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• Strava seeks social, ecommerce features by hiring YouTube vet as new CEO
• Want to show your Close Friends what you’re up to? Drop them a video Note on Instagram.

  Instagram is letting users add some motion to their status updates thanks to a video feature for the year-old Notes format.

  
• Kensington Grey signs Joel Bervell, Maurice Kamara, and DeAndre Brown to expand diverse roster

  Maurice Kamara of The People Gallery, as well as DeAndre Brown and Joel Bervell, are the latest creators to sign with Kensington Grey.

  
• MrBeast’s Feastables brand may need to rename Deez Nutz due to legal dispute

  MrBeast could be forced to change the name of Feastables' Deez Nutz bar after losing a legal battle against Jacksonville-based Dee's Nuts.

  
• Connor Wood, known as ‘Fibula’ on TikTok, sees early sell-outs for 11-city comedy tour
• Google Classroom users can now “turn any YouTube video into an interactive lesson”
• Introducing ViewStats: A data platform for YouTube creators co-founded by MrBeast (Exclusive)
• Netflix shares viewership numbers from the first half of 2023 for 18,214 shows and movies
• Viral Nation launches Ventures unit to help creators sell everything from salad bowls to coffee bags
• One-third of U.S. teens use a social app “almost constantly” (and not all of them are on TikTok)
• Top 5 Branded Videos of the Week: Kanga Coolers wins big after earning MrBeast plug through Shopify
• As The NBA Cup hit Las Vegas, creators like Jesser and Bree Green had a showdown of their own