News

• Following His Grand Return To Twitch, Ninja Signs With CAA
• Brooklyn-Based Startup MSCHF Wants To Pay Influencers To Take Down “Evil” Brands

  MSCHF, a Brooklyn-based startup that describes itself as the “Banksy of the internet” -- and which launches bizarrely compelling products every second and fourth Monday of the month -- has unveiled its latest drop, squarely targeting the influencer set while providing larger commentary on influencer culture.

  
• Newly-Formed Talent Management Firm ‘Range Media’ Taps Facebook’s Kai Gayoso To Lead Digital

  Range Media, a newly-formed talent management and brand development firm established in September by former agents from CAA, UTA, and WME, has tapped Kai Gayoso to lead of its digital business.

  
• Logan Paul’s Pokemon Card Unboxing Stream Gets 300,000 Concurrent Viewers, Raises $130,000 For Charity

  A savvy sense of nostalgia -- as well as a purported boom in trading cards -- is fueling Logan Paul’s latest content series-turned-charity venture: a YouTube live stream where he unboxed $200,000 worth of rare Pokemon trading cards.

  
• Twitter Disables Core Functions To Prevent Spread Of Election Misinformation
• YouTube Testing Ecommerce Tools That Turn Creator Videos Into Product Catalogs
• Reels Rolls Out New Content Discovery, Sharing Features
• Joe Biden Taps Portal A For #ImVotingFor Influencer Campaign On Instagram, Twitter
• Can You Avoid Creator Burnout By Working The YouTube Algorithm? Is More Actually Less? We Take A Look.
• France Passes Law Giving Child Influencers Same Protections As Young Actors, Models
• YouTube Gives Premium Subscribers Exclusive Access To Test New Features
• YouTube Unveils First 5 Originals Produced By Its $100 Million ‘Black Voices’ Fund
• ICM Signs TikToker Sienna Mae Gomez, Who Racked Up 5 Million Followers In 2 Months
• Top 50 Most Viewed US YouTube Channels • Week Of 10/05/2020
• Facebook Unveils Free Tool Enabling Creators To Test Video Post Performance Before Publishing
• Top 50 Most Viewed YouTube Channels Worldwide • Week Of 10/05/2020
• ‘Gourmet Makes’ Host Claire Saffitz Departs Bon Appétit YouTube Channel To “Do My Own Thing”
• Spotify Will Now Enable Podcasters To Generate Shareable ‘Promo Cards’ For Social Media
• David Dobrik’s ‘Dispo’ Raises $4 Million Seed Round From Alexis Ohanian, Vlog Squad Members, More
• Ocean Spray CEO Tom Hayes Just Joined TikTok In Response To Viral “Dreams” Meme
• Creator-Focused Entrepreneur Camille Hearst Departs Patreon To Head Up ‘Spotify For Artists’
• Twitch Reinforces Guidelines Surrounding Terrorist, Violent Extremist Content
• David Dobrik Looks To Be Cooking Up ‘Doughbrik’s Pizza’ Business, Per Trademark Filings
• Snap Doubles Down On Docuseries, Unscripted Originals With New Shows From Kevin Hart, Loren Gray