Geoff Weiss

• Meghan Rienks Says Her Channel Has Been Hacked, Rebranded For 2 Months Amid Idle Response From YouTube
• Endeavor Invests In Latest $13 Million Round For Creator Marketplace ‘Tongal’

  Endeavor, a holding company that owns talent agency WME, has invested in the latest $13 million round for 11-year-old content creator marketplace Tongal.

  
• Kevin Hart’s LOL Forges Multi-Year Deal With ‘Advertising Week’ For Podcast, Branded Studio, Event Integrations

  Laugh Out Loud, the Kevin Hart-founded digital comedy network, has announced a multi-year pact with the long-running Advertising Week (AW) conference franchise that will see the two companies partnering on a new B2B podcast focused on comedy and culture, launching a new LOL-branded content studio, and even working on event integrations with LOL talent appearing on AW stages across the globe.

  
• Casey Neistat Joins Advisory Board For Social Stock Market Investment Startup ‘Public’

  Casey Neistat, the YouTube staple and entrepreneur, has joined the advisory board of buzzy startup Public.com. Public’s mission is to democratize stock market investments for millennials and others who have yet to invest due to economic and psychological barriers.

  
• Emma Chamberlain Unveils Reimagined Podcast With Broader Focus: ‘Anything Goes’
• Hearst U.K. Pacts With Digital Talent Agency Sixteenth To Launch ‘Influence Network’
• After 109,000 Video Removal Appeals Last Quarter, YouTube Says It Reinstated 22%
• FaZe Clan Indefinitely Suspends Fortnite Star ‘Dubs’ For On-Stream Racial Slur
• Vine Successor ‘Byte’ To Launch Pooled Monetization Program On April 15
• Abrams Artists Signs TikTok Stars Avani Gregg, Andre Swilley, And Tayler Holder
• IAB Reformats NewFronts Once Again With Eight-Day Event, Breakout Sessions For ‘Audio’, ‘Influencers’
• BTS Shatters Record For Biggest YouTube ‘Premiere’ With 1.54 Million Concurrent Viewers