Geoff Weiss

• Stephen Curry To Chat With Gaming Stars Myth, Hamlinz On Second Season Of YouTube Series
• Viacom’s Awesomeness Inks Deals To Distribute 18 Flagship Series, Films Internationally

  After acquiring Awesomeness last July, Viacom is pursuing a global rollout of the digital brand, which creates programming targeting Gen Z.

  
• YouTube Tattooist Romeo Lacoste On Inappropriate Messages To Young Fans: “Some Are Real, And Some Are Fabricated”

  Romeo Lacoste, the 30-year-old digital star who is the de facto tattooist to the world’s biggest YouTube stars, has been accused of sending inappropriate Twitter DMs to underage fans.

  
• Twitter Launches Improved In-App Camera With 280-Second Video Limit

  Twitter is taking strides to encourage more users to share photo and video content -- and looking a lot like Snapchat and Instagram in the process.The micro-blogging app unveiled today at South By Southwest an improved in-app camera that will roll out on both iOS and Android over the next week.

  
• YouTube Premium, YouTube Music Roll Out To Critical Indian Market
• YouTube Star Olivia Jade Emerges As Beneficiary In College Bribery Scandal
• After Laying Off 250 Staffers, Vice Is Now Looking To Raise $200 Million (Report)
• Early U.K. YouTube Stars Tanya Burr And Jim Chapman Announce Separation
• Facebook Watch’s New Video Incubator To Act As Matchmaker For Publishers, Influencers
• Nikita Dragun Launches Makeup Brand Targeting Transgender Wearers — And Beyond
• YouTube TV Taps NBCUniversal Vet Lori Conkling To Oversee Global Partnerships
• CAA Continues Foray Into Gaming Creator Space With ‘Criken’, Elspeth Eastman (Exclusive)