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• HBO, HBO Max Surpass Internal Projections With 73.8 Million Year-End Subscribers
• Kevin Mayer And Tom Staggs’ Candle Media Takes $60 Million Minority Stake In Westbrook Inc.

  Kevin Mayer and Tom Staggs’ until-now-unnamed media venture has taken a minority stake in Will and Jada Pinkett Smith’s Westbrook Inc.

  
• Top 50 Most Viewed YouTube Channels Worldwide • Week Of 01/02/2022

  Tuvok12 takes to TikTok and YouTube Shorts to challenge people to make basketball and soccer shots on the street. He made our Global Top 50.

  
• Former Boxing Foes Logan Paul And KSI Co-Found Beverage Brand ‘Prime’

  Logan Paul and Olajide ‘KSI’ Olatunji have evolved from boxing foes to business partners.

  
• Floyd Mayweather Floats Fight Against Another YouTuber — Dubai-Based ‘Money Kicks’
• Jellysmack Names Viacom Digital Studios GM Stefanie Schwartz Head Of Platform Partnerships
• Sneakerhead Platform ‘SoleSavy’ Names Former BBTV Exec Ali Adab Chief Content Officer
• David Dobrik Says He Hasn’t Made Any YouTube Ad Money In Roughly Four Years
• Jake Paul And Dana White Trade Drug Use Allegations As Feud Over Prospective Fight Escalates
• Top 50 Most Viewed U.S. YouTube Channels • Week Of 12/26/2021
• Top 50 Most Viewed YouTube Channels Worldwide • Week Of 12/26/2021
• HBO Max Was The Most-Downloaded Streaming Service App In The U.S. This Year, Per Apptopia
• TikTok Content Moderator Sues Company For Psychological Trauma
• ‘Squid Game’ Creator In Talks With Netflix For Second And Third Seasons
• MrBeast And Mark Rober’s #TeamSeas Campaign Surpasses $25 Million
• Ready Player Me Raises $13 Million To Make Metaverse Avatars And NFT Cosmetics
• Kevin Mayer, Tom Staggs Venture Finds Third Acquisition In Israeli Studio Faraway Road
• TikTok Throwing Live New Year’s Eve Concert With Charlie Puth, Kali Uchis, Rico Nasty
• Shoppable Livestreams Could Drive 20% Of All Ecommerce Revenue By 2026 (Report)
• Twitch And Facebook Gaming Viewership Rose 45% From 2020 To 2021
• YouTube Experiments With Letting Viewers Customize Their ‘Super Thanks’ Messages
• Creators On The Rise: Dr. Ryan’s Prescription? “Subscribe For A Face Mask.”
• Triller’s Going Public In $5 Billion Merger With SeaChange International
• Top 50 Most Viewed U.S. YouTube Channels • Week Of 12/19/2021