James Hale

• FaZe Clan Countersues Tfue, Claims He Cost The Company “Many Millions” In Lost Income
• YouTube Millionaires: Agent 00 Got His Start On YouTube Editing Montages For Other People. Now, He’s A Full-Time Creator.

  Like all secret agents, Agent 00 has an interesting origin story.

  
• YouTube Tweaked Its Algorithm To Promote “Quality Family Content.” That Change Decimated Kid-Friendly Creators’ View Counts.

  Back in early July, when YouTube was (reportedly) in the thick of negotiations with the Federal Trade Commission over issues concerning child safety, it made a change to its algorithm.

  
• Ninja Ditches Twitch, Will Exclusively Stream On Microsoft’s Mixer

  Twitch’s biggest star is leaving the platform. Fortnite pro Tyler ‘Ninja’ Blevins -- who made $500,000 per month on Twitch last year thanks to a grueling streaming schedule where he spent more than 3,800 hours live -- has partnered with Microsoft’s streaming service Mixer, and will exclusively stream his content there for the foreseeable future.

  
• Creators Going Pro: YouTube Gets Viewers Into The Mind Of Gamer Rez And His ‘Fortnite’-Loving Family
• Facebook Wants Disney, Netflix, Amazon, Hulu, and HBO’s Streaming Services On Its Upcoming Connected TV Device (Report)
• Netflix Is Asking Android Users For Permission To Track Their Physical Movements
• Apparently, More Than 64,000 People Paid $50 To Watch Jake Paul And Tana Mongeau Get Married
• YouTube’s King Of Random, Grant Thompson, Has Passed Away At Age 38
• Social Good Creators: Stephanie Villa Starts Conversations To Help Women Better Understand Their Bodies — And Be More Confident
• Missouri Senator Proposes Bill Banning YouTube’s Autoplay, Facebook And Twitter’s Infinite Scroll
• Bytedance Confirms It’s Developing A Smartphone, But Says That’s Not Because Of TikTok