Geoff Weiss

• Team 10 Exodus Continues With Departure Of Its Head Of Engineering
• Philip DeFranco Launches Interactive Website And App Dubbed ‘DeFranco Now’ In Partnership With Snakt

  After repeatedly vowing to move future content ventures away from YouTube as a result of plummeting ad revenues and accusations of viewership suppression, Philip DeFranco has launched today a new distribution platform called DeFranco Now.

  
• Patreon Has Paid Out $350 Million To Creators Since Its Founding 5 Years Ago

  More impressive still is the fact that the company expects to pay out an additional $300 million this year. Last May, Patreon announced that it had paid out $150 million to creators in 2017 -- meaning that it expects user earnings to double year-over-year.

  
• Hulu Orders Witchy Series From AwesomenessTV That First Went Viral On Wattpad

  Written by Zoe Aarsen, the thriller follows five teen girls dealing with the supernatural fallout stemming from a game of ‘Light As A Feather, Stiff As A Board’.

  
• Team 10’s Chance Sutton Departing Squad To Focus On Solo Career, Gaming
• Digital Phenom Liza Koshy Hosts Met Gala Red Carpet Pre-Show For ‘Vogue’
• Cyanide & Happiness, ScrewAttack To Headline 3rd Annual Rooster Teeth Animation Festival
• Former Vice And MTV Exec Lauren Dolgen Tapped To Lead BuzzFeed Studios
• Lele Pons Drops Debut Music Video, Clocking 10 Million Views In 4 Days
• Team 10 COO Nick Crompton Quits Due To “Internal Changes”
• V2, The Planned Successor To Vine, Postponed Indefinitely Due To “Financial Hurdles”
• Ninja Hits 10 Million YouTube Subscribers, Gaining 3 Million Subs Over The Past Month