SourceFed, a.k.a. the “bacon of the news” on YouTube, emerged as the first successful channels among Google’s premium content offering yesterday, when the show hit 500,000 subscribers with 158 million views to date.
Google launched invested roughly $400 million in nearly 100 shows last January as part of YouTube’s Original Channel Initiative, a bid to rival TV networks as a digital content creator. The productions feature stars like Amy Poehler, Chris Hardwick, Madonna, Deepak Chopra, Kevin Smith, Tony Hawk, and the occasional YouTube celeb. Advertisers are paying between $5 and $10 million
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