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• MTV Inks Talent And Consumer Products Pact With Musician-Influencer Johnny Orlando
• Submissions Are Now Open For The 10th Annual Streamy Awards, Will Broadcast Exclusively On YouTube December 13

  Submissions for the 10th annual Streamy Awards are officially open—and free for creators this year.

  
• Insights: AMC-Universal Deal Resets Movie Business For Streaming Future

  A Universal-AMC deal to sell movies for home viewing just 17 days after they arrive in theaters is a Very Big Deal for all of Hollywood. And it might just be a first step.

  
• Five Egyptian Women Sentenced To Two Years In Prison Each For TikTok Dance Videos

  An Egyptian court has sentenced five female influencers to jail -- each for two years -- on charges of posting indecent dancing videos to TikTok. The young women were also each fined 300,000 Egyptian pounds -- or roughly $19,000 -- for violating the values and principles of the Egyptian family, inciting debauchery, and promoting human trafficking, according to the AP, which cited a statement from the public proescutor.

  
• Google CEO Sundar Pichai Talks YouTube Data Privacy At Antitrust Hearing
• TikTok CEO Kevin Mayer Says Nascent U.S. ‘Creator Fund’ Will Balloon To $1 Billion In 3 Years
• Moonbug Raises $120 Million, Acquires Children’s YouTube Titans Cocomelon And Blippi
• In A First, Rooster Teeth Takes 10th Annual Convention Virtual With ‘RTX At Home’
• YouTube Greenlights Season 2 Of Jake Roper’s Emmy-Winning Original, ‘Could You Survive The Movies?’
• Gaming Talent Firm Loaded Signs Rising Twitch Streamers ‘CohhCarnage’ And ‘Sacriel’
• Spotify Says Listening Time For Its 1.5 Million Podcasts More Than Doubled Last Quarter
• TikTok CEO Kevin Mayer Strikes Back At Facebook For Maligning Attacks “Disguised As Patriotism”
• GoldieBlox Names Former New Form Exec Melissa Schneider Chief Content Officer
• TikTok Millionaires: “Pasta Queen” Nadia Caterina Munno Treats TikTok To Classic Italian Noms
• TikTok Continues String Of Stateside Hires With Sandie Hawkins, Its First GM Of Global Business Solutions
• TikTok Luminaries Josh Richards And Bryce Hall Launch ‘Ani’ Energy Drink Company
• Sway House’s Josh Richards, Griffin Johnson, Noah Beck Join Executive Team At TikTok Rival ‘Triller’
• Joe Biden Campaign Demands Staffers Delete TikTok From Their Personal, Professional Devices
• Top 50 Most Viewed US YouTube Channels • Week Of 7/27/2020
• Instagram’s TikTok Competitor, Reels, Is Reportedly Looking To Poach Creators With Six-Figure Payments
• Top 50 Most Viewed YouTube Channels Worldwide • Week Of 7/27/2020
• Pocket.watch Content Package Launches On Hulu With JillianTubeHD, Karina Garcia, More
• Former Maker Studios, Studio71 U.K. Exec Kerrie Daly To Head TikTok Manager Bytesized Talent
• Lollapalooza Trades IRL Fest For Lolla2020, A 4-Day, YouTube-Exclusive Live Stream