Disney’s Maker Studios Cuts Ties With PewDiePie Over Anti-Semitic Videos

Who?

That's the youtube generation for you.

Good. Who are the idiots that watch his videos?

I believe he's the most followed YouTuber. He made 4 million dollars in 2013. I don't personally know anyone who watches his videos though. Had no idea he was with Disney... damn.

53 million subscribers! How is that even possible?

[quote]I don't personally know anyone who watches his videos though.

I walked up behind my 15 year old nephew and he was watching one of his videos. It's an age thing. Teens love his channel & I doubt you hang with them.

I just read the WSJ article which prompted the Disney decision.

His followers are all under 20.

I saw a couple minutes of a few of his videos a few years ago when he started to get massive. They are about what you'd expect millions of 12-year-olds to be entertained by.

Yet another example of just how acceptable anti-Jewish bigotry is in the US, as reiterated on this thread of rationalizing posts. But that's

r8 I don't see a single person here rationalizing anti-Semitism.

R9 Of course you don't. How could you when you're part of the same bigoted culture.

Kind of ironic considering Walt Disney was an anti-semite.

First of all HE didn't make that much money. It's his channel that made that much. He doesn't get it all.

Second the viewers are largely bots that watch and add revenue without actually doing anything for the advertiser.

Third, he makes far more money form personal appearances than his channel.

He's been thirsty for attention for a while -- about two months ago he was pretending like he was going to delete his YouTube channel and tried to turn the decision into some long, drawn-out drama.

He markets himself as being pro-women in gaming but he says sexist things and jokes about raping women to pander to his little boy base. He claimed he was evicted by a "homophobic" landlord, but he's not gay, just wanted the victim points. In fact, he's complained about two guys kissing in a show or a game.

The last time we had a thread on him, I looked him up and found several people who said that a lot of what he says in Swedish is racist.

[quote]Kind of ironic considering Walt Disney was an anti-semite.

Yeah, he was so anti-semitic he put me in half a dozen films.

Looks like these youtube "stars" are the scum of the earth. In Spain on of them recorded himself giving a 20 euro bill to a homeless man and then gave him a cookie filled with toothpaste, seeing the homeless man's reactionw hen he bit the cookie caused extreme hilarity to the youtube star. Fortunately the asshole has been reported and now faces judicial consequences.

At least Nickelodeon had Lucas Cruikshank, who's basically Paul Lynde reincarnated as a cute twink.

[quote]The last time we had a thread on him, I looked him up and found several people who said that a lot of what he says in Swedish is racist.

Are all Swedes this racist?

Good. Maybe we'll see the end of talent-free social media stars.

Did his mother drink to term with him? I get special needs teas.

He's not even American, yet R8 just can't help herself...

I am baffled by R8s comment, actually. The prior 7 comments were all about who Pewds was and why he was famous from people who hadn't heard of him.

He's definitely getting thirstier--unlike a lot of other YouTubers/Viners (e.g. Cameron Dallas, who had been the topic of a popular DL thread) he has not been able to make the leap to longer-form, more mainstream entertainment.

Remember, these YT stars don't want to just be YT stars, they want to be movie stars and mainstream celebrities. But Pewd's audience is growing up, aging out and leaving him behind.

(And yeah, the anti-Semitic stuff was fucked up but seems to be more about him wanting to shock people by how out there he could be rather than an actual hatred of Jews.)

[quote]He's definitely getting thirstier

When are you going to stop trying to make the word "thirsty" happen? It hasn't and won't.

I can't really explain away what he did. It's screwed up and I don't understand why he did it. It doesn't help that he's a blonde blue-eyed "aryan" looking person doing it. He makes plenty of money; millions a year. I guess maybe he was bored and thought this would be a fun way to shake things up. Fuck him.

R21 knows "Pewds" well enough to call him "Pewds."

[quote]Looks like these youtube "stars" are the scum of the earth.

Don't make sweeping generalizations or anything.

R14 Walt most certainly was an anti-Semite. That's not conjecture, it's common knowledge.

Because r21, r8 is an idiot.

An idiot or insane person on DL R27? No way!

