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YouTube sees widespread global outage with playback and homepage errors; users across the U.S., Europe, and Asia report streaming disruptions.

https://downdetector.com/status/google/ YouTube, you good bro? Sounds like a global outage right now. pic.twitter.com/LFEiw6BEwP — Dave Sousa (@dave_sousa) February 18, 2026 https://twitter.com/hashtag/YouTubeDOWN?src=hashtag_click 🚨 YOUTUBE DOWN UPDATE: YouTube says they do not yet have a fix for massive outage just yet. https://t.co/WYDc5ay1nz pic.twitter.com/1dxRlTUf7X — Breaking911 (@Breaking911) February 18, 2026 Guys, YouTube DEAD for anyone else? 😭'Something went …

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A single billionaire family could soon sit atop nearly all film, streaming, and cable power in America.

Lose-lose situation. The question is, do we want a company controlling the entire film and streaming industry, or do we want to further enlarge the power of the Ellison family? Here are my thoughts from 3 days ago, but I’m happy to talk about this even further. https://t.co/Ta6bl4kFQ2 — World of Finance (@FinancesWorld) December 8, …

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Paramount installs Bari Weiss as CBS News editor as media trust falls to 28%, streaming dominates, and partisan pressures threaten civic cohesion

Paramount Skydance is about to put Bari Weiss in charge of CBS News. This is not a small shuffle. Weiss has built a career on provocation and taking sides. She will report directly to Paramount CEO David Ellison, bypassing CBS leadership. That means she will have almost total control over what millions of Americans see …

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Gold Continued Streaming Into ETFs in March

by Mike Maharrey Significant amounts of gold flowed into gold ETFs for the fourth straight month in March, driving assets under management (AUM) to a new month-end record. Funds in every region reported inflows of gold, with North American ETFs leading the way. Globally, gold-backed funds added 92 tonnes of gold to their reserves last …

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PRESS RELEASE: Trump Media and Technology group to begin rolling out Truth+ news streaming service via Truth Social. iOS, Android, and TV apps coming soon.

SARASOTA, Fla., Aug. 02, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Trump Media & Technology Group (Nasdaq: DJT) (“TMTG” or the “Company”), operator of the social media platform Truth Social, announced today that the Company has commenced the phased rollout of its streaming platform, Truth+. Today, TMTG begins moving existing beta testing of its Truth Social linear TV …

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Streaming Woes: Rising Defections Prompt Hulu, Netflix, and Others to Revise Plans…

Hulu, Netflix and other streamers are turning to bundles, discounts and ad-supported plans as customer defections rise https://www.wsj.com/business/media/americans-are-canceling-more-of-their-streaming-services-fb9284c8 About one-quarter of U.S. subscribers to major streaming services—a group that includes Apple TV+, Discovery+, Disney+, Hulu, Max, Netflix, Paramount+, Peacock and Starz—have canceled at least three of them over the past two years, according to November …

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Twitch to shut down in Korea over expensive network fees which caused the Amazon owned streaming service to operate at a significant loss.

Twitch, the popular video streaming service, plans to shut down its business in South Korea on February 27 after finding that operating in one of the world’s largest esports markets is “prohibitively expensive.” Twitch CEO Dan Clancy said the firm undertook a “significant effort” to reduce the network costs to operate in Korea, but ultimately …

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Canada now requires YouTubers, livestreamers & podcasters (including those streaming on X/Twitter) to “register” with the government.

by arnott The Canadian government, armed with one of the world's most repressive online censorship schemes, announces that all "online streaming services that offer podcasts" must formally register with the government to permit regulatory controls:https://t.co/wHOloLgnY2 pic.twitter.com/6noTYceVsg — Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) October 1, 2023 CRTC takes major step forward to modernize Canada’s broadcasting framework https://www.canada.ca/en/radio-television-telecommunications/news/2023/09/crtc-takes-major-step-forward-to-modernize-canadas-broadcasting-framework.html 2. …

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