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• CAA Signs TikTok Creator And Budding Fashion Influencer Cosette Rinab
• Video Messaging Startup ‘Loom’ Closes $29 Million Funding Round At $350 Million Valuation

  Loom, a digital video startup seeking to fill a niche in the remote work industry by enabling users to concurrently record their screens and their faces -- with audio -- and instantly share the ensuing clips via email or text message, has just closed a $28.75 million funding round.

  
• TalentX Entertainment Hires A3 Artists’ Maxwell Mitcheson As VP And Head Of Talent

  
• Chinese Tech Giant ByteDance Reportedly Working To Bring TikTok’s Operations Stateside

  ByteDance is reportedly working to move the bulk of leadership and R&D resources for its subsidiary TikTok out of China.

  
• YouTube Squads Up Dozens Of Creators—Including Typical Gamer, Daithi De Nogla, CouRage—For Charity ‘Warzone’ Tournament
• ‘Cobra Kai’ Reportedly Nearing Deal For New Home In Light Of YouTube’s Scripted Retreat
• How Social Media Usage Of Popular DIY Hashtags Has Changed
• Last-Click Coupons Have Dominated Affiliate Marketing For Years. Now, Brands Are Restrategizing With Influencers.
• Amid YouTube’s Pivot Away From Scripted Originals, Axed ‘Step Up’ Series Dances On At Starz
• Marques Brownlee, Jake Roper, Michael Stevens Help YouTube Nab 5 Daytime Emmy Noms
• TikTok Taps Bill Nye, Lilly Singh, Tyra Banks For $50 Million Educational Content Initiative
• YouTube Fully Rolls Out ‘Chapters’ For Easier Video Navigation And Re-Watching
• Doing Things Media Drops Energy Drink Inspired By Viral ‘No Chaser’ Insta Account
• Top 50 Most Viewed US YouTube Channels • Week Of 5/25/2020
• Deletion Of Comments Criticizing Chinese Government Was A Contextual Error, YouTube Says
• Twitch Launches New Corporate Channel Dedicated To Gaming News, Event Coverage, More
• Top 50 Most Viewed YouTube Channels Worldwide • Week Of 5/25/2020
• Netflix Cancels ‘Terrace House’ Production After Death Of Star Hana Kimura
• Tastemade To Follow Travel-Averse Road Trippers In Linear Series ‘The Un-Adventurers’
• Ninja Launches Star-Studded, Six-Week ‘Fortnite’ Tournament On His Mixer Channel
• BuzzFeed’s Latest ‘Unsolved’ Season Scares Up Record YouTube Traffic
• With 1.5 Billion Daily Views, ‘Epidemic Sound’ Wants To Be YouTube’s De Facto Soundtracker
• Instagram Finally Brings In Monetization For (Some) Creators With Purchasable Badges, IGTV Ads
• YouTube Kids App Arrives On Apple TV