{
  "id": 3802891,
  "title": "YouTube adds Amazon to its shopping affiliate program, enabling US creators to tag Amazon products in Shorts, longform videos, and livestreams (Anna Washenko/Engadget)",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/youtube-adds-amazon-to-its-shopping-affiliate-program-enabling-us",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-08-27T19:15:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Techmeme",
    "slug": "techmeme",
    "url": "https://www.engadget.com/2245799/youtube-creators-can-now-include-affiliate-links-to-amazon/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The retailer just finally joined YouTube Shopping's affiliate program. — YouTube has landed one of the biggest possible gets for its creator ecommerce platform.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "TechCrunch",
        "title": "YouTube now lets creators tag Amazon products and earn commissions from purchases",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/youtube-now-lets-creators-tag-amazon-products-and-earn-commissions",
        "published": "2026-08-27T19:54:28.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Android Authority",
        "title": "Get ready for YouTubers to start stuffing Amazon affiliate links in their content",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/get-ready-for-youtubers-to-start-stuffing-amazon-affiliate-links-in",
        "published": "2026-08-27T21:31:13.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}