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• YouTube’s ‘Shorts’ TikTok Clone, With 3.5 Billion Daily Views, To Arrive In The U.S. This March
• Former YouTube Employee Launches ‘BlackOakTV’ Streaming Service To Superserve Black Viewers And Creators

  A former YouTube employee named Uzo Ometu is pressing play on his own entrepreneurial vision, launching an indie streaming service that seeks to superserve Black audiences and counteract underrepresentation across the greater media landscape with a slate of content from buzzworthy Black creatives.

  
• ‘#YouTubeBlack Voices Grant Program’ Unveils Inaugural Class Of 132 Creator Recipients

  Last year, YouTube doubled down on its its long-running #YouTubeBlack initiative (which was founded back in 2016), by committing $100 million in funding over several years to uplift Black creators and artists globally in the wake of the George Floyd protests.

  
• Logan Paul Sued By Production Company Over Fallout From Aokigahara Video

  A production company that was set to make a Logan Paul-fronted film in 2017 is now suing the YouTuber, alleging his infamous Aokigahara vlog tanked the film and disrupted a multimillion-dollar distribution deal with Google.A production company that was set to make a Logan Paul-fronted film in 2017 is now suing the YouTuber, alleging his infamous Aokigahara vlog tanked the film and disrupted a multimillion-dollar distribution deal with Google.

  
• NikkieTutorials To Lift Veil On Personal Turmoil, Triumphs In New YouTube Docuseries
• Pornhub Purges 80% Of User-Uploaded Videos After Allegations Of Child Exploitation, Rape Content
• Here Are Your 2020 Streamy Award Winners
• Discovery Is Making A Docuseries About Onision
• Sony-Owned Anime Streamer Funimation To Buy Crunchyroll For $1.2 Billion
• ‘The Drew Barrymore Show’ Taps TikTok Star Eitan Bernath As Principal Culinary Contributor
• Ryan’s World’s Latest Brand Expansion Is A Virtual World Within Roblox
• Creators Can Now Host Live Pre-Shows, Embed Trailers Ahead Of Their YouTube Video ‘Premieres’