Now becky quick. We begin with youtube, the downline video platform where we go from music and beauty tutorials. Despite having more than a billion users the google owned brand has yet to make a profit according to the wall street journal. Some youtube stars are making a pretty penny and that is our cover story today. Ever heard of ian and anthony . How about their users name smosh. They were among the youtube top earning stars in 2015 making 8. 5 million for their comedy skits. Smosh is part of Youtubes Partner Program which gives content creators the chance to cash in on videos. Millions participate but only a handful make big money. Michele phan made 3 million and the comedy team of rhett and link made 4 million. To make Money Partners agree to let youtube sell ads before their videos with youtube keeping 45 of the revenue. That leaves space to lure content creators away. Vessel and facebook have tried to get youtube stars to post their content on their sites first. And this week vi