Geoff Weiss

• TalentX Entertainment Hires A3 Artists’ Maxwell Mitcheson As VP And Head Of Talent
• ‘Cobra Kai’ Reportedly Nearing Deal For New Home In Light Of YouTube’s Scripted Retreat

  Cobra Kai, arguably the most high-profile YouTube original series to date, is reportedly moving to a competing platform for its third season -- a definitive sign of the video giant’s retreat from the scripted programming arena.Deadline reports that YouTube is in the process of releasing season three to Sony Pictures TV.

  
• Amid YouTube’s Pivot Away From Scripted Originals, Axed ‘Step Up’ Series Dances On At Starz

  Step Up: High Water, one of the first and biggest original series to herald YouTube’s original programming ambitions, has moved to Starz.

  
• Marques Brownlee, Jake Roper, Michael Stevens Help YouTube Nab 5 Daytime Emmy Noms

  YouTube Originals has received some encouraging validation today in the form of five Daytime Emmy Award nominations. In the 'Outstanding Educational Or Informational Series' category, YouTube was recognized for Jake Roeper’s Could You Survive The Movies, which puts fictional movie concepts to the scientific test, and Glad You Asked, in which Vox journalists ventured on a quest to answer some of YouTube's most-searched-for questions. 

  
• YouTube Fully Rolls Out ‘Chapters’ For Easier Video Navigation And Re-Watching
• Doing Things Media Drops Energy Drink Inspired By Viral ‘No Chaser’ Insta Account
• Twitch Launches New Corporate Channel Dedicated To Gaming News, Event Coverage, More
• Tastemade To Follow Travel-Averse Road Trippers In Linear Series ‘The Un-Adventurers’
• Ninja Launches Star-Studded, Six-Week ‘Fortnite’ Tournament On His Mixer Channel
• With 1.5 Billion Daily Views, ‘Epidemic Sound’ Wants To Be YouTube’s De Facto Soundtracker
• YouTube Kids App Arrives On Apple TV
• Amid Pandemic, Target Says It’s The First Mass Retailer To Launch Shoppable Instagram Posts