James Hale

• “TikTok Music” might actually become a thing
• Snapchat already has 1 million people paying for Plus

  As of Aug. 8, so a little under six weeks after Snapchat+ launched, it had more than one million paying subscribers, Snap said today.

  
• Jonathan Skogmo and Lee Essner are leaving Jukin, “confident” it’s in good hands

  Skogmo tells Tubefilter that in his time with Jukin, its team has “accomplished a lot,” including paying out more than $40 million in royalties to content creators.

  
• Facebook says it’s testing encryption that’ll actually keep users’ DMs private

  
• If you know a teenager, there’s a 95% chance they use YouTube
• YouTube Millionaires: How one creator became TikTok’s most popular animator—in a Nutshell
• LilyPichu is going live with her first in-person concert
• Odd Projects signs TikTok’s most-followed animators (Exclusive)
• Creators On The Rise: Miki Rai wants people to know what being a nurse is really like
• Spotify is selling concert tickets now
• TikTok’s Black-owned business accelerator is back for its third year
• Twitch says it’s taking a “deep-dive look” into gambling streams