Geoff Weiss

• CAA Signs 15-Year-Old Musical.ly And Comedy Central Star Case Walker
• Jon Cozart, Elle Mills, Shan Boodram To Premiere Works At Inaugural Buffer Festival LA

  “It’s not about followers or views, it’s about the work,” Buffer CEO Scott Benzie said of the kind of talent that the Festival seeks out. “We want to strip down the idea that these people are influencers."

  
• Lele Pons Says She Edits All Her Own Videos, Is “Crazier” Than The Characters She Portrays

  Even though her brand of humor traffics in broad tropes -- like puberty, boys, and school -- and slapstick acting, Pons insists that her actual personality is more extreme than the characters she portrays.

  
• Disney To Launch $5 Monthly ESPN+ Streaming Service On April 12

  Arriving next month, ESPN+ will include Major League Baseball (MLB), National Hockey League (NHL), and Major League Soccer (MLS) games as well as college sports, boxing, PGA Tour events, and Grand Slam tennis matches.

  
• Snapchat Tries Explaining Itself To The Masses In First TV Commercial
• YouTube Launches New Ad Unit Called ‘TrueView For Reach’
• Danielle Bregoli’s Second Single Goes Gold, Bolstered By 85 Million YouTube Views
• Geek & Sundry Launches YouTube VR Series Ahead Of International Tabletop Day
• Christian Baesler To Oversee First We Feast, Rated Red As Complex Networks President
• YouTube Has Given Its Silver And Gold Creator Awards A Slight Facelift
• Markiplier Hits 20 Million Subscribers, Unveils ‘Tasteful Nudes’ Charity Calendar
• BuzzFeed Names Former Meredith Exec Melinda Lee Its First Chief Content Officer