News

• YouTube Calls On People To Film Their ‘Life In A Day’ July 25 For Sequel To 2010 Documentary
• Instagram Rolls Out Ability To Pin Three Comments To The Top Of Any Thread

  Instagram is going wide with a new feature that will enable creators to clean up their comments -- and get their most pressing takeaways about any posts straight to the top.

  
• Top 50 Most Viewed US YouTube Channels • Week Of 7/06/2020

  Minecraft gamer Aphmau (real name Jess) is surging on YouTube after received more than one million views on most of her new videos.

  
• Joey Graceffa’s ‘Escape The Night’ Board Game Kickstarter Gets Fully Funded In 3 Hours, Raising $120,000 To Date

  Though YouTube opted not to renew its longest-running original series, Joey Graceffa’s Escape The Night, for a fourth season, the property will live on in board game form.

  
• Top 50 Most Viewed YouTube Channels Worldwide • Week Of 7/06/2020
• Following Dissolution Of Mixer, Gaming Luminary Ninja Hosts First YouTube Live Stream
• Inaugural madconNYC Digital Marketing Event Goes Virtual, Postpones To December
• Budding TikTok Comedian Boman Martinez-Reid Signs With CAA
• UTA Signs Popular Beauty Creator Shayla ‘MakeupShayla’ Mitchell
• TikTok Launches Self-Serve Ad Sales, Pledges $100 Million In Ad Credits For Small Businesses Affected By Pandemic
• YouTube Lowering Minimum Video Length For Mid-Roll Ads From 10 To 8 Minutes
• YouTube Unveils New Analytics Hub For Musicians, Tracking Official And Fan-Uploaded Videos Alike
• Secretary Of State Mike Pompeo Says U.S. Is “Certainly Looking At” A TikTok Ban
• TikTok Millionaires: LifeWithKleeKai Puts Human TikTok Trends In The Paws Of Canine Companions
• Awesomeness Launches 5-Part Political Series Ahead Of 2020 Presidential Election
• Insights: VidCon, Comic-Con, Other Conferences Go Virtual, Try To Keep The Fun
• YouTube Might Let Creators See How Their Videos Perform Compared To Uploads On Similar Channels
• Amid Sputtering Launch, Here Are All Of The Originals That Quibi Has Renewed To Date
• After VFX-Laden TikTok Goes Viral, 20-Year-Old Julian Bass Hears From Disney, Sony, More
• How BEN’s Influencer-Measuring AI “Brings Science To The Art Of Advertising”
• ‘Hamilton’ Film Debut Drove 72.4% Spike In U.S. Disney+ App Downloads This Weekend
• As India Bans TikTok, Instagram Has Begun Testing TikTok Clone ‘Reels’ (Report)
• After 70 Hours, MrBeast Ends ‘Finger On The App’ Challenge By Giving 4 Winners $20,000 Each
• YouTube Test Note Indicates Platform Is Developing “Multi-Segment” Video Feature—AKA A TikTok Competitor