Geoff Weiss

• Queen Naija, BlameItOnKway Nominated At Second Annual ‘BET Social Awards’
• After Child Video Scandal, YouTube Says Ad-Friendly Videos Can Be Demonetized For Inappropriate Comments

  In light of a potential second coming of the Adpocalypse, in which a number of major marketers have pulled YouTube ads after discovering that campaigns had run against ostensibly innocent videos of young children where pedophiles were exchanging fetishizing remarks in the comments, YouTube is taking severe pains to stamp out the behavior -- but not all creators are thrilled with its sweeping response.

  
• Who Won The PewDiePie And T-Series YouTube Subscriber Battle? The Two Canadian Teens Behind FlareTV.

  Late last August, as a critical contest between two massive YouTube channels came into focus, a Canadian creator duo sensed an opportunity and seized it.

  
• Jimmy Fallon Becomes First Late-Night Host To Hit 20 Million YouTube Subscribers

  YouTube, which has breathed new life into the late-night TV landscape by making clips that air in the early hours of the morning accessible to viewers around the clock -- and around the globe -- in snackably short formats, is commemorating a new milestone with Jimmy Fallon.

  
• Anti-Vaccination Videos May Be YouTube’s Latest Front In Battle Against Conspiracies
• Fifth Annual TwitchCon Plots Return To San Diego This September
• Disney Pulls YouTube Ads Amid Child Video Scandal, As Platform Disables Comments On Tens Of Millions Of Videos
• ‘Fortnite’ Publisher Pauses YouTube Ads After They Ran On Videos Where Commenters Fetishized Children
• Netflix Unveils Canadian Production Hub To Accommodate Projects From Guillermo Del Toro, John Green
• Sports-Centric Whistle Appoints Refinery29’s Alison Meyer VP Of Marketing
• Instagram Meme Account Daquan Co-Developing Original Series Slate With All Def Digital
• Cardi B Named Headliner For 5th Annual Beautycon New York