Geoff Weiss

• Canadian YouTube Giant WatchMojo Invests In Digital Video Festival ‘Buffer’
• The Obamas’ Digital Media Firm Hires HBO’s Ada Chiaghana To Head Development, Production

  The Obamas’ digital media company, Higher Ground, has hired a former top HBO exec to oversee development and production. 

  
• Vice News To Merge With Viceland Amid Layoffs At Latter, Pivot Away From Entertainment

  Viceland, Vice's three-year-old linear cable channel operated in conjunction with A+E Networks, has undergone 15 layoffs amid a pivot away from entertainment content and toward harder news programming.

  
• YouTube Hands Out Grants To 8 Indian Creators As Part Of $20 Million ‘Learning Fund’

  At the second annual New Delhi gathering for EduCon -- a conference series organized by YouTube globally that seeks to connect 'EduTubers' with pertinent resources and one another, which was attended by 200 creators -- the video giant doled out grants to eight education-focused vloggers.

  
• YouTube Now Requires Creators To Manually Approve Crowdsourced Video Translations To Clamp Down On Trolls
• LAPD Won’t File Charges Against Brooke Houts, The YouTuber Who Hit Her Dog In A Vlog
• Influencer Merch Maker Teespring Hires New VP Of Finance, Chief Of Staff
• TikTok Forges Multi-Year NFL Pact Comprising Official Account, Hashtag Challenges
• YouTube Has Removed 100,000 Videos, 17,000 Channels After Implementing June ‘Hate Speech’ Policy
• Condé Nast Entertainment Doubles Down On Facebook Watch With Jackie Aina Series
• Eva Gutowski Stars In PETA Campaign Urging Fans Not To Visit Marine Parks, Aquariums
• YouTube Re-Bans InfoWars Channel After It Temporarily Circumvented The Site’s Terms Of Service