Geoff Weiss

• Hearst Opens L.A. Production Studio Ahead Of Clevver Relaunch In Coming Weeks
• Rooster Teeth To Host Inaugural Video-Podcast Festival At RTX Austin In July

  The Roost, a nearly two-year-old podcast sales network owned by the digital goliath Rooster Teeth, is planning its first-ever video-podcast festival.

  
• Twitter Unveils ‘Timing Is Everything’ Tool To Help Creators Maximize Video Viewership

  Twitter has launched a new tool for video publishers to help maximize viewership, watch time, and engagement.

  
• Hannah Hart Launches Patreon Page To Keep ‘Hannahlyze This’ Podcast Ad-Free

  YouTube star Hannah Hart, who rose to fame on the strength of her drunken cooking series, is making her way onto Patreon to finance Hannahlyze This -- a podcast co-hosted with her best friend Hannah Gelb in which the two try out self-help fads each week and share their feedback with listeners.

  
• YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki Agrees To “Tea Session” With Shane Dawson Over ‘Trending’ Tab Concerns
• PrankvsPrank’s Jeana Smith Reveals She Has Been Vlogging Under A Pseudonym For Roughly A Decade
• Rhett & Link’s Mythical Entertainment Paid Roughly $10 Million For Smosh (Report)
• Abrams Artists Expands Gaming Roster With Caesar Noriega, Natalie Casanova, Harris Heller
• BBC Studios Launches ‘TalentWorks’ Podcast, Featuring Sit-Downs With Joe Sugg, Elle Mills, More
• Michael Jackson Estate Turns To YouTube To Shift Focus From HBO’s ‘Leaving Neverland’
• Marzia Bisgonin Says She “Feels Good” About Quitting YouTube, After Adjustment Period
• Famous Birthdays Reaches 20 Million Monthly Users, Launches Trivia Outpost