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• Insights: Social Media Platforms’ Election-Protection Plans A Start, But Not Nearly Enough Change For Long-Term
• Tati Westbrook Sued By Former Business Partner In Her Halo Beauty Vitamin Venture

  Tati Westbrook and her husband, James, are the subject of a lawsuit by an ex-business partner -- the entrepreneur Clark Swanson -- who is alleging breach of contract, gross negligence, and fraudulent inducement.

  
• Biden/Harris Campaign Deploys Custom ‘Fortnite’ Map To Teach Voters About Key Policies

  The Biden/Harris campaign is using a custom Fortnite map to teach young voters about key parts of the Democratic platform.

  
• VidCon And Discord: How The Event Is Harnessing AMAs To Bind Its Community Around The Calendar

  Like so many businesses in the COVID-19 era, VidCon is facing an existential reckoning head-on, after being forced to cancel all of its IRL gatherings in 2020 in favor of a series of summer streams dubbed VidCon Now.

  
• “Baby Shark” Overtakes “Despacito” To Become YouTube’s Most-Watched Video Of All Time
• TikTok Re-Ups Licensing Deal With Sony, Adding Marketing, Artist Discovery Components
• David Dobrik Links Up With Leonardo DiCaprio For Second Voter Registration Contest
• TikTok Countersues Triller, Says Its Tech Doesn’t Violate Patent
• YouTubers Garrett Watts And Andrew Siwicki Launch ‘Sweet Boys’ Podcast At Rooster Teeth (Exclusive)
• Larray To Star In ’90s Time-Travel Caper From Invisible Narratives
• Ryan Kaji Becomes First YouTuber To Be Featured In Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade In Roughly A Century
• madconNYC Fills Out Virtual Marketing Event Schedule With Leaders From TikTok, Facebook, Hulu
• YouTube Soundtracking Service Epidemic Sound Launches ‘Music Recommender’ Tool For Creators
• WME Signs Bailey Sarian, Whose Channel Fuses Makeup And True Crime (Exclusive)
• On The Podcast: All The Reasons Why Quibi Didn’t Work
• YouTube Hits $5 Billion In Ad Revenue, 30 Million Premium And Music Subscribers In Q3
• Spotify CEO Says ‘The Joe Rogan Experience’ Is No. 1 English Podcast, Has “Outperformed Our Expectations”
• Netflix Raises Subscription Prices In The U.S., Causing Shares To Jump 4%
• Creators Are Starting To Make A Lot Of Money On Facebook
• Anne Munition Re-Ups With Twitch In Exclusive Streaming Deal
• Doing Things Media Debuts Animated IGTV Series To Showcase Its Viral Clip Library
• BEN Group Acquires YouTube Channel-Optimizing Browser Extension ‘TubeBuddy’ (Exclusive)
• Select Management Signs 7, Including Daddy-Daughter Duo Nick & Sienna, TikToker Ben De Almeida
• TikTok Partners With Associated Press To Display Live Election Results In ‘For You’ Feed