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• Vox Acquires Podcast Newsletter ‘Hot Pod,’ Will Charge $7/Month To Read It
• TikTok Is The Most Downloaded, Most Watched App In The United States (Report)

  According to a new report from App Annie, stateside mobile phone users watch an average of 24 hours of TikTok content per month, and an average of 22 hours and 40 minutes of YouTube content per month. In the U.K., users watch 26 hours of content per month on TikTok, and 16 hours of content on YouTube.

  
• Mayk.it Raises $4 Million In Seed Funding To Turn Creators Into Musicians

  Mayk.it, a social music creation startup founded by Cameo and Snap alums, has secured $4 million in seed funding.

  
• Top 50 Most Viewed U.S. YouTube Channels • Week Of 09/06/2021

  Kanye West's new album 'Donda' pushed the controversial rapper into our U.S. top 50 ranking of YouTube channels.

  
• Top 50 Most Viewed YouTube Channels Worldwide • Week Of 09/06/2021
• Kelly Merryman Has Resigned As YouTube’s Longtime VP Of Content Partnerships
• Former Paramount+ Exec Julie McNamara Joins Spotify As Head Of U.S. Studios, Video
• Coinbase Bets Big With MrBeast Partnership
• Twitch Says It’s Working On Features To Combat Hate Raids
• YouTube Millionaires: Kai Cenat Tells It Like It Is
• #ADayOffTwitch Protests Made A Noticeable Dent In Viewership
• Climbing The Charts: NBC Sports Adds Nearly 300 Million Minutes Watched On YouTube, Facebook During Olympics
• YouTube Music Crushes 50 Million Subscribers
• Top 50 Most Viewed U.S. YouTube Channels • Week Of 08/30/2021
• Top 50 Most Viewed YouTube Channels Worldwide • Week Of 08/30/2021
• Twitter’s Letting Creators Make Money Off Tweets—If They Have 10,000 Followers
• FaZe Clan And OpTic Gaming Are Rivals In Esports. Now They’re Making Merch Together.
• Creators On The Rise: Navarro Cheerleader Kory Little Gives Viewers Their “Daily Dose Of Adrenaline”
• TikTok Is Giving Some Marketers Direct Access To Performance Data (Report)
• Twitch Stalwart TimTheTatMan Follows DrLupo To YouTube Gaming In Exclusive Deal
• Insights: College Sports Embraces The NIL Future With Gusto
• Facebook Unveils Hub For ‘Fantasy Games’, But Without Actual Betting
• Instagram Launches ‘Live’ Hub Inside Shopping Tab With Some Help From Nikita Dragun, Peloton
• CryptoPunks, Meebits, And Autoglyphs Get Hollywood Representation. UTA Looks To Take Them To The Masses.