2013 April Fools Pranks Australia YouTube is closing down, Gina Rinehart is the new boss of Channel 10, and the Australian Financial Review is bucking the compact trend and upsizing to a broadsheet. It's April 1st, and pranksters are doing their darndest to dupe readers - or at least give them a laugh. From media and marketing news site Mumbrella, we learn Fairfax's Australian Financial Review will relaunch in a broadsheet format after 60 years in compact format, just weeks after The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age did precisely the opposite. It would appeal to those buying broadsheets as a "status symbol." Mumbrella quoted the newspaper's CEO Brett Clegg as saying: This Facebook page claimed the ACT Brumbies and the Canberra Raiders were merging. Particularly for those regularly flying between Sydney and Melbourne, people like to buy broadsheets because it sends a subtle signal to fellow travellers that they will be travelling business class and will have room to stretch their arms. In other media efforts, television blog TV Tonight reported the new CEO of Network Ten, Hamish McLennan, had been sacked after just two weeks in the job for failing to lift ratings. He was also spending too much time at the Grand Prix in Melbourne and meeting pollies at parties in Canberra. The board appointed Gina Rinehart, who would introduce new programs including The Miner Wants a Wife, Who Wants to be a Billionaire? and Prospecting with the Stars. YouTube announced it was set to close down. Meanwhile, internet giants YouTube and Google had major announcements of their own. YouTube announced that eight years after its launch, it was set to close down. In a clip posted on its own site, YouTube announced the site had actually been an eight-year contest to find the best video in the world, and 30,000 technicians would now review every single video posted on the site before announcing the winner in 10 years' time. Not true ... Google treasure maps. "Thanks for all your great entries," the video said. YouTube finally has enough videos to begin selecting a winner. In another announcement via a YouTube clip, Google revealed a new "treasure map" mode for Google Maps. The video announced the Google Maps street view team were diving off the coast of Madagascar last year when they discovered a treasure map belonging to the infamous pirate William "Captain" Kidd. The map contains a variety of encrypted symbols which readers were tasked with deciphering. Google also revealed its latest innovation, Google Nose, a service that allowed Googlers to search for smells which would be transmitted through the screen. In London, The Guardian poked fun at its competitors - and itself - by telling readers it was launching "augmented reality" Guardian Goggles, complete with optional anti-bigotry technology, to offer "immersive liberal insight." It is not yet understood how glasses-based immersive journalism will be handled by the emerging new regulatory framework for the UK media. But Hugh Grant said he would issue an authoritative ruling on the question within the next two weeks," the Guardian said. Closer to home, The Biggest Loser Australia was forced to tweet a denial of claims that filming had shut down on the latest series after one of the contestants suffered a heart attack. The source of the joke was journalist Amanda Meade, who later tweeted: "Confirming my Biggest Loser tweet was an April Fool - and also a comment on the dangers associated with the show. #aprilfool." Sports stars were also getting in on the fun, with Canberra Raider Sandor Earl tweeting photos of himself getting a tattoo of club sponsor Huawei's logo on his right thigh. Huawei joined in, tweeting a photo of Earl in a tattoo parlour with his thigh clearly showing the Huawei logo. It said Earl's latest tatt was part of an "individual sponsorship contract with Huawei for an undisclosed sum" - and the statements were retweeted by Earl just minutes later. At one minute past midday, the club put out a press release confirming the prank was just a "bit of fun." Also in the Raiders camp - but this time on Facebook - was this well-timed prank, and even The Canberra Times has been sent a few emails from seemingly concerned sports fans. The page claims the ACT Brumbies and the Canberra Raiders were merging their executives and boards after significant financial hardship. To be called the Canberra Super Club, the page had attracted attention this morning, but punters were quick to comment on the timing of the announcement, which came complete with a slick jumper design for the newly formed club.