James Hale

• Logan Paul Sued By Production Company Over Fallout From Aokigahara Video
• Amazon Acquires Podcast Network Wondery In Reported $300 Million Deal

  Amazon has scooped up podcast network Wondery in a deal reportedly worth more than $300 million.

  
• Google Is Testing A Search Feature That Exclusively Serves Short Videos From TikTok, Instagram

  
• Discord Raises $100 Million, Rolls Out Much-Requested Feature Amid Boom In User Acquisition

  Bolstered by a wave of pandemic (and Among Us) traffic, voice/text messaging service Discord recently hit 140 million monthly active users--double what it had this time last year.

  
• TikTokers’ Collaborative ‘Ratatouille’ Musical To Star Wayne Brady, Tituss Burgess, Adam Lambert
• MrBeast, Jimmy Fallon, MatPat, And More Join YouTube’s NYE Special ‘Hello 2021’
• MrBeast’s Second ‘Finger On The App’ Challenge Set For Feb. 19
• ‘Wonder Woman 1984’ Was Watched By “Nearly Half” Of HBO Max Subscribers On Christmas Day
• 2021 Predictions For YouTube, feat. D’Angelo Wallace, Rebecca Zamolo, And Hank Green
• Pornhub Purges 80% Of User-Uploaded Videos After Allegations Of Child Exploitation, Rape Content
• Digital Video Veteran Lauren Schnipper Joins Jellysmack As VP Of Creator Business Development (Exclusive)
• YouTube Opens Channel Memberships To Creators With At Least 1,000 Subscribers