Join us for a Hangout and chat with David Choi live in our forum!

Join the Partner Support team Monday, January 7th, at 3pm PST / 6pm EST while we chat with singer, songwriter, and video producer David Choi (http://www.youtube.com/davidchoimusic.) On his channel, David performs original songs and pop covers, along with music collaborations with fellow YouTube personalities.

As usual, we will be live streaming the hangout on the YouTube Partner Support channel and on Google+ at http://goo.gl/Ncxer.

We’ll be chatting with David about life as a YouTuber. Afterward, he’ll be taking your questions LIVE in our YouTube Partner Forum from 3:30pm PST / 6:30pm EST for 30 minutes. Ask your questions at: http://goo.gl/e8idB.

Hope to see you Monday, January 7th at 3pm PST!

Are you NextUp? Today is the last day to apply for YouTube NextUp and your chance to spend two weeks at the brand-new YouTube Space LA!

http://www.youtube.com/yt/creators/nextup.html

European creators - This December we updated our regional blogs with some important product, program, and partner updates. Learn more about the YouTube Welcome Guide, details on the new YouTube experience, an update to the Creator Playbook and Creator Hub, and more on the Channelisation of YouTube!

Check out the links below to learn more, and subscribe to your local blog to stay up to date!

UK: http://youtubecreatorbloguk.blogspot.ie/ 
DE: http://youtubecreatorde.blogspot.ie/
FR: http://youtubecreatorfr.blogspot.ie/
IT: http://youtubecreatorit.blogspot.ie/
ES: http://youtubecreatores.blogspot.ie/ 
NL: http://youtubecreatornl.blogspot.ie/
PL: http://youtubecreatorpl.blogspot.ie/
RU: http://youtubecreatorru.blogspot.ie/

Creating music on YouTube and want to know more about building a loyal and engaged audience?  Then join us for a live Hangout on Air about Audience Development on the YouTube Partner Support channel.

Kate from the Audience Development team will be talking to YouTube Creator and musician www.youtube.com/eddplant, discussing tips on creating better music content, programming, publishing, and interacting with communities. This is a unique opportunity to ask questions and learn from both the Audience Development team and a successful YouTube Creator on developing your channel.  

Tune in on Thursday, 20th December 2012 @ 5 PM GMT (London) / 12 PM ET (New York) / 9 AM PT (San Francisco) at www.youtube.com/partnersupport

We look forward to seeing you! 

We've improved the sharing/publishing process- you can now customize text for social accounts & the YouTube feed! http://goo.gl/juAeM

YouTube Partnerships Product Bulletin - Dec 13
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YouTube Slideshows Launched - Dec 14th
YouTube Slideshows let’s you turn your photos into videos. You can now upload your photos into a video on YouTube, and even add background music from a library of royalty-free tracks.  

YouTube Now Available on More Devices
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Watch our YouTube Live Q&A chat with Laura Vitale as she and Joe talk about life as YouTubers, their experiences starting up their channel, and the opportunities that have opened up for them! YouTube Live Q&A with Laura in the Kitchen

Be sure to also check out Laura and Joe's responses to their fans in the YouTube Partner Forum here: http://goo.gl/afX03.

YouTube Live Q&A is a series in which we will feature YouTube Creators about how they got started on YouTube, advice for new creators, and their experiences along the way. Afterward the talks, our featured guests will be taking YOUR questions live in the YouTube Partner Forum.

Look out for our next YouTube Live Q&A in January with David Choi!

Launched: Improvements to the YouTube sharing and publishing process.  Creators can now customize the text for posts automatically shared to connected social accounts, as well as in the upload item in youtube feeds.