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• Robin Williams Estate Launches YouTube Channel To Commemorate The Comedic Legend
• YouTube Kids App Sees More Usage Than All Major Video Platforms’—Including YouTube (Report)

  YouTube Kids isn’t 2020’s most downloaded app.

  
• Activision Permabans 50,000 Players Amid Rampant ‘Call Of Duty: Warzone’ Cheating

  Gaming has seen a major surge in the wake of worldwide quarantining -- though one title, Call Of Duty: Warzone, is dealing with a similarly massive influx in cheating.

  
• These Are The Microinfluencers Competing On James Charles’ New YouTube Show, Dropping April 24

  James Charles has shared the launch date for his previously-announced YouTube Premium series, Instant Influencer -- a competition show in which the 20-year-old will seek to discover the platform’s next big beauty guru.

  
• YouTube To Launch TikTok Competitor ‘Shorts’ Later This Year (Report)
• Rooster Teeth’s ‘RTX Austin’ Gathering Postponed Until Labor Day Weekend
• Thrillist Launches Fundraising, Content Franchises For Restaurant Workers Impacted By Pandemic
• TikTok Strikes Short-Term Licensing Deals With Sony, Warner, Universal (Report)
• FaZe Clan, