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Here's a look at the most dramatic moments in the digital entertainment world this year.
When YouTube stars fall in love, their relationships become archived in the pages of internet history, and fans can't get enough of the 'shipping.
But because YouTube relationships are so deeply documented, they become inherently more fragile.
A break-up becomes the business of not just the couple, but all their collective fans. There are lots of recorded tears and lots of clicks (whether that's on purpose or not).
This year, it seemed 2016 was not kind to many on-screen couples.
Most notably: Colleen Ballinger (Miranda Sings) and her husband, Joshua Evans, called it quits. The digital influencer, whose Miranda persona got her own TV show on Netflix this year, shared the news in September in a raw, emotional video with fans. Evans also posted a video titled "Heartbroken."
Jesse Wellens and Jeana Smith — a.k.a. PrankvsPrank -- had an equally public and devastating heartbreak.
"It was great in the beginning but then it slowly ... it kinda like polluted our relationship and made it toxic," the 31-year-old Wellens said a month after the break up during an episode of Shane Dawson's Fullscreen video podcast Shane & Friends.
Casey Neistat shocked fans in November when he parted ways with his daily vlog.
"It’s not clickbait. I really am ending the vlog," the YouTuber, who recently won a Streamy for best first-person show, said in his final vlog-style video. The 35-year-old, who starred in his own HBO showbefore becoming a popular YouTube star, said he feels he's "gotten lazy on this platform."
That same month, CNN announced it is teaming up with Neistat to launch a new standalone company that will use smartphones to create video content. As part of the move, CNN bought Neistat's Beme app, which launched in July 2015.
But Neistat's not the only one to say goodbye to vlogging, the popular format that helped many YouTube stars rise to fame.
This year, after their break-up, both Wellens and Smith took a slight break from vlogging their lives.
Even PewDiePie -- Forbes' highest paid YouTube star for two years in a row -- took a very brief, one week break from vlogging after the stress of his busy schedule took a toll.
As The Verge's Ben Popper pointed out, "quitting YouTube, and more specifically the confessional vlog, has become a genre of video unto itself ... A video declaring you’ve quit YouTube is kind of the ultimate clickbait, a way for the artist to stage their own death and return refreshed."
Not all pranks are created equal.
And this year, like every other year, some YouTube pranksters learned that the heard way.
Sam Pepper, known for his controversial pranks, admitted in February that most of his YouTube channel was filled with completely fake videos.
The 26-year-old British video blogger confessed the news in a video titled "i'm sorry," which he posted just a few days after quitting the Internet by removing all tweets, videos and photos from social media.
But Pepper's not the only one who has ignited drama over pranks.
Vitaly Zdorovetskiy, a 24-year-old YouTuber who has over 9 million subscribers, was arrested in May for trespassing and climbing the Hollywood sign — specifically, the "D." That same month, members of a popular YouTube prank account called Trollstation were sentenced to jail time after running around London’s National Portrait Gallery screaming “Get the paintings!” as part of an art gallery heist prank.
In June, JoeySalads (Joe Saladino) — who has 1.2 million subscribers across his channels — posted a "social experiment" video where he filmed reactions to a supposed "radical Islamic terrorist," juxtaposing it with a "radical Christian terrorist." It features Saladino and another man doing the same "terrorist" prank of dropping small, metal boxes near unsuspecting pedestrians. Saladino is dressed in jeans and a t-shirt and yells "Praise Jesus." Meanwhile his friend is dressed in what Saladino refers to as "traditional Islamic attire" — a white robe and head covering with gold fringe — and yells a mangled version of "Allahu akbar." Saladino later apologized.
YouTubers always find a reason to get mad at YouTube.
Fair use has arguably become thehot button issue among YouTubers, especially in the last year. Many feel YouTube has a broken copyright system. It legally protects itself by removing creator's videos once a copyright holder complains, often without sufficiently researching the issue. That leaves creators protected by fair use at risk of losing money for no reason.
In June, pickup artist (Matt Hosseinzadeh, or MattHossZone, a.k.a "The Bold Guy," 175,000 subscribers) faced backlash after claiming Ethan and Hila Klein (a.k.a H3H3 Productions, 2 million subscribers across two channels) used too much footage from one of his "Bold Guy" videos in their takedown. The Klein's argued their video was covered by fair use, and Team Internet labeled Hosseinzadeh the "most hated guy on the Internet."
The Fine Brothers also ignited a lot of hate after announcing they were going to trademark their "react" reaction videos. The internet lost its collective mind, and the Fine Bros. lost 2 million subscribers. As a result, the creative duo apologized — and discontinued the program.
YouTube says it's been working to improve its support system and in November, pledged financial and legal resources to help combat unwarranted copyright claims and takedown notices. In April, YouTube also announced it will roll out a new system that will help creators earn revenue even as a copyright claim is being disputed.
But YouTube's drama didn't end there. In December, a handful of frustrated creators claimed they have seen their video views decline and their subscribers suddenly disappear.
Some YouTubers even say they have lost 30 to 40 percent of their usual views.
The general theory is that YouTube has a new algorithm that has caused glitches. Although some in the internet community have come up with a conspiracy theory that YouTube boosts ads on the “trending” tab and on videos with more likes and comments.
PewDiePie and Ethan Klein — one half of the H3H3 Productions —were two major digital stars who sparked a flurry of discussion about the issue.
YouTube responded in a video Q&A (above).
"YouTube doesn’t unsubscribe people from channels," YouTube exec Zindzi McCormick said in the video.
In the same fateful October week, both digital video platforms Vine and Vessel were axed by their respective parent companies.
Vessel, launched by former Hulu exec Jason Kilar in 2015, was designed as a place to feature videos from a variety of internet personalities, media companies and musicians -- and it would be available only through subscriptions for $2.99 per month. The goal was to offer more exclusive content than YouTube, and woo the superfans willing to pay for their favorite creators' videos early. It failed to win over creators and therefore didn't get enough subscribers.
Vine, meanwhile, was a super popular platform for both creators and fans. It became home to comedic six-second videos, and many platform users -- including Logan Paul and King Bach -- rose to fame almost overnight. But Vine, owned by Twitter, failed to keep its top creators happy, and talent began quietly using other platforms more and more.
As I wrote earlier this year, some knew the fate of these two platforms was inevitable. Others were surprised, if not disappointed. But one thing that became clear after the news broke: Being a successful video platform in 2016 is not as easy as it looks.
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