Geoff Weiss

• Digital Creator-Focused Charity Platform Tiltify Raises $6.5 Million
• YouTube Originals Taps La La Anthony, 2 Chainz, Pretty Vee For HBCU Homecoming Stream

  YouTube Originals has announced today the initial lineup for its HBCU Homecoming 2020 livestream special dubbed Meet Me On The Yard.YouTube has previously hosted in-person homecoming celebrations for Historically Black Colleges and Universities, including Morehouse, Spelman, and Howard University -- though the virtual stream, amid coronavirus, is a first.

  
• Awesomeness Sets New Series From YouTube Duos The Merrell Twins, Niki And Gabi

  ViacomCBS-owned Awesomeness, which creates content for Gen Z, has unveiled a duo of digital series starring two of YouTube’s most beloved sets of twins.

  
• Following Staff Exodus, Bon Appetit Relaunches YouTube Channel With 8 New And 3 Returning Hosts

  Bon Appetit has unveiled its vision for a more inclusive YouTube channel, after a total of eight hosts departed its ‘Test Kitchen’ series amid a lack of diversity onscreen and allegations of racially-charged pay disparities. 

  
• Following His Grand Return To Twitch, Ninja Signs With CAA
• Brooklyn-Based Startup MSCHF Wants To Pay Influencers To Take Down “Evil” Brands
• Newly-Formed Talent Management Firm ‘Range Media’ Taps Facebook’s Kai Gayoso To Lead Digital
• Logan Paul’s Pokemon Card Unboxing Stream Gets 300,000 Concurrent Viewers, Raises $130,000 For Charity
• Joe Biden Taps Portal A For #ImVotingFor Influencer Campaign On Instagram, Twitter
• Can You Avoid Creator Burnout By Working The YouTube Algorithm? Is More Actually Less? We Take A Look.
• ICM Signs TikToker Sienna Mae Gomez, Who Racked Up 5 Million Followers In 2 Months
• Facebook Unveils Free Tool Enabling Creators To Test Video Post Performance Before Publishing