YouTube has just announced that Sesame Street is the first non-profit to hit 1 billion views on their YouTube channel. In honor of this milestone the Count has made a video, well, counting the views. Check it out:

According to a report from Fortune that cites multiple sources inside both Google and the record industry, YouTube is set to launch its own subscription music service later this year in tandem with the Google Play subscription service that we’ve …

If you caught SNL last weekend (or have been on the internet, at all, in the past couple of days), you probably heard the short but intoxicating 15 or so seconds of music that Daft Punk teased during a commercial …

Easter egg time! Go to YouTube and search “Do the Harlem Shake” and wait for the drop. As popular as the Harlem Shake has been on YouTube in the last few weeks, I can’t say that I’m shocked that the …

Back in 2006, a video was uploaded to YouTube featuring a group of school kids bullying an autistic child. Three Google executives – David Drummond, Peter Fleischer and George Reyes – were convicted in 2010 by a judge in Milan …

YouTube just pushed an update to its iOS app adding the “send to TV” feature, which lets users pair their mobile phones with connected TVs. The feature was launched on Android in November, and at CES, the company announced it …

Google has released video from a recent webinar about brand building in a multiscreen world. The video is about a half hour long, and discusses ways to build brand awareness and influence consideration for your brand using YouTube, the Google …

Chris Hardwick, who some may know from hosting MTV’s Singled Out or appearing in Rob Zombie’s House Of 1,000 Corpses, but is better known these days as the Nerdist guy, appeared on Conan O’Brien (which also featured Google Ass). He …

The Billboard Hot 100 chart, a longstanding signifier of what’s popular in pop music, has received a retooling for the modern age. Starting now, YouTube views are now an official metric in determining what songs hit the Hot 100 chart. …

Still sad about the way the latest Downton Abbey ended? This will do absolutely nothing to cheer you up, but at least you can honor the love that Matthew and Mary Crawley have shared as if they are actually your …

AMC announced last week that the midseason premiere of The Walking Dead was free to watch online at AMC’s website for a limited time. Then, the network announced the availability of the episode on Android, iPhone, iPad and Kindle Fire. …

People really seem to be enjoying this new ad from Chevy, uploaded to YouTube a few days ago. YouTube has it in the “Trending Topics” right alongside things like the ever-popular Harlem Shake and Asteroid 2012 Da14. Given how much …

There’s a video making its way around the web today, and for good reason: the toddler in it has mad basketball skills. We’re not just talking making the shots; he does trick shots, makes several shots in a row while …

Working on the theory that you either really hate Valentine’s Day or you really love Valentine’s Day (there is no middle here), YouTube has put together a bunch of Valentine’s Day playlists featuring videos that will make you feel gushy …

According to YouTube, “Harlem Shake” is the biggest video trend of the month. As of Tuesday, YouTube had seen 12,000 Harlem Shake videos with 44 million views. As YouTube’s Kevin Allocca points out, the meme first started gaining traction last …

In the past, Jimmy Kimmel has asked people to prank their friends and family around certain holidays, upload the video to YouTube, and let all of us enjoy the lulz. He’s done this for Halloween, by asking parents to tell …

Sony today announced that PlayStation 3 owners in Europe will finally be getting the newly redesigned YouTube app. The redesign emphasizes subscriptions and search. From the PlayStation blog post: You might have watched YouTube on PS3 before, but get ready …

It’s official. Massive Internet popularity does not win you a Grammy. That’s what Carly Rae Jepsen learned on Sunday night, as her viral hit song Call Me Maybe failed to win her an award. She’ll probably be able to continue …

Rumor has it that Google may invest as much as $50 in Vevo, the music video property founded by Universal and Sony. Bloomberg BusinessWeek is reporting that the company is in talks to do so, citing two people with knowledge …

Google’s Matt Cutts is back online, and cranking out the Webmaster Help videos. He tweeted a link to the second of the latest series today, and this one is about referer spam coming from a YouTube video. The user-submitted question …

Google announced the launch of several new measurement features for AdWords for Video designed to bring some consistency among video ad reporting and other forms of media. One of the features is Reach & Frequency reporting. AdWords For Video will …