YouTube cancels two original series but denies moving away from original content

YouTube has canceled two of its biggest original series, Origin and Overthinking with Kat & June, a spokesperson for the company has told The Verge. The announcement came in response to a report from Bloomberg, which said that the Google-owned company no longer plans to compete with the likes of Netflix or Amazon Prime Video, and is not accepting pitches for new expensive scripted shows. A YouTube spokesperson denied the report, and said that the service currently has several scripted shows