Geoff Weiss

• YouTube’s ‘Stories’ Feature Adds AR Selfie Filters, Like Snapchat Lenses
• Digital Brand Architects Signs Donal Skehan, Chantelle Paige-Mulligan After UTA Acquisition

  Digital Brand Architects, the talent management and marketing firm acquired by UTA last month, has added eight new creators to its roster, spanning various content verticals including food, music, fashion, and travel.

  
• YouTube Terminated Yeah1’s MCN Status, So It’s Selling ScaleLab Back To Original Owners For $12 Million

  Yeah1 Group, the Vietnamese media giant that owns a handful of multi-channel networks, is selling ScaleLab -- a prominent U.S. network that reps Jake Paul, Jimmy ‘MrBeast’ Donaldson, and Erika Costell -- back to its original owners two months after acquiring the firm for up to $20 million.

  
• Roi ‘Guava Juice’ Fabito’s Toy Brand Expands To 3,900 Walmart Stores Nationwide

  Roi ‘Guava Juice’ Fabito, the kid-friendly YouTube star who has amassed 13 million subscribers and 5 billion lifetime views on the strength of his comedic experiments, DIYs, and challenge videos, is set to vastly expand the distribution of his eponymous toy line.

  
• The Company That Owns MrBeast And Jake Paul’s YouTube MCN Just Lost Its Network Status For “Egregious and Repeated” Policy Violations
• YouTube Premium Breakout Hit ‘Cobra Kai’ Returns On April 24 (Trailer)
• YouTube Continues Conspiracy Crackdown With Fact-Checking Cards On Search Results
• Connor Franta To Chat Burnout, Racial Equality, Entrepreneurship On New Podcast
• Nickelodeon Greenlights YouTube Cooking Series With Annie And Hayley LeBlanc
• YouTube, Louis Vuitton Host Emma Chamberlain At Paris Fashion Week
• Gaming Luminaries Ninja, DrLupo, And CouRage Sign With Talent Management Firm ‘Loaded’
• DramaFever’s Former Finance VP Sues Warner Bros., Alleging Anti-Asian Bias