Studios

• Activision Blizzard Lays Off 800 Employees, Expects Revenue Drop And Few New Games In 2019
• UTA Acquires Digital Brand Architects And Its Roster Of Beauty, Fashion, Lifestyle Talent

  United Talent Agency (UTA) has acquired influencer firm Digital Brand Architects (DBA), bringing DBA's roster of fashion, beauty, and lifestyle clients into its fold.

  
• Viacom Rounds Out Digital Talent Team With Hires From LOL Network, PopSugar

  Viacom’s Digital Studios division -- which it unveiled at last year’s NewFronts -- has announced two new hires on its talent and development team.

  
• UTA — Which Reps Emma Chamberlain And Rhett & Link — Hires Digital Agent Eman Redwan

  During her tenure at CAA, Redwan focused on strategic brand partnerships in the beauty and lifestyle category.  Before that, she was an account executive at CBS Radio and a digital talent manager at social media marketing agency theAudience.

  
• Matthew Patrick Claims Defy Media Stole $1.7 Million In YouTube AdSense From 50 Channels
• Whistle Sports Acquires Early Digital Content Studio New Form
• Viacom Purchases Free Streaming Platform Pluto TV For $340 Million
• Chad Wild Clay, Vy Qwaint Launch Mobile Game Inspired By Their Kids’ YouTube Spy Series
• Studio71 Launches Talent Management Division, Signs ‘Storror’, ‘Come Curious’
• After Reorg, Fullscreen Signs 4 Creators To Fully-Managed Talent Unit (Exclusive)
• Class Action Lawsuit Filed Against Defy Media, Claims Of Fraudulent Behavior From Former Generate Partners
• Whistle Sports Signs With CAA Amid Push Into Longer-Form Video