Geoff Weiss

• Japanese Hotel Charges Guests $1 If They Agree To Stream Their Stays For 24 Hours
• Studio71 UK Talent Firm ‘Moxie’ Signs Pro-Biker Ryan Taylor, Comedian Munya Chawawa, More

  
• Condé Nast Reveals Latest IGTV Slate Amid Revamped Ad Strategy

  Condé Nast has unveiled an all-new slate for IGTV -- Instagram’s slow-to-catch vertical video hub for longer, episodic content. According to Digiday, Condé forayed onto IGTV in rather rudimentary fashion last year, by simply re-editing YouTube videos into vertical form.

  
• Esports Org 100 Thieves Adds Fortnite Pros ‘Falconer’, ‘Grandma’ To Growing Roster

  Pro esports org 100 Thieves, which also operates a lucrative merch division and branded content business, has added two Fortnite pros to its fleet: Brendan 'Falconer' Falconer and Brett ‘Grandma’ Squires, per numerous missives on Twitter.

  
• YouTube Ghost-Hunters Sam And Colby Launch Self-Help Subscription Service ‘Meta Life’
• TikTok Hits 1.5 Billion Total Downloads, Driven By Explosive Growth In India (Report)
• Snapchat Pledges $750,000 To Support AR Influencers In 2020
• Patreon Now Counts 4 Million Patrons That Have Paid Creators $1 Billion To Date
• Evan Spiegel Says Snapchat Has A Team That Fact-Checks All Political Ads
• Logan Paul Filing Appeal With Athletic Commission After KSI Boxing Defeat: “I Don’t Think I Lost”
• The Game Theorists To Host Nine-Hour Stream For St. Jude With Markiplier, Colleen Ballinger, More
• David Dobrik Says Monthly YouTube Ad Earnings Went From $275,000 To $2,000 In Two Years