (totally legit) view count to take home more than 749.3 million views during the month.

In the #3 spot is Canl KondZilla. Your online video music destination for Brazil's latest pop hits found a groove and shot up 52% to close out the month with over 504.6 million views. Next up in fourth place is Toy Freaks. The dramatized version of your regularly-scheduled YouTube family vlog ended the month up 27% at more than 496.9 million views.