James Hale

• DrLupo, Who Raised $920,000 In 4 Hours For St. Jude, Honored As Hospital’s First ‘Creator Of The Year’
• Joe Sugg Lands Cameo In Animated Feature ‘Farmageddon’

  Joe Sugg is returning to the world of animation. The creator, who’s previously lent his voice (often alongside fellow YouTuber Caspar Lee) to numerous projects, announced this week that he’ll have a cameo in Farmageddon, an upcoming feature film installment in the long-running Wallace and Gromit spinoff franchise Shaun the Sheep.

  
• YouTube Updates Video Editing Tools, Allowing Creators To Automatically Release Manual Copyright Claims

  Today, YouTube rolled out the manual copyright claiming changes we first reported in March. Now, entities that manually file a copyright claim on a video must provide that video’s creator with timestamps indicating where in the video their copyrighted content has been used.

  
• Brands Will Be Showing Off Their Best Work At VidCon, Six Minutes At A Time

  This year, VidCon is switching up the way it presents case studies (and taking advantage of the fact that it’s not occurring at the same time as Cannes Lions). Rather than having several spread-out sessions where brands present the best of the best in social and video influencer campaigns, this year’s convention is hosting Six-Minute Case Studies: one hour-long, rapid-fire program featuring seven brands, including Netflix, Microsoft, Chipotle, and Electronic Arts.

  
• BBC Studios Invests In Quibi, Will Produce Original Nature Series ‘Fierce Queens’
• BuzzFeed Debuts First Snapchat Original, Weekday Trendy News Roundup ‘BTW’
• FTC Reportedly Considering Asking YouTubers To Turn Off Ads In The Name Of Child Privacy
• Studio71 Scoops Up Top Creators Jacksepticeye, Joey Graceffa, And Ali-A
• Netflix To Decrease Depictions Of Tobacco Use In Original Projects After Anti-Smoking Report
• Netflix Released A Director’s Commentary For ‘Always Be My Maybe,’ But You Can’t Listen To It On Netflix
• After Wrath Of “Angry Computer Nerds,” YouTube Reverses Strike On Ethical Hacking Channel
• Spotify Signs Deal To Get Footloose With Kevin Bacon In Upcoming Comedy Podcast