Geoff Weiss

• James Charles Lands Self-Styled Cover Of ‘Vogue’ Magazine
• For The First Time, Snapchat Will Let Creators Publicly Display Their Follower Counts

  Nine years after its launch, Snapchat has finally integrated a feature that has long been a given on competing social platforms: public follower counts.That said, users will have the option to publicly display subscriber counts, as spotted by Houston-based social media consultant Mike Metzler (below).

  
• Tati Westbrook Sued By Former Business Partner In Her Halo Beauty Vitamin Venture

  Tati Westbrook and her husband, James, are the subject of a lawsuit by an ex-business partner -- the entrepreneur Clark Swanson -- who is alleging breach of contract, gross negligence, and fraudulent inducement.

  
• VidCon And Discord: How The Event Is Harnessing AMAs To Bind Its Community Around The Calendar

  Like so many businesses in the COVID-19 era, VidCon is facing an existential reckoning head-on, after being forced to cancel all of its IRL gatherings in 2020 in favor of a series of summer streams dubbed VidCon Now.

  
• TikTok Re-Ups Licensing Deal With Sony, Adding Marketing, Artist Discovery Components
• David Dobrik Links Up With Leonardo DiCaprio For Second Voter Registration Contest
• YouTubers Garrett Watts And Andrew Siwicki Launch ‘Sweet Boys’ Podcast At Rooster Teeth (Exclusive)
• Ryan Kaji Becomes First YouTuber To Be Featured In Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade In Roughly A Century
• YouTube Soundtracking Service Epidemic Sound Launches ‘Music Recommender’ Tool For Creators
• WME Signs Bailey Sarian, Whose Channel Fuses Makeup And True Crime (Exclusive)
• Netflix Raises Subscription Prices In The U.S., Causing Shares To Jump 4%
• Anne Munition Re-Ups With Twitch In Exclusive Streaming Deal