News

• Triller Has Inflated Active User Counts, Former Staffers Say
• Pocket.watch’s ‘Kids Diana Show’ Begins Bouncing Down Walmart Aisles With Sweeping Product Launch

  Kids Diana Show, the six-year-old Ukrainian YouTube phenom, is now dancing down the aisles of your local Walmart.Diana -- in collaboration with studio partner Pocket.watch (and her parents, Volodymyr and Olena, naturally) -- has unveiled today a sweeping lineup of toys and dress-up sets exclusively at Walmart under the Love, Diana brand moniker.

  
• YouTube Music Spins Up Global Charts Based On Video View Count

  YouTube Music has added global charts that will let listeners spin up top trending content from around the world.

  
• Instagram Expands Shoppable Ads To IGTV—And, Later This Year, To TikTok Competitor Reels

  Instagram is expanding shoppable videos to IGTV—and is already planning to add them to its newly launched TikTok competitor, Reels, later this year.

  
• Digital Designer Pockets $116,000 In Six Days After Shoutout From Marques Brownlee
• 73% Of Brands Are Upping Their Influencer Marketing Spend (Report)
• YouTube Revamps Retention Analytics To Give Creators More Data About How Their Videos Perform With Viewers
• Netflix Orders Fourth Season Of Cobra Kai, With Season 3 Set To Bow In January
• Vice Taps Advertising Vet Nadja Bellan-White For Newly-Created Global CMO Role
• Charli And Dixie D’Amelio To Discuss Tea, Charity, More On ‘2 Chix’ Podcast (Trailer)
• YouTube Millionaires: Ava Jules’ Casual Lifestyle Content Lets Viewers Know “We’re All Friends Here”
• Snapchat Has Registered 1 Million Voters, And 65% Of Them Are Gen Z
• Streamer Ben ‘CohhCarnage’ Cassell Re-Signs To Twitch In Exclusive, Multi-Year Deal
• How AMC Used Social Video To Keep ‘The Walking Dead’ Fans Living This Summer
• How Much Money Are Creators Making On TikTok’s $1 Billion Creator Fund?
• Charli D’Amelio Named Face Of Gen Z-Focused Financial Startup Step
• Sway LA’s Josh Richards, Bryce Hall, Griffin Johnson Invest In Lendtable’s $3 Million Seed Round
• Twitch Launches ‘Soundtrack’, A Library Of 1 Million Licensed Songs For Streamers
• Digital Marketplace The Lobby Wants To Be “QVC Meets TikTok”
• UTA Taps Activision’s Eugene Wu To Work On Esports Brand Partnerships
• Streamers NarcolepticNugget And Dysmo Sign With Up North Management
• David Dobrik Debuts Fragrance Brand, ‘David’s Perfume’
• Blackpink (And Their New Music Video) To Kick Off Weekly YouTube Series ‘Released’
• YouTube TV Drops All Fox Regional Sports Networks From Channel Lineup