LOL r24

That's Mr. Pewds to you r21

Clearly not the sharpest tool in the shed.

Surprised disney even approached considering he looks like a typical coke fiend

A stank-sleeve anti-semite. What a surprise.

[quote]Yet another example of just how acceptable anti-Jewish bigotry is in the US

Christians are routinely spat upon in Israel. Jews have it much better in the USA than non-Jews of any kind have it in Israel, so quit bitching.

R34 Another American bigoted moron. There are so many on this thread.

Actually he's right, r35. Christians in the Old City in Jerusalem are routinely spit on.

The only nastiness i experienced in Jeruselums was from Arabs. I am Catholic btw. So many anti semites in DL.

It's not about anti Semitism, r37. It's widely reported, including in Israeli papers. Or are they anti Semitic too?

Anti semite at r38

Tell it to the Jews in my family, including my mother.

Self hating Jew ^ have known quite a few.

I'd say you are the anti Semite for refusing to believe that Jews can be just as vile as anyone else.

I'm thinking the boy who cried anti-Semite is just trolling us. She can't be that obtuse.

You still at it r43 ? Get therapy for your self hate .

r22 Maybe the word "thirsty" is getting thirsty.

"I'm thirsty."

[quote]When are you going to stop trying to make the word "thirsty" happen? It hasn't and won't.

Thirsty happened whether you're aware of it or not.

r22 I don't think my dad, the inventor of toaster strudel, will appreciate you saying that!

He literally made a song about raping women, used the n-word, and as someone already mentioned fabricated a story at the expense of gay people in order to garner publicity. But I guess using this clip was TOO MUCH.

His name alone incites great rage in me so I never followed him.

YouTube Cancels Pewdiepie's Show, Removes Him From Premium Advertising

It was just a stunt for his channel. I'm not sure what the fuss is about. He was making the claim about how easy it is to hire people to do bad things for $5 or something. He's cute and his schtick is a bit tired, but not sure it deserves all the reaction. He's made a zillion videos, not surprised not everything in them is entirely PC. And I also don't see how he can make so many of them and not try a few stunts now and then. He's still a pretty young guy with a small operation.

[quote]He was making the claim about how easy it is to hire people to do bad things for $5 or something.

Yes, he is a rich guy who thought it was hilarious to pay poor people $5 to say antisemitic things. Isn't it just a fucking laugh riot that some people are so desperate for five bucks that they will humiliate themselves and offend huge swaths of the public, all for the entertainment of some 27-year-old millionaire dudebro?

Bye, CuntDieCunt.

R53 = Trotsky after a week of the trots

What nobody gets about Kristallnacht is that the brownshirts did it IRONICALLY.

R56??????????????????????

r53 is right, this is the same type of shit that started bumfight vids, fuck this guy, if he can't think of content then he needs to be done now anyhow.

PewDie is hot as shit. I don't like the anti Jew stuff, though.

Reinhard Heydrich was hot as shit. I don't like the anti Jew stuff, though

I mean, listen to yourself...

He is not hot at all you must have very low standards for what you consider hot. Must make like very easy for you.

[quote]I'm not sure what the fuss is about.

Please die in a fucking greasefire, you Nazi bastard.

[quote]Isn't it just a fucking laugh riot that some people are so desperate for five bucks that they will humiliate themselves and offend huge swaths of the public, all for the entertainment of some 27-year-old millionaire dudebro?

That is every producer in Hollywood and half the producers on Broadway, degrading their talent for peanuts while they grow fat plunging our culture into the toilet.

He has the strangest accent I've ever heard. At times he almost sounds like a drunk southern redneck. His voice is grating.

After that intro, R64, I'll pass (not that I wanted to listen to the Nazi bastard in the first place).

R64 No wonder Millennials are so dumb.

He was about to age out anyway. No one likes to watch a wrinkly old bottom on youtube.

Finally. This idiot has been garbage for a long time, I think we've all seen enough of him tbh. I hope YouTube just deletes his channel

LA Times adds some background to the story

I love how he's getting loads of comments like these at Youtube:

"Not a fan of your content, but subbed to support you, FUCK YOUTUBE LEFTIST SCUM!"

