YouTube
Former YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki has died, Google CEO says
Wojcicki, one of the most prominent women in tech, stepped down from her role at YouTube in 2023, a position she held for nine years.
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‘This is democracy manifest!’ Internet sensation Jack Karlson dies
The Queensland man who rose to fame after a historical arrest video was posted online more than 10 years ago has been described as “an enigma”.
- by Gemma Grant
I watched nothing but YouTube for a week. Here’s what I learnt
When you need a break from blockbuster movies and bingeworthy shows, you’ll find more alternatives on here than you ever thought you needed.
- by Nell Geraets
Analysis
Media & marketing
‘Sobering reality’: What the future for Australia’s media giants looks like
With mass job cuts across Australia’s largest media companies, is there a way out of the advertising downturn, or is it time to face up to a new normal?
- by Calum Jaspan
Opinion
Social media
Do you recognise this man? He has 300 million die-hard fans but isn’t famous
MrBeast created possibly the single largest mass-truancy event in Australian history this week, and yet you probably haven’t even heard of him.
- by Waleed Aly
The grey zone of misinformation: Iran, Russia’s payments to US media outlet revealed
Legal experts say US journalists who were paid by sanctioned Iranian media entities could be in legal jeopardy.
- by Joseph Menn
Determined, tone-deaf and glib: Rebel Wilson tells her own story
Wilson is a talented actor, but she can’t replicate that talent in her memoir.
- by Stephen Brook
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Crime
The ABC reporter, the underworld postman and the ‘sinister threats’
Award-winning ABC reporter Mahmood Fazal passed on menacing messages from an organised crime gang to journalists, one of whom became so fearful he reported it to police. Fazal denies any wrongdoing.
- by Kate McClymont
‘You’re not such a crazy conspiracy theorist any more’: Preppers go mainstream
In a world hyper-alert to impending catastrophe, the doomsday survivalist business is booming.
- by Antony Loewenstein
Meet the mature influencers showing the TikTok generation how it’s done
They were born before the internet was invented, but they’ve taken social media by storm.
- by Amber Schultz
Analysis
Defamation
‘Thespian flair’: Unlikely video star at heart of Lehrmann defamation case
Federal Court Justice Michael Lee has won legions of fans following the Bruce Lehrmann trial with his wit and humanity.
- by Deborah Snow