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• UFC Signs 3-Show Deal With Facebook Watch, Aiming To Promote Its PPV Matches
• “Under The Influence”?: A Response To THAT Ad Age Article

  This past Wednesday, influencers and influencer marketers alike (myself included) went into an uproar because of an Ad Age article titled Under the Influence: The Dishonest and Wasteful Practice of Influencer Marketing.

  
• Miles McKenna Unveils Debut Book, The Coming-Out Survival Guide “Out!”

  Trans vlogger Miles McKenna is the latest YouTube star to try his hand at authorship.The 24-year-old creator and activist -- who counts 1.2 million subscribers and 781,000 Instagram followers -- has made his debut advice tome, Out!: How To Be Your Authentic Self, available for preorder before it officially hits shelves on May 26.

  
• Amid 2020 Music Push, Twitch Names Athena Koumis Partnerships Manager

  Twitch is pushing further into the music space this year with the hire of a former Spotify executive to serve as its new music partnerships manager.

  
• MrBeast Is Now Apparently Handing Out Massive Prizes For Other People’s Contests
• Facebook Watch Axes 2 Tentpole Series Amid Reported Shift Toward Unscripted Content
• YouTube Millionaires: Rifty Wants To Change The Game For YouTube Livestreamers
• Netflix To Spend An Estimated $17.3 Billion On Content In 2020
• Longtime YouTuber Onision Banned From Twitch, Facing Allegations Of Abuse And Chris Hansen Investigation
• Pinterest Topples Snapchat To Become Nation’s Third Most Popular Social Network (Study)
• Top 50 Most Viewed US YouTube Channels • Week Of 1/12/2020
• YouTuber Vitaly Zdorovetskiy Jailed For Climbing Egyptian Pyramids: “I Saw Horrible Things”
• YouTube Rolls Out Profile Cards, Which Display Users’ Comment Histories (Sort Of)
• YouTube-Disputed Study Finds 100 Advertisers Ran Spots Against Climate Change Denial Videos
• Rooster Teeth Unveils 3 New Shows, Including Swedish Furniture-Building Game
• Insights: Deepfake Videos Go Commercial! In Election Season! WCGW?
• Creators Going Pro: Alex Costa Wants His YouTube Videos–And His New Product Line–To Inspire Confidence In Every Man
• Abrams Artists Agency Expands Digital Talent Division To U.K. With London Office, New Hires
• Ninja’s Getting His Own ‘Fortnite’ Skin, Epic Games Says More Creator Skins To Come
• UTA Signs Hype House Collaborators Charli And Dixie D’Amelio, Plus Parents Marc And Heidi
• Little Monster’s Thumbnail-Making Skills Have Helped Generate 30 Billion Views For Brand Clients. Now, It’s Offering Its Services To YouTubers.
• Olay Spokesmodel Lilly Singh To Star In Brand’s Super Bowl Commercial
• Amazon Sets Cast For ‘Lord Of The Rings’ Series, Production To Start Next Month
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