2. A closer look at the channels producing news on YouTube – and the videos themselves

More than four-in-ten popular YouTube news channels are oriented around a specific personality … with independent channels especially likely to use this model

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More than four-in-ten popular YouTube news channels are oriented around a specific personality … with independent channels especially likely to use this model
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