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• Jenna Marbles Celebrates 20 Million Subscribers By Taking A Well-Deserved Nap
• Facebook, YouTube, Twitter Refuse To Remove Trump Campaign Ad That Pushes Biden/Ukraine Conspiracy Theory

  Facebook is refusing to remove a Donald Trump campaign ad that touts the president’s current conspiracy theory du jour: that Democrat rival and former vice president Joe Biden attempted to get a Ukranian prosecutor fired in order to prevent that prosecutor from looking into a company tied to his son.

  
• Group Nine Acquires PopSugar In All-Stock Deal That Will Boost Its Reach To Half The U.S. Population

  Just one week after women’s lifestyle outlet Refinery29 was acquired by Vice in a stock-plus-some-cash deal, similar outlet PopSugar has been snapped up by digital publisher Group Nine Media.

  
• Here’s The No. 1 Reason People Cancel Their Streaming Service Subscriptions (Survey)

  With several new services about to crowd into the streaming space over the next year, it’s natural to wonder about what the hundreds of services (particularly small or niche services) already available can do to retain the subscribers they have in the face of some stiff competition.

  
• Overwatch League Snags 16% More Viewership This Season, Is Only Major Sports League To See Boost In Young Viewers
• Influencer Sinead Burke Unveils Series With Just-Launched Podcast Network Lemonada
• FaZe Clan Scores Content Creation, Merch Partnership With Soccer Club Manchester City
• Shane Dawson Drops Trailer For ‘The Beautiful World Of Jeffree Star,’ Teasing A Series About Them Both
• Nielsen Now Tracks Interactions With TV Stars’ Social Media Posts, Which Drive 60% Of Engagement For Shows
• YouTube, Facebook, Instagram Are Epicenters For Steroid Sales — And So Are Their Recommendation Algorithms (Study)
• Former SourceFed Hosts ‘The Valleyfolk’ Win First Season Of NBC’s ‘Bring The Funny’
• YouTube Testing New ‘Profile Cards’ That Showcase Channel-Specific Comment History