Welcome to episode 4 of the Video Insiders Podcast. This week Carlos and Tom discuss the trend of big media companies buying large YouTube channels. Welcome to episode 4 of the Video Insiders Podcast.

This week Carlos and Tom discuss the trend of big media companies buying large YouTube channels. Tom asks Carlos if he's ever bought or sold a YouTube channel and Tom shows that he does real research and finds out if it's legal to buy a YouTube channel.

Hope you enjoy this episode, let us know what you think of this trend on Twitter at @videoinsiders

Show Notes:

• YouTube Channels are selling for millions via The VergeLittle
• Baby Bum sold to Moonbug via Bloomberg
• Machinima, one of YouTube’s biggest and oldest channels, go dark via The Verge

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Intro Music by Planets Collide

Podcast production and editing: Joe Pacheco