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• TikTok’s Just-Launched SiriusXM Station Marks Sonic Extension Of Its ‘For You Page’
• New Billboard Chart Will Recognize Digital Creators For Fueling Smash Songs

  This could be through memes, dance challenges, and more, Billboard notes, and seems particularly focused on TikTok, the short-form video platform where native creators have spawned unlikely hits and revolutionized today’s music landscape.

  
• Top 50 Most Viewed YouTube Channels Worldwide • Week Of 08/16/2021

  Julius Dein took a long path to our YouTube Top 50, but after striking gold on Facebook and TikTok, the British magician is a hit.

  
• YouTube Millionaires: SOKRISPYMEDIA Started With ‘Chalk Warfare’ On YouTube. Now They’re A Full-Fledged Production Studio.

  The basic conceit of Chalk Warfare is simple: Teams must draw their way to victory, using colored chalk to draw weapons on nearby surfaces. Once the weapons are complete, competitors can tug them straight off the surface and into their hands.

  
• Top 50 Most Viewed U.S. YouTube Channels • Week Of 08/16/2021
• VidCon 2021 Is Cancelled, VidCon 2022 Dates Announced
• Snap Names Former Facebook Exec Konstantinos Papamiltiadis First VP Of Platform Partnerships
• OnlyFans Is Banning Sexually Explicit Content
• ‘ACM Awards’ Becomes First Linear Awards Show To Go Digital In Exclusive Deal With Amazon
• Top Twitch Streamer ‘Amouranth’ Says She Was The Victim Of A Suspected Arson Attack
• The SEC Charges 3 Ex-Netflix Engineers For $3 Million Insider Trading Ring
• Former Publicist Tommy Fortmann Joins Boutique Talent Firm Matter Media, Signs Remi Cruz
• FaZe Clan Snags “Strategic Investment” From Atlanta Esports Ventures Owner Cox Enterprises
• Senators Challenge TikTok Over Plans To Collect Users’ Face And Voiceprints
• Creators On The Rise: Frank Michael Smith Tells Sports’ Greatest Stories—In One Minute Or Less
• TikTok E-Boy Lil Huddy Teams With Beauty Upstart ‘Glamnetic’ On Nail Sticker Collection
• Twitter’s Asking Users To Report COVID, Election Misinformation In New Test
• Spotify-Owned The Ringer Pins Podcast Partnership With WWE
• Spotify Rolls Out New Radio Host-Esque ‘Music + Talk’ Format To Creators Globally
• Tana Mongeau Says She’s Made $6 Million On OnlyFans As She Readies Second Account
• Blockchain-Based Music Streamer ‘Audius’ Will Let Artists Share Their Tracks Directly To TikTok
• YouTube Is One Of The Largest Search Engines In The World. It Just Added Some New Features.
• Viral TikTok Nabs Creator A Spot At Gordon Ramsay’s Dinner Table
• 19-Year-Old TikTok Phenom ‘SeanDoesMagic’ To Premiere Brat TV-Produced Series On Facebook