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• Chrissy Teigen Gets Second Quibi Series That Riffs On The ‘Everything Is Cake’ Meme
• MrBeast Reveals He Spent $3 Million On YouTube Videos For August Alone

  Jimmy ‘MrBeast’ Donaldson’s monthly YouTube video budget is approaching Hollywood proportions. In a recent video as part of Anthony Padilla’s popular I Spent A Day With series, where Padilla sat down with a trio of the platform’s biggest stars, Donaldson revealed that he had spent a staggering $3 million to produce YouTube videos next month.

  
• Vice Brings In Longtime Entertainment Exec Bea Hegedus To Drive Video Distribution

  Vice Media Group, the entity formed when Vice acquired women’s lifestyle outlet Refinery29 last year, has brought in former ITV exec Bea Hegedus to drive its video distribution efforts.

  
• PopSugar Pairs With Old Navy To Launch Gender-Inclusive Clothing Line For Tweens

  Women’s lifestyle publisher PopSugar -- which was acquired by Group Nine Media in October -- is joining forces with mass retailer Old Navy to launch a limited edition, tween-leaning clothing collection dubbed PSxON.

  
• Apple Cofounder Steve Wozniak Sues YouTube For “Unapologetically Hosting” Bitcoin Scammers
• Jake Paul Announces Next Boxing Match On Mike Tyson-Roy Jones Jr. Undercard
• Creator-Owned Streaming Service Nebula Hits 100,000 Monthly Paying Subscribers
• TikTok Phenom Josh Richards Signs Recording Contract, As TalentX Forms Joint Venture With Warner Records
• YouTube Digital Artist Ross Tran Releases First Kickstarted Book, ‘Nima’
• Top 50 Most Viewed US YouTube Channels • Week Of 7/27/2020
• Top 50 Most Viewed YouTube Channels Worldwide • Week Of 7/20/2020
• YouTube Millionaires: Tara Michelle’s YouTube Presence Helped Launch Her New Company, Imagine It Yours
• Insights: What Will It Take For Livestreamed Shopping To Take Off In U.S.?
• After Standoff, TikTok Signs Multi-Year Deal With National Music Publishers Association
• Twitter “Likely” To Test Subscription Options This Year As COVID Shrinks Ad Revenue, CEO Says
• Matthew And Stephanie Patrick Add Fourth Channel To ‘Theorist’ Portfolio For Food Investigations
• Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Files Amendment To Bar Military Branches From Twitch, All Other Gaming Platforms
• TikTok Establishes $200 Million Fund To Get Its Creators Paid
• Charli And Dixie D’Amelio Drive Hollister’s New ‘Jeans Lab’ Campaign To 2.5 Billion TikTok Views In 6 Days
• Here’s The Trailer For Liza Koshy’s Netflix Film, ‘Work It’, Bowing On August 7
• ESPN, NPR, Vox, Wondery Confirmed To Present At IAB’s First Virtual ‘Podcast Upfront’
• Snap Sees Slowdown In User, Revenue Growth, Says Originals Now Reach 75% Of U.S. Gen Z Population
• Lilly Singh Unveiled As Co-Owner Of Pro Women’s Soccer Team Coming To Los Angeles
• HBO Max, Peacock Already Losing Major Launch Titles Like ‘Harry Potter,’ ‘The Matrix’ Trilogy (Report)