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• Facebook Ups Streamer-Fan Interactivity With New ‘Play Watch Connect’ Features
• Pinterest Buys Belarus-Based Video Creation App ‘Vochi’

  Pinterest has acquired content creation and editing app Vochi amid its ongoing push into the video industry. 

  
• TikTok Named Title Sponsor For VidCon 2022

  VidCon 2022 will take place June 22-25 in the convention’s usual home, the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, Calif.

  
• TikTok Names David Allen’s ‘Drone Dancing’ Top Video Of 2021, “Adderall (Corvette, Corvette)” Top Song

  TikTok is taking a fond look back at a jam-packed 2021. The company, which has 1 billion users, has shared a total of six lists in the spirit of year-end recapping.

  
• Ludwig Stream Temporarily Interrupted Days Into YouTube Deal, But He Wasn’t Suspended Or Banned
• Former Amazon Studios, Hulu CFO Elaine Paul Joining Lyft In Same Role
• Studio71 To Drop First NFTs Alongside YouTube Animation Channel EnchantedMob
• UTA-Backed SPAC Raising $200 Million, With Sights Set On Gaming Space
• Inaugural VidCon Abu Dhabi Kicking Off In-Person Tomorrow
• 100 Thieves Raises $60 Million At $460 Million Valuation To “Launch And Acquire New Companies”
• Ludwig Ahgren, A Top Twitch Streamer, Gets Poached By YouTube Gaming
• Top 50 Most Viewed U.S. YouTube Channels • Week Of 11/29/2021
• Creators On The Rise: Hannah Warling Challenged Herself To Upload 2 Videos Every Day. She Went From 1,000 Followers To 100,000.
• TikTok Unveils ‘Creator Next’, An Opt-In Portal Where All Monetization Features Will Now Reside
• Larray Tapped To Host 11th Annual Streamy Awards On December 11
• Up North Management Signs 7 YouTubers To Launch New Pop Culture Division (Exclusive)
• MrBeast Nabs ‘Top Trending Video’, ‘Top Creator’ In The U.S., Per YouTube’s Year-End Lists
• Meta Ordered To Sell Giphy — Which It Acquired Last Year — By U.K. Competition Regulator
• Amazon Taps Digital Veteran Kelly Day To Oversee Prime Video Internationally
• Top 50 Most Viewed YouTube Channels Worldwide • Week Of 11/29/2021
• Insights: Jack Dorsey Finally Frees Twitter Bird To Fly Higher, If It Can
• Alexis Ohanian Invests In 25-Year-Old Entrepreneur Tiffany Zhong’s NFT Startup ‘Islands’
• MrBeast’s ‘Squid Game’ Remake Becomes Fastest Non-Music Video To Reach 100 Million Views — In 4 Days
• YouTube’s Latest Experimental Feature Shows Creators What Their Viewers Are Searching For