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• TikTok Removed 82 Million Videos, 9.6 Billion Fake Likes Between April And June
• OG YouTube Comedy Brand Smosh Hires First Outside CEO

  Nineteen-year-old comedy brand Smosh, co-founded by YouTube OGs Ian Hecox and Anthony Padilla (who left the company in 2017), has hired its first chief executive. 

  
• Instagram Is Giving Creators A ‘Practice Mode’ For Their Live Streams

  Instagram has unveiled two new livestreaming tools for creators -- a scheduling capability that enables Instagrammers to promote their broadcasts ahead of time, and a ‘Practice Mode’ that aims to help creators avoid any mishaps before going live. 

  
• MrBeast Burger’s Latest Creator Collab Is A Limited-Time MoistCr1TiKaL Melt

  Jokingly billed by MoistCr1TiKaL as “the only sandwich that’s guaranteed to make you more attractive,” Moist Cheese comes with chopped, seasoned ground beef, caramelized onions, American cheese, sliced tomato, iceberg lettuce, mayonnaise, and hot sauce on a toasted roll.

  
• 100 Thieves’ First Acquisition Is Boutique Keyboard Startup Higround
• Top 50 Most Viewed U.S. YouTube Channels • Week Of 10/11/2021
• Creators On The Rise: Ellen & Brian’s K-Pop Dance Covers Are Turning Their Channel Into A Chart-Topper
• Netflix Launching Virtual Book Club On Its YouTube And Facebook Channels
• Twitter Wants More Creators To Use Spaces—So It’s Offering Them $2,500 A Month
• Top 50 Most Viewed YouTube Channels Worldwide • Week Of 10/11/2021
• YouTube Taps 30 Indian Creators For #CreateWithCare Diversity Campaign
• Insights: Short-Video App Clash Goes Public, Built On Bones Of Vine Successor Byte
• Guy Oseary Scoops Up ‘Bored Ape Yacht Club’ Creators Yuga Labs
• Reddit Names Google Vet Pali Bhat Its First Chief Product Officer
• Facebook Unveils Central Hub For All Audio Formats Within ‘Watch’
• Jacksepticeye Slates December ‘Thankmas’ To Fight Homelessness
• CAA Signs Crypto Collector 0xb1 And Their $450+ Million Trove Of NFTs
• Crunchyroll Is Turning Its Mascot Into A Vtuber (Exclusive)
• Facebook’s New $10 Million Fund Will Pay Creators To Make VR Content
• Snapchat Launches Mental Health Venture With Rickey Thompson, Maddie Ziegler, Others
• YouTube Millionaires: For 2HYPE Member ZackTTG, It All Comes Back To Basketball
• YouTube Is Demonetizing (But Not Banning) Climate Change Misinformation
• YouTube Rolls Out Several Updates To Captioning Capabilities
• The Twitch Leak Could Make Hate Raids Even Harder To Beat, Developer Says