Youtubes knappt fem år gamla satsning på egenproducerat innehåll som bland annat gjorde första säsongen av Cobra Kai kommer att läggas ner. Detta sker i samband med att Susanne Daniels som varit Youtubes globala chef för Originals avdelningen lämnar företaget i slutet av mars. Youtube-chefen Robert Kyncl kommenterade det hela i ett uttalande på Twitter.
"We will honor our commitment for already contracted shows in progress and creators who are involved with those shows should expect to hear from us directly in the coming days"
Hans fullständiga meddelande som gått ut till serieskapare som idag är verksamma inom Originals lyder enligt följande.
Dear Creators,
In 2016 we created YouTube Originals, a division within YouTube dedicated to great new programming with our creators and headed by industry veteran Susanne Daniels. As Global head of Originals, Susanne and her team created an international slate of award-winning programs collectively amassing billions of views, shining a light on incredible creators, important social topics, and introducing YouTube to new audiences. In short, YTO played an integral role in growing the YouTube creator economy.
Today, there are over 2M creators in the YouTube Partner Program and our creator community has never been more successful: we've paid more than $30B to creators, artists, and media companies over the last three years.
However, with rapid growth comes new opportunities and now our investments can make a greater impact on even more creators when applied towards other initiatives, like our Creator Shorts Fund, Black Voices Fund, and Live Shopping programming to name a few. Separately, Susanne has decided to leave YouTube and her last day will be March 1. I want to thank her for her vision, creativity and leadership.
Together, these factors contributed to our decision to reduce our YouTube Originals slate. Going forward, we will only be funding programs that are part of our Black Voices and YouTube Kids Funds. We will honor our commitment for already contracted shows in progress and creators who are involved with those shows should expect to hear from us directly in the coming days.
Finally, I want to thank you, the creators, for partnering with us to create innovative and inspirational stories and look forward to growing your business on YouTube and beyond.
Robert
Innebär nu detta att priset på Youtube Premium kommer att sänkas? Tveksamt. Men vi tvivlar på att speciellt många kommer sakna Originals som på mänga sätt bara kändes som en eftertanke. Tittade du på Originals och kommer du sakna det?
Tack och hej, ingen kommer sakna dig.