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• Daniel Radcliffe Reads First Chapter Of ‘Harry Potter’ For Wizarding World Digital’s COVID-19 Initiative
• YouTube Kid Megastar ‘Like Nastya’ Inks Global Licensing Agreement With IMG

  Six-year-old Anastasia Radzinskaya, the first kids’ YouTube creator to surpass 50 million subscribers, has inked a global merchandising deal.

  
• VC Firm Slow Ventures Is Incubating ‘LiveStack’ To Help Creators Easily Monetize Live Events

  Slow Ventures, a VC firm focused on the tech space -- that counts as one of its co-founders Facebook’s former VP of product management, Sam Lessin -- is launching a new product to help creators more easily monetize their live streams.

  
• Veteran Journalist Mark Schoofs To Succeed Ben Smith As Editor Of BuzzFeed News

  BuzzFeed News has found a replacement for founding editor-in-chief Ben Smith, who departed the site in January to become a media columnist for The New York Times.

  
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• Crunchyroll Is Dishing Out Daily Shortform Content On New YouTube Channel ‘Extras’ (Exclusive)
• Esports Conglomerate ReKTGlobal Pacts With Management Company TalentX On Gamer-Focused Firm
• YouTube Taps Barack And Michelle Obama, BTS, Jackie Aina, More For Virtual Graduation Event
• TikTok Millionaires: Meet The U.K.’s “TikTok Power Couple,” Connor And Liana
• YouTube To Let News Publishers Natively Vend Their Own Subscription Products By Year’s End (Report)
• Nicolas Cage To Become The Tiger King In Upcoming Joe Exotic Series (Report)
• NFL Draft Prompts Big Social Media Spike
• WME Signs 18-Year-Old TikTok Chef Eitan Bernath
• Eko’s Tech Theft Lawsuit Against Quibi To Be Funded By New Investor Elliott Management Corp. (Report)
• Justin And Hailey Bieber Debut Self-Shot Facebook Watch Series During Quarantine
• PewDiePie Signs Exclusive Livestreaming Deal With YouTube
• Awesomeness Unveils Quarantine-Themed Slate, With 4 Remotely-Produced Reality Series
• YouTuber Josh Pieters Pranks Carole Baskin Into First Post-’Tiger King’ Interview
• Indie Spotlight: “Who Says You Can’t Make A Movie In Quarantine?”
• YouTube Expands Recommendation-Filtering Feature ‘Topics’ To iOS, Browser Site
• Twitch Launches Esports Directory To Help Viewers Navigate Pro Gaming Streams
• Hulu Becomes Latest HBO Max Launch Partner, Will Upgrade Current HBO Add-Ons For Free
• Branded Besties David Dobrik And Chipotle Team Again For Cinco De Mayo TikTok Campaign