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• Former Quibi, Hulu Executive Tim Connolly Joins Apple’s Video Group
• ‘Fortnite’ Spins Up ‘Spotlight’ Series Of Weekly In-Game Concerts

  Having established a track record of attracting millions of viewers to virtual in-game concerts featuring the likes of Marshmello and Travis Scott, Fortnite is launching a weekly series of live music performances.

  
• Creator Commerce Platform Teespring Names Nike Vet Les Green VP Of Marketing

  Social commerce platform Teespring, which enables creators to design and sell their own merchandise, has onboarded a new VP of marketing -- straight from iconic sportswear brand Nike.

  
• In Latest Stunt, MrBeast Gifts Nascent YouTuber 1.7 Million Subscribers — And Counting

  MrBeast’s latest seven-figure giveaway had nothing to do with money at all. Instead, for his latest stunt, the YouTube monolith -- whose real name is Jimmy Donaldson -- sought to gift one up-and-coming YouTuber with 1 million subscribers.

  
• TikTok Phenom Noah Beck Wants To Spread Positivity With New Merch Brand ‘Ur Luv’d’
• Beauty Vlogger ‘Ethan Is Supreme’ Dies At 17: “He Wanted Nothing But To Inspire”
• YouTube Channel ‘Yes Theory’ Goes Audio With First Podcast
• Moonbug Pushes Further Into China Via Content Pact With Tencent Video
• Facebook Paying Users To Shut Down Their Accounts For Science Ahead Of The 2020 Election
• Top Filipino YouTube Star Lloyd Cafe Cadena Has Passed Away At Age 26
• Insights: Divergent Debuts For ‘Mulan,’ ‘Tenet’ Make This One Of Hollywood’s Biggest Weekends Ever
• TikTok Employee Files Motion That Could Mark First Judicial Look At Trump’s Executive Order
• The Try Guys’ Ned Fulmer And Wife, Ariel, To Launch Parenting Podcast ‘Baby Steps’
• YouTube TV Scores NFL Carriage, Launches New ‘Sports Plus’ Add-On
• Facebook Watch Hits 1.25 Billion Monthly Users, Company Says
• On The Podcast: Former TikTok CEO Kevin Mayer Seems Like A Baller. Maybe He Left Because He Didn’t Want To Have A Boss.
• WarnerMedia Promotes Jay Levine, As Chief Digital Officer Exits Amid Ongoing Restructuring
• Rooster Teeth’s Podcast Network ‘The Roost’ Inks Ad Sales, Merch, Distro Deal With CollegeHumor
• Made-For-Kids YouTube Content Seeing Big Year-Over-Year Growth
• David Blaine’s ‘Ascension’ Soars To 770K Concurrent Viewers, Making It YouTube’s Most-Watched Live Original
• TikTok Partners With 20 Tech Providers To Help Advertisers Create, Measure Their Campaigns
• YouTube Reverses MoistCr1TiKaL, Markiplier Community Guidelines Strikes, Says They Were “An Over-Enforcement Of Policies”
• In Savvy Brand Deal, Charli D’Amelio Gets Signature Drink On Dunkin’ Donuts Menu
• SuperBam To Reclaim 10 Billion Views’ Worth Of AdSense For YouTube, TikTok, Twitch Creators By End Of 2020