Geoff Weiss

• Universal Music Yanks Catalog From Triller, Slams Service For Withholding Artist Payments
• Former YouTube Employee Launches ‘BlackOakTV’ Streaming Service To Superserve Black Viewers And Creators

  A former YouTube employee named Uzo Ometu is pressing play on his own entrepreneurial vision, launching an indie streaming service that seeks to superserve Black audiences and counteract underrepresentation across the greater media landscape with a slate of content from buzzworthy Black creatives.

  
• Kids’ Studio Pocket.watch Taps YouTube Icons Lilly Singh, Rosanna Pansino For 2021 Slate

  Pocket.watch, the digital studio creating kids' content alongside YouTube megastars like Ryan Kaji, has unveiled its largest content slate to date for 2021 that it says will bolster its library by 1,600 episodes.

  
• JoJo Siwa To Headline Musical Feature ‘The J Team’ At Nickelodeon And Awesomeness Films

  After coming out the closet as a member of the LGBTQ+ community -- and sharing that she has a girlfriend last night on Jimmy Fallon -- JoJo Siwa has announced her latest project. Nickelodeon and Awesomeness Films are about to kick off production on The J Team, a live-action musical starring the multi-talented 17-year-old.

  
• Instagram Building Vertical Scrolling Experience For Stories, Just Like TikTok
• Red Bull Launches AR Mobile Game Series With Tyler ‘Ninja’ Blevins, 4 Other Athletes
• YouTube Design Duo Mr. Kate Unveils Quirky Furniture Collection
• TikTok Implements Prompts To Deter Users From Proliferating Misinformation
• YouTube Sets Series From Hillary Clinton’s HiddenLight Productions, Starring Patricia Bright
• Josh Richards And Griffin Johnson Invest In ‘Breakr’, Which Pairs Influencers With Emerging Musicians
• Wheelhouse Launches ‘DNA’ Division For Digital And Audio Ventures, Inks 360 Deal With Nikita Dragun (Exclusive)
• FaZe Clan Signs With UTA Amid Content Expansion Into Scripted, Podcasting, More