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• In Aboutface, Trump Has Reportedly Given Microsoft And TikTok 45 Days To Finalize Acquisition
• Comic-Con@Home A Much Different Event On Social Video

  Comic-Con has taken place in San Diego for 50 straight years, but COVID-19 ended that run this year. With concerns around social distancing, movie releases, and more, the in-person event was cancelled in favor of a streaming video version last week.

  
• Trump Admin Will Order ByteDance To Sell TikTok; Microsoft In Talks To Acquire (Report)

  
• As Bon Appétit YouTube Channel Remains Dormant, ‘Test Kitchen’ Host Sohla El-Waylly Collabs On Binging With Babish

  The Bon Appétit YouTube channel, one of the platform’s most popular destinations for food content, has remained dormant since June 5, after a controversy rocked the Condé Nast-owned title’s beloved 'Test Kitchen' crew, rippling across the storied publisher at large.

  
• YouTube To Shutter Community Captions Feature, Citing Issues With Spam, Abuse, Little Usage
• Facebook Will Now Host Official Music Videos, Challenging YouTube’s Dominance In The Category
• YouTube Ad Revs Dipped To $3.8 Billion In Q2, But We’re Seeing “Further Improvement” In July, CFO Says
• YouTube Millionaires: “Bad Animator” Danny Casale On Life, Art, And Accidentally Killing A Class Hamster
• Triller—The Music Video App Major Sway House Members Just Joined—Sues TikTok For Patent Infringement
• MTV Inks Talent And Consumer Products Pact With Musician-Influencer Johnny Orlando
• Submissions Are Now Open For The 10th Annual Streamy Awards, Will Broadcast Exclusively On YouTube December 13
• Insights: AMC-Universal Deal Resets Movie Business For Streaming Future
• Five Egyptian Women Sentenced To Two Years In Prison Each For TikTok Dance Videos
• Google CEO Sundar Pichai Talks YouTube Data Privacy At Antitrust Hearing
• TikTok CEO Kevin Mayer Says Nascent U.S. ‘Creator Fund’ Will Balloon To $1 Billion In 3 Years
• Moonbug Raises $120 Million, Acquires Children’s YouTube Titans Cocomelon And Blippi
• In A First, Rooster Teeth Takes 10th Annual Convention Virtual With ‘RTX At Home’
• YouTube Greenlights Season 2 Of Jake Roper’s Emmy-Winning Original, ‘Could You Survive The Movies?’
• Gaming Talent Firm Loaded Signs Rising Twitch Streamers ‘CohhCarnage’ And ‘Sacriel’
• Spotify Says Listening Time For Its 1.5 Million Podcasts More Than Doubled Last Quarter
• TikTok CEO Kevin Mayer Strikes Back At Facebook For Maligning Attacks “Disguised As Patriotism”
• GoldieBlox Names Former New Form Exec Melissa Schneider Chief Content Officer
• TikTok Millionaires: “Pasta Queen” Nadia Caterina Munno Treats TikTok To Classic Italian Noms
• TikTok Continues String Of Stateside Hires With Sandie Hawkins, Its First GM Of Global Business Solutions