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• Collectibles Marketplace Goldin Auctions Raises $40 Million, Pacts With Logan Paul For Pokemon Card Event
• YouTube TV Readies Add-On Package With 4K, Offline Viewing, Unlimited Concurrent TV Screens

  YouTube made a slew of announcements today in the debut installment of a new blog series helmed by chief product officer Neal Mohan (pictured above) that will cover new tech and product development drops -- chief among them a U.S. expansion of its TikTok competitor, Shorts, as well as new monetization features.

  
• YouTube Will Expand Tipping Tool ‘Applause’ To More Channels, Is Testing Ecommerce Feature For Creators

  In the coming months, YouTube will give more creators access to its tipping tool, Applause, and intends to roll out an ecommerce feature it says will allow viewers “to tap into the credibility and knowledge of trusted creators to make informed purchases directly on YouTube.”

  
• YouTube’s ‘Shorts’ TikTok Clone, With 3.5 Billion Daily Views, To Arrive In The U.S. This March

  Shorts, YouTube’s TikTok clone, is arriving in the states next month after a six-month beta run in India (where TikTok is permanently banned). Word of the product first emerged last April and YouTube’s proprietary Shorts creation tool arrived in India the following September.

  
• TikTok’s U.S. Ad Business Grew 500% In 2020, It Says
• Emma Chamberlain Named Spokesmodel For PacSun
• YouTube Launches Bi-Weekly ‘Shorts Report’ To Bolster Its TikTok Competitor
• This Week In Social Video: Valentine’s Day, Cat Lawyer, Impeachment
• CAA Signs Podcast Startup Lemonada Media
• Disney+ Closes 2020 With 94.9 Million Subscribers, Expects To Hit 230 Million In 2024
• The Dodo Establishes Pet Adoption Matchmaking Platform For Valentine’s Day
• Triller Makes Linear Programming Bid With Shows Starring Jennifer Lopez, The D’Amelios, Hype House
• Green Brothers Kick Off Annual 48-Hour ‘Project For Awesome’ Charity Stream
• Alisha Marie And Remi Cruz’s ‘Pretty Basic’ Podcast Unveils Beauty Collab With Tarte
• Insights: Apple And Facebook Are Fighting For The Future As Much As For Now
• This Week In Social Video: Super Bowl (Ad) Shuffle
• Top 50 Most Viewed U.S. YouTube Channels • Week Of 02/08/2021
• Top 50 Most Viewed YouTube Channels Worldwide • Week Of 02/08/2021
• Grace Helbig, Mamrie Hart To Catch Up With OG YouTubers In Limited Podcast ‘How Ya Been?’
• SAG-AFTRA Ratifies New ‘Influencer Agreement’ Covering Creator-Generated Branded Content
• Twitter CFO Says Trump Is Banned In Perpetuity, Even If He Runs For Office Again
• TikTok’s Sale To Oracle, Walmart Indefinitely Shelved, As Biden Administration Conducts Its Own Cybersecurity Review
• Instagram Will Begin Making Reels Including A TikTok Watermark “Less Discoverable”
• MrBeast’s ‘MrBeast Burger’ Ghost Kitchen Concept Arrives In Canada