* Initial participants will be 20 organizations across 10 countries, selected for having a notable long-form video presence on YouTube but that have yet to embr

* Initial participants will be 20 organizations across 10 countries, selected for having a notable long-form video presence on YouTube but that have yet to embrace short-form news formats. (Other media companies, like ESPN, have already leaned into Shorts.)* The phrasing is a bit awkward for me. I get the part that YT is looking for channels that are more substance and less blurb. That seems pretty okay. "Have Yet To Embrace Short-Form" is a weird; it seems to imply that only that news orgs who will eventually do short-form are being considered. I assume that's not what they meant. Also that ESPN isn't considered - because it's short-forming, not because it's a sportsball channel. That's an oddly specific choice; it could imply a view that sports reporting is as equally important as critical news. Again, that might not be what this article meant.