Walt Disney Co.’s decision to cut ties with YouTube megastar PewDiePie has heightened the urgency within the entertainment company to figure out what it should do with digital video network Maker Studios three years after the media giant acquired it for more than $500 million. Felix Kjellberg, known online as PewDiePie, has the most popular channel on YouTube and was since 2012 the highest-profile talent to work with Maker.

Source: Wall Street Journal February 14, 2017 23:03 UTC