News

• Rhett And Link’s 9-Year-Old YouTube Talk Show ‘Good Mythical Morning’ Fetes 2000 Episodes
• Twitter Brought In More Than $1 Billion Last Quarter With Ad Sales Alone

  The company reported total revenue of $1.19 billion, more than analysts’ projected $1.07 billion and a 74% year-over-year increase from Q2 2020. In its letter to stockholders, Twitter attributed its revenue to “better-than-expected performance across all major products and geographics.”

  
• Lilly Singh Returning To YouTube Channel With Weekly Uploads After Wrapping Late-Night Show

  Lilly Singh is getting back to her bread and butter -- plotting weekly comedy sketch uploads on her YouTube channel beginning Thursday and lasting through Christmas.

  
• Snapchat Posts Biggest Quarterly Growth In Users, Revenues Than It Has In 4 Years, Evan Spiegel Says

  Snapchat shared in its quarterly earnings report that it now counts 293 million daily users -- an increase of 55 million users (or 23%) over Q2 last year.

  
• Insights: Netflix Looks To An Immersive Future With Gaming Initiative
• YouTube Millionaires: Jiedel’s Channel Is A Grab Bag Of Gaming, Sports, Cooking, And Challenges—And Viewers Dig The Variety
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• Top 50 Most Viewed YouTube Channels Worldwide • Week Of 07/19/2021
• Digital Studio Upstart Creator+ Announces First Feature Film With Madelaine Petsch, Chlöe Bailey
• YouTube Removes Videos From Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro For Spreading COVID Misinformation
• TikTok’s Recommendation Algorithm Is Even More Powerful—And Potentially Dangerous—Than YouTube’s (Report)
• Creators On The Rise: Jake Fellman’s YouTube Channel Was Supposed To Advertise His Animation Skills. 5 Billion Views Later, It’s His Career.
• Clubhouse Will No Longer Require Invites From Existing Users, Unveils New Logo
• U.S. Influencer Marketing Spend To Surge 34% To $3.7 Billion This Year, More Than Doubling 2020’s Growth Rate (Report)
• ‘Battle Of The Platforms’ Boxing Event Reportedly Lost $10 Million As Fighters, Investors, Producers Seek Payment
• Jukin Media Pushes Beyond UGC Into Originals With 3 Hires, Long-Form Series ‘Show Us Your Pets’
• Manny ‘MUA’ Gutierrez To Help Young LGBTQ+ People Come Out In Latest Snap Original
• YouTube Phenom Ryan Kaji To Conduct Live Interview With Space Astronauts To Encourage Kids In STEM
• YouTube Acquires Video Startup ‘Simsim’, Which Enables Viewers To Shop Creator Recommendations
• YouTube Expands New ‘Super Thanks’ VOD Tipping Feature To Thousands Of Creators
• Rhett And Link Form $5 Million ‘Creator Accelerator’ Fund, Tender First Equity Investment In Jarvis Johnson
• Twitch Names Veteran Engineering Exec Christine Weber Its First Chief Technology Officer
• 100 Thieves, Gucci Unveil First Piece From Sustainability-Focused Collaboration: A $2,500 Backpack
• WWE Turns To TikTok For Ring Announcer Contest, Wrestler ‘Superstar’ Search