Geoff Weiss

• Body Artist Jody Steel To Launch Make-A-Wish Fundraiser On Her Massively-Followed Facebook Page
• Beauty Giant Estée Lauder Now Allots 75% Of Its Digital Marketing Budget To Influencers

  The Estée Lauder Companies, one of the biggest behemoths in the global beauty industry, has gone all in on influencers.

  
• YouTube Disables 210 Channels For Spreading Misinformation About Hong Kong Protests

  Google announced yesterday that it had disabled 210 YouTube accounts for attempting to spread misinformation related to the ongoing protests in Hong Kong. The protests, which kicked off in March, are in opposition to an extradition bill that would allow local authorities to extradite people in Hong Kong -- which has a different governance system than the rest of China -- to other countries that it does not have extradition agreements with.

  
• YouTube TV To Sell Add-Ons For AMC-Owned Acorn TV, Urban Movie Channel

  YouTube TV has added two paid add-on options to its skinny bundle service as part of an expanded pact with AMC Networks.

  
• Bhad Bhabie Pacts With BBTV Interactive On Mobile Car Game ‘Ride Or Die!’
• Benjamin ‘DrLupo’ Lupo Inks Multi-Year Equity Deal With Esports Conglomerate ReKTGlobal
• Studio71 Is Kickstarting A Trivia Board Game Created By ‘Magic: The Gathering’ Mastermind
• YouTube No Longer Commissioning Scripted Originals In EMEA, Orders 3 Education-Focused Projects
• YouTube Is Axing Its Two-Year-Old Direct Messaging Feature In September
• Vlog Squad’s Toddy Smith To Make Literary Foray With Co-Authored Story Collection
• YouTube Originals Taps K-Pop Girl Group ‘Twice’ For Tour Docuseries
• Reddit Piloting New ‘RPAN’ Livestreaming Feature Over The Next Five Days