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• YouTube Originals Taps La La Anthony, 2 Chainz, Pretty Vee For HBCU Homecoming Stream
• Top 50 Most Viewed YouTube Channels Worldwide • Week Of 10/12/2020

  Kid-friendly franchises typically do big business on YouTube, and this week, animated characters from the app series Talking Tom scored large viewership.

  
• Here Are The Starting Brackets For MrBeast’s ‘Creator Games 2,’ Streaming Oct. 17

  MrBeast is out to crown the world’s smartest creator—and toss a little cash to their fans.

  
• Awesomeness Sets New Series From YouTube Duos The Merrell Twins, Niki And Gabi

  ViacomCBS-owned Awesomeness, which creates content for Gen Z, has unveiled a duo of digital series starring two of YouTube’s most beloved sets of twins.

  
• Snap Brings In Facebook, Google Exec Alexa Levine To Head Entertainment Ad Sales
• Netflix Nixes Free Trials In U.S.
• YouTube Newcomer Overwatch League Brings Record 1.55 Million Viewers For 2020 Grand Finals
• Following Staff Exodus, Bon Appetit Relaunches YouTube Channel With 8 New And 3 Returning Hosts
• TikToker Josh Richards And Barstool Sports Founder Dave Portnoy Are “BFFs” In New Joint Podcast
• Following His Grand Return To Twitch, Ninja Signs With CAA
• Brooklyn-Based Startup MSCHF Wants To Pay Influencers To Take Down “Evil” Brands
• Newly-Formed Talent Management Firm ‘Range Media’ Taps Facebook’s Kai Gayoso To Lead Digital
• Logan Paul’s Pokemon Card Unboxing Stream Gets 300,000 Concurrent Viewers, Raises $130,000 For Charity
• Twitter Disables Core Functions To Prevent Spread Of Election Misinformation
• YouTube Testing Ecommerce Tools That Turn Creator Videos Into Product Catalogs
• Reels Rolls Out New Content Discovery, Sharing Features
• Joe Biden Taps Portal A For #ImVotingFor Influencer Campaign On Instagram, Twitter
• Can You Avoid Creator Burnout By Working The YouTube Algorithm? Is More Actually Less? We Take A Look.
• France Passes Law Giving Child Influencers Same Protections As Young Actors, Models
• YouTube Gives Premium Subscribers Exclusive Access To Test New Features
• YouTube Unveils First 5 Originals Produced By Its $100 Million ‘Black Voices’ Fund
• ICM Signs TikToker Sienna Mae Gomez, Who Racked Up 5 Million Followers In 2 Months
• Top 50 Most Viewed US YouTube Channels • Week Of 10/05/2020
• Facebook Unveils Free Tool Enabling Creators To Test Video Post Performance Before Publishing