Whether he wanted or not people are more and more seeing him as a Nazi. I personally doubt that's really true but since I find him annoying I don't really mind he's brought down a peg or two.

BTW, those saying he doesn't make much money from his videos are wrong. According to Forbes he earned $15M in the 12 months up until July 2016. That does include his book and his Youtube Red series. However a year before that he earned around $12M, so those videos really do make him some serious money.

That's gross profit, R70-- YouTube takes a cut, as does Maker and agents, managers, staff, etc.

But if he's left with as little as 10% that's still $1.5M

When he speaks all I hear is hurdy gurdy hurdy gurdy.

R71 He doesn't even deserve that. People are truly idiots. As someone who works in PR and consulting, you can't even begin to imagine the level of contempt myself and other colleagues have for most members of the general public.

As someone who works for a studio and interacts with PR queens... I can more than imagine it.

R71, according to a Swedish newspaper Kjellberg's private company Pewdiepie Productions's earnings before taxes and interest in 2015 were 70 million Swedish kronor, which is around $7.8M. These numbers don't come from Youtube but from the Swedish government. I'm quite certain those numbers are after Youtube's cut and fees. So yes, he really does make shitloads of money. Sure he's probably got people working for him but he's the one making the most money obviously.

I'm fed up with the alt-right pretense that vicious bigotry is just lighthearted fun.

How is this idiot making so much money on youtube? Most people on DL are a lot funnier. Should we all become youtube idiots?

How did he even manage to get a deal with Disney in the first place?

[quote]Walt most certainly was an anti-Semite. That's not conjecture, it's common knowledge.

Walt Disney had always respected and admired his employer, a Jewish man named Charles Mintz. After a couple years of successful collaboration, Mintz double-crossed Disney, by taking away the Oswald character and half his animation staff. Disney responded to Mintz's treachery by creating Mickey Mouse. His "commonly acknowledged" anti-semitism was born out of this deeply embittering experience.

The left smeared all opponents of Communism as anti-semites while trying to explain away Soviet mistreatment of Jews.

I think I'll stick with fails, cat and dog rescues, and To Tell the Truth videos. Oh yeah and black girl fights. My guilty pleasure.

I had a sick fascination with pimple popping and ear wax removal videos. I finally stopped. Now I sometimes watch Japanese tiny food prep videos.

The Russian Road Rage videos are pretty entertaining.

I'm with you r81, here ya go!

Total clickbait, faux outrage from SJW dimwits proving his point all along. What they failed to mention was his "SUBSCRIBE TO KEEMSTAR". Keemstar is a notorious racist Youtuber. That was an important part of the joke. While Disney doesn't have any obligation to work with him, this blatant disregard for facts is typical Millennial SJW bullshit. Pewdeepie has done genital jousting, aborted Nazi baby fetuses, crawled inside someone anus, did fake gay porn (which got him evicted), gave someone an abortion, etc, etc. It's satirical, it's nonsense. The two guys in the video faked not understanding what they were doing -- they do. They were paid $5 -- another point he was making. He got them their jobs back. This keyboard warrior culture is right up there with the trans cult.

[quote]you can't even begin to imagine the level of contempt myself and other colleagues have for most members of the general public.

R73, you can't even begin to imagine the level of contempt I have for a poster who would abuse "myself" the way you have here.

There's nothing "alt" about it, R76. It's been around since long before you or I was born.

I think PewDie is hot as fuckin' shit. I think he is a might tone deaf when it comes to racial sensitivity, but I do not believe he's racist or anti-Semitic.

He actually made me well up a bit at the end of this video where he gets emotional thanking his fans.

R88, you're watching an actor at work. He's on cam all the time, he knows what he's doing. Sure, I don't believe he's a hardcore racist or anti-Semitic either but don't forget he's got millions of dollars at stake and he'd now do anything to try and keep his income secured.

The Verge had an interesting article comparing PewDiePie's tactics to Trump's.

"There is obviously a huge difference between the influence of a YouTube celebrity and the president of the United States. Only one has control over a nuclear arsenal. And PewDiePie is right when he says that his Nazi imagery and anti-Semitic content are tasteless jokes, not incitements to genocide. But there are big consequences to his actions these days. By playing coy with hate speech, PewDiePie is emboldening actual Nazis, who are celebrating. And by painting the press as liars, he is reinforcing the message of President Trump and his supporters."

Come on dude. PewDie was a Clinton supporter. He isn't lying when he says he never talked about money, it was always others- I don't like what he did, but I think he realizes he shouldn't have. I'm with the guy.

With him or against him he has more cash than I will be have by a mile, so I can't feel too badly. He'll be fine.

Looks like Pewdie is having a better year than Disney's Maker Studios.

Not for long.

PewDiePie is yet another reason why Americans distrust the media.

R93

Holy fuck.

I just watched that.

I was vaguely aware of this person pew the pie, but saw a blog post about how the WSJ was now doing Fake News, which lead to H3H3 which lead to me watching PDP video about it.

The WSJ was the last mainstream media outlet I trusted. Dammit.

He's popular for the same reason teeny bopper stars are popular: boys want to be him and girls want to be with him. He's non-threatening and cute while being a chill gamerbro. I can see the appeal. Speaking on the generic terms that explain his popularity. I don't know anything about this latest kerfuffle other than lots of Swedes are not the most racially sensitive.

R95

It's the epitome of Fake News. The War Street Journal is now tabloid tranny trash.

PewDiePie is a self-absorbed manipulative guy. Many of his videos are about the evil people that try to take him down.

In his apology after the initial video with the joke, he said he wrote "Kill the Jews" because it was a funny meme. His attitude towards the subject gives the viewer mixed signals. I have no idea if he actually hates Jews, but he presents the subject in such way that it leaves it open. While he does that, he also presents himself as a victim and manipulates everything to suit that narrative.

Notice how he ties everything to the evil forces trying to take him down because he is a great Youtuber. He is not sincere about feeling bad over his joke that went too far. There was a reason why those Nazi groups thought he was being serious, and he avoids the subject by making it all about him as the victim of a media conspiracy

My impression, as a Canadian, is that his type of racism is fairly common in Europe, especially in Nordic countries. My relatives who immigrated to Sweden have said casual, very blatant racism is a part of their daily lives. It's just part of the atmosphere there.

That doesn't justify his awful shit, but it's likely part of his upbringing and not JUST on him alone but on the society he comes from. I admit I know little about him. His gf wrote the stupidest book I ever tried to read, though.

r96,

And your world is tumbling down, hon? :(((

Not at all, r99

As long as "reputable news sources" publish bullshit like this the migration of intelligent people away from "RNS" will continue to accelerate.

10 years ago 90% of Americans got almost all "News" from MSM.

Today less than half use MSM as primary source for news.

In ten years the MSM will be irrelevant.

On Twitter obnoxious people aregoing after WSJ accusing it of making up these thins about their hero. They are demanding an apology on every WSJ tweet regardless of content.

R101

It was fabricated bullshit.

R14 Disney was racist, sexist, and anti-Semitic if you can do a little research and connect the dots well enjoy drinking the red Kool aid. It's documented by people who worked for him, his own relatives have said it was true.

A very telling fact is that PewDiePie made these jokes only about one group. The defense that he has a weird sense of humor doesn't hold up when he targeted only Jews iwth his Nazi "jokes".

He has never made any comments or jokes about Muslims.

WSJ's coverage of PewDiePie was strange. He's exactly right about them.

I am not rabid fan of his (though I do find him really hot). I'm trying to see it objectively. WSJ's article on him was distorted. I don't lump it all in with a larger problem. I'm just looking at this case.

What is there even to see objectively? Are you a 15 year old girl? HIs videos are fucking idiotic and geared towards kids. He should be slapped viciously for the annoying way he says his name alone.

R105

The article and video at WSJ are a mess.

I hope he sues them for slander.

R106 I'm looking at what WSJ said about him, and what is actually true about him. They distorted, and helped him lose is job.

I'm not going to defend his talent. I find him likable.

DOH!