James Hale

• Group Nine Announces New Executive Leadership Structure Following PopSugar Acquisition
• AT&T Will Invest $4 Billion In HBO Max Over Next 3 Years, Doesn’t Expect Profit Until 2024

  AT&T revealed today that, over the next three years, it plans to invest between $3.5 and $4 billion in subsidiary entity WarnerMedia’s upcoming streaming service HBO Max.

  
• Smosh Will Take ‘Try Not To Laugh’ YouTube Series Live With First-Ever Tour

  For the first time in its nearly two decades of life, Smosh is going on tour. The entertainment company, co-founded by best friends Ian Hecox and Anthony Padilla in 2002, is taking its popular YouTube series Try Not to Laugh on a five-city, six-day tour in Feb. 2020.

  
• Facebook Launches ‘News’ Tab, Will Pay (Some) Partner Outlets For Their Content

  This morning, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg (who recently endured a scathing interrogation by Congresspeople, particularly Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, about how Facebook handles election security and fact-checking) introduced the platform’s News tab, which is rolling out today to about 200,000 users in the U.S.

  
• MrBeast Is Going To Plant 20 Million Trees — With A Little Help From The YouTube Community
• Rooster Teeth Renews ‘gen:LOCK’ For Season 2, Will Premiere It Exclusively On HBO Max
• Talent Manager Dustin Parker Joins Addition, Bringing Diverse Roster Of Clients (Exclusive)
• YouTube Millionaires: Erik The Electric Undertakes The Internet’s Most Intense Eating Challenges
• Shroud Pulls A Ninja, Exiting Twitch For Exclusive Livestreaming Deal With Mixer
• Jesse Ridgway Spent 13 Years Making Content On YouTube. Here’s Why He’s Leaving — And Building Its Competitor.
• YouTube Music Brings 10,000 Fans Together To Create New Queen Music Videos
• Creators Going Pro: Andy George’s Rebooted Series ‘How To Make Everything’ Will See Him Create Civilization From Scratch