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• Nickelodeon Unveils Virtually Interactive Series Amid Pandemic, Starring Annie LeBlanc
• CAA Signs YouTube Beauty Guru Rachel Levin (Exclusive)

  Talent agency CAA has signed longtime YouTube beauty guru Rachel Levin, whose channel RCLBeauty101 has more than 14.5 million subscribers and nearly 4 billion total views.

  
• Spotify Is Now Testing Native Video Podcasts, Beginning With Zane Hijazi And Heath Hussar’s ‘Unfiltered’

  Amid an ambitious push into the podcasting space following the acquisitions of Gimlet Media, Anchor, Parcast, and The Ringer, Spotify is looking to bring a visual component to its audio endeavors.

  
• Daniel Radcliffe Reads First Chapter Of ‘Harry Potter’ For Wizarding World Digital’s COVID-19 Initiative

  The entire wizarding world of Harry Potter wants you to stay at home.

  
• YouTube Kid Megastar ‘Like Nastya’ Inks Global Licensing Agreement With IMG
• VC Firm Slow Ventures Is Incubating ‘LiveStack’ To Help Creators Easily Monetize Live Events
• Veteran Journalist Mark Schoofs To Succeed Ben Smith As Editor Of BuzzFeed News
• Top 50 Most Viewed US YouTube Channels • Week Of 5/04/2020
• Top 50 Most Viewed YouTube Channels Worldwide • Week Of 5/04/2020
• 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