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• TikTok Pledges $250 Million For Coronavirus Relief, $125 Million In Ad Credits For Small Businesses And NGOs
• Jacksepticeye Kicks Off Tiltify’s Monthlong #HopeFromHome Campaign, Raising $660,000 With 12-Hour Stream

  On April 7, YouTuber jacksepticeye kicked off Tiltify’s ongoing #HopeFromHome campaign with a marathon live stream that raised more than $660,000 for COVID-19 relief.

  
• YouTube Makes Select Premium Series Free To Watch Amid Ongoing Quarantining

  YouTube Premium has moved a huge swath of subscription-only content in front of its paywall. Variety reports that the video giant opted to make the move in light of the coronavirus pandemic, as fellow content purveyors like HBO and Amazon Prime Video are also offering select programming for free to home-quarantined viewers.

  
• Tasty To Host ‘Saturday Night Seder’ Fundraiser Starring Idina Menzel, Darren Criss, Josh Groban, More

  This Saturday, BuzzFeed’s culinary arm Tasty will bring together dozens of celebrities for a virtual Seder benefiting the CDC Foundation.

  
• UTA Signs Beauty YouTuber Carli Bybel For Global Representation (Exclusive)
• CAA Signs ‘Watcher’, The YouTube Studio Founded By 3 Former BuzzFeeders (Exclusive)
• Twitch Expands Nudity Guidelines To Allow Cleavage, Swimwear, Breastfeeding
• Netflix’s ‘Tiger King’ Is Most Popular TV Show In U.S., Spurring YouTube Views For Joe Exotic
• UTA Signs Recode Cofounder Kara Swisher
• Quibi Sees 300,000 Day 1 Downloads—Just 7.5% Of Disney+’s Debut Audience (Report)
• Top 50 Most Viewed US YouTube Channels • Week Of 4/6/2020
• Top 50 Most Viewed YouTube Channels Worldwide • Week Of 4/6/2020
• How Children’s Social Video Content is Growing During Quarantines
• Indie Spotlight: YouTube Fantasy Series ‘Ren: The Girl With The Mark’ Has 8 Million Views And Big-Screen Aspirations
• Amazon Makes Grab For Gaming With Development Of Stadia Competitor, PC Titles ‘Crucible’ And ‘New World’
• The Hype House’s Thomas Petrou Responds To Daisy Keech With His Side Of Co-Founder Fallout
• Drake Taps 4 Social Stars To Choreograph Viral TikTok Dance For Latest Single
• Top 50 Most Viewed US YouTube Channels • Week Of 3/30/2020
• Top 50 Most Viewed YouTube Channels Worldwide • Week Of 3/30/2020
• All Creators In The YouTube Partner Program Can Now Monetize Content About COVID-19
• Bustle Digital Group Shutters ‘The Outline’, Lays Off Culture And Tech Site’s Staff
• Snapchat Taps Will Smith For Quarantined Celebrity Talk Show, Set In His Garage
• Composer Andrew Lloyd Webber Takes The YouTube Stage, Will Stream Free Musicals Every Friday
• With Billions of Interactions Around COVID-19, Influencers Are Harnessing Their Platforms For Good