Channels

• Netflix Names Paul Debevec Director Of Research, To Develop New Storytelling Tools
• YouTube Adds Subscriber-Only Chats And Polls For Livestreamers, Expands ‘Clips’ Feature To More Gaming Creators

  All gaming creators with at least 1,000 subscribers now have access to Clips, a feature YouTube first unveiled in January. Clips gives any YouTube user the ability to highlight between five and sixty seconds of content from creators’ uploads and live streams.

  
• Netflix Hires Gaming Vet Mike Verdu, Plans To Add Video Games To Platform Next Year

  Netflix has hired gaming industry veteran Mike Verdu, and plans to offer video games on its platform beginning next year.

  
• Twitter Axes Fleets, Making More Room For Clubhouse Copycat Spaces

  Currently, live Spaces are highlighted at the head of the Spaces/Fleets row, but with Fleets gone, the entire area will be dedicated to audio content.

  
• Instagram Will Let Creators Sell Merch Directly From Their Personal Profiles
• YouTube Taps Lilly Singh, Binging With Babish To Talk Post-Pandemic Marketing Strategies With Top CMOs
• Netflix Orders ‘CoComelon’, ‘Little Baby Bum’ Originals Amid Moonbug Library Expansion
• YouTube Shorts Goes Global, Rolling Out In 100+ Countries
• Google Play Taps The Try Guys For Portal A-Produced ‘Pokémon Go’ Campaign
• YouTube Testing ‘Achievement Cards’ In Studio Dashboards To Mark Creator Milestones
• Netflix Names Apple, NPR Vet N’Jeri Eaton Its First-Ever Head Of Podcasts
• YouTube Rolls Out Personalized Video Recommendation Feed ‘New To You’