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• Guns N’ Roses Lays Claim To Only Music Videos From The ’90s — And Now The ’80s — With 1 Billion Views
• Is A.I. The Next Step For Influencer Marketing? Meet Lil Miquela.

  "The robots are coming for your job." It’s a refrain workers have heard for decades as technology continues to march forward and change the way that we live. And so, is the world of influencer marketing just as vulnerable as the assembly line with the recent advent of A.I. influencers?

  
• YouTube Pacts With MerchBar To Help ‘Official Artist Channels’ Drive Merch, Vinyl Sales

  YouTube is linking up with MerchBar -- an ecommerce company that vends 1 million items of official merch and vinyl for upwards of 35,000 musicians -- in a bid to increase sales for artists.

  
• YouTube Drops Trailer For Latest Learning-Focused Original, Starring VSauce3’s Jake Roper

  YouTube has unveiled the trailer for a previously-announced original series dubbed Could You Survive The Movies?, in which creator and host Jake Roper will undertake real-life scientific experiments to replicate famed moments from iconic films like Back To The Future, Ghostbusters, and Men In Black, Jumanji, and Alien.

  
• YouTube Continues Crackdown On ‘Pick-Up Artist’ Vloggers Globally
• YouTube Pacts With Michelle Obama On Third Series To Spotlight Global Girls’ Education Initiatives
• YouTube Drops Trailer For Original Series ‘BookTube,’ Featuring All-Star Authors Chatting With Creators
• YouTube Originals Continues Push Into Music-Themed Docs With Mark Ronson Feature
• YouTube Terminates 2 Channels Linked To U.K.-Based ‘Pick-Up Artist’ Convicted Of Harassing Women
• James Charles Spills Savvy Brand Deal With Ole Henriksen — And Some Tea To Boot
• YouTube Adds Ability To Auto-Delete Search And Viewing History
• Catie Turner’s Song “Prom Queen” Sees Nearly 1M New Spotify Streams After Starring In Shane Dawson Trailer