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• YouTube Creators’ AdSense Payments Are In Limbo After Defy Media’s Abrupt Shutdown
• Smosh Co-Founder Anthony Padilla Shares Why He Departed “Evil And Shady” Defy Media After Sudden Shutdown

  %%excerpt%%Padilla -- who subsequently launched his own YouTube channel in collaboration with Studio71 -- is finally sharing his long-held frustrations with Defy, which he explains he previously kept under wraps to protect his friends who still worked at the company.

  
• Defy Media Announces Total Shutdown, Is Ceasing Operations Effective Immediately

  Defy Media is shutting down, effective immediately.

  
• Defy Media Sends Notice It Will Shutter Beverly Hills Office, Lay Off Los Angeles-Based Employees

  Defy Media has given all of the employees working out of its Beverly Hills production office notice that they will be laid off and the office will be permanently closed effective Jan. 2, 2019, according to sources familiar with the matter.

  
• Warner Bros. Promptly Shutters K-Drama Streaming Destination DramaFever
• Fullscreen Offers Advertisers New ‘Shield’ Tool To Ensure Brand Safety
• Viacom Announces New Awesomeness, MTV, Comedy Central TV Shows To Premiere On YouTube, Twitter, Hulu
• Vox To Debunk Misconceptions About The News In Ad-Supported YouTube Original
• Fullscreen Signs 10 Creators, Including FaZe Tfue, Nia Sioux, The Ireland Boys
• BBTV To Help Digital Musicians Secure Distribution On Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube Music, More
• Viacom Names AwesomenessTV Co-Founder Brian Robbins President Of Nickelodeon
• Fullscreen Study Finds Avid Gamers Have Twice As Much Discretionary Income As Non-Gamers