James Hale

• PewDiePie Signs Exclusive Facebook Distribution Deal With Jellysmack
• 100 Thieves Snags AT&T Sponsorship, Will Install Branded ‘Valorant’ Team Training Room

  AT&T is now an organization-wide sponsor for gaming, lifestyle, and entertainment collective 100 Thieves.

  
• TikTok Launches 3-Month Incubation Program For Black Creators

  TikTok is launching a three-month incubation program that will “focus on nurturing and developing 100 talented Black creators and music artists,” it announced today.

  
• Sway House Investment Spurs Tinder Founder Sean Rad To Seed $1 Million In ‘Versus Game’ App (Exclusive)

  Sway House’s recent investment and interest in Versus Game--an app that pays players who correctly guess the outcomes of things like sports games and plotlines of popular TV shows--has spurred Tinder founder Sean Rad to also invest $1 million in the company.

  
• Night Media Taps Digital Veteran Andrew Pelosi As Head Of Business Development (Exclusive)
• Hulu Debuts $2 Subscription For College Students
• Right-Wing Social Network Parler Goes Offline After Amazon, Google, Apple Yank Support
• SuperBam Brings In Former Frederator Exec Jeremy Rosen, Social Veteran Francisco Cordero (Exclusive)
• FaZe Clan Adds 6 New Members In Open Recruitment Blitz
• Twitter Acquires Team Behind Podcast App ‘Breaker’ For Development Of Audio-Only Chat Rooms
• Quibi Reportedly In Talks To Sell Its Originals To Roku
• MrBeast’s Creator-Centric 2020 Rewind Racks Up 27 Million Views