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Category: News
YouTube Exterminates ‘Toy Freaks’
Remember last week when we carried an article about “kid videos’ on YouTube that were totally unsuitable for kids? Looks like YouTube got the message. Looks like we don’t just have to sit back and take it anymore: (Knock on wood!)
YouTube terminates exploitive ‘kids’ channel ToyFreaks, says it’s tightening its child endangerment policies
by Sarah Perez
Following consumer outrage over YouTube’s handling of disturbing videos aimed at children on its network, the company has now banned one of the more controversial kid channels it hosted, Toy Freaks. The channel, the 68th largest on YouTube with over 8.5 million subscribers, was often criticized for its vile and seemingly exploitive videos featuring a dad and his daughters, which many said bordered on abuse.
YouTube tells TechCrunch the ban is part of a new tightening around the enforcement of its child endangerment policies. It says it will now remove videos to protect “viewers, uploaders and children” when the company receives signals that cause concern.
Saying Goodbye to TV Writer Frank Barron
Death notices very seldom are occasions of joy (we at TVWriter™ know, in theory they never are, but we also have lived for awhile in the real world, where things are different), but all we could think when a friend showed us this one was, “Wow, there definitely are worse lives out there, and worse ways to have lived.”
In other words, we hope our own obits show half as much accomplishment as this one, for a writer who clearly was much too unsung:
Frank Barron, the eclectic writing career of a Hollywood character
Not every character in Hollywood becomes famous, but they make their contributions. Writer Frank Barron tried his hand at all sorts of show business gigs, and over the years became one of the threads that connects and enlivens the Hollywood tapestry.
Local Hero Department: Francis Moss
Dunno about you, but each and every one of us here at TVWriter™ would be proud to be the subject of a local newspaper article like this:
Local writer once penned kids’ favorite cartoons
by Sara Kernan
YUCCA VALLEY — “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles,” “Fantastic Voyages of Sinbad,” “Sonic the Hedgehog” and more have all featured the animation writing of Francis Moss. Moss has called the Hi-Desert home for the past four years and is continuing writing after an illustrious career of working for beloved animation shows.
Starting in 1980, Moss’ career started with episodes of “Buck Rogers in the 25th Century.” His work ground to a halt thanks to a writers’ strike, but found a job with an animation company that had just started making “She-Ra, Princess of Power.”
This Podcast Network May Have What It Takes To Compete With Hollywood
Have you ever said to yourself, “What the world needs now is a professional, commercial podcast network?” Neither has this TVWriter™ minion. But now that I think about it, what a great idea! (Provided that don’t bar the door to newbies, like everything else calls itself a network seems to do.)
The pic is the network. Here’s the podcast: https://soundcloud.com/deadlymanners/deadly-manners-trailer