YouTube To Back Its Biggest Stars For Original Series And Movies

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As we reported last week, an increasing number of its most popular video creators are leaving YouTube for competing platforms and traditional media. And now YouTube seems to have found a solution to keep talent on board: the Google-owned company announced earlier today its plan to back original series by four of its best-known creators, Moreover, it is also teaming up with DreamWorks subsidiary AwesomenessTV to create several films featuring YouTube stars over the next two years.