Digital Media Brief Sep 9

Published: Sept. 9, 2016, 4:04 a.m.

In this week's news, Snapchat fired its Local Stories editors, but will have soaring revenues ahead according to a projection from eMarketer. YouTube is trying to grow up; funding original shows on YouTube Red, while reining in popular video stars -- but not without controversy. And Jim VandeHei, co-founder of Politico, reveals more details about his unnamed new venture, which got a cool $10 million round of funding.