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• Computer Giant HP Names Bella Poarch Brand Ambassador For Gaming Gear
• TikTok Removed 82 Million Videos, 9.6 Billion Fake Likes Between April And June

  That is less than 1% of the total videos uploaded to TikTok within those three months, Eric Han, TikTok’s head of U.S. safety, said in a company writeup of the report.

  
• 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
• 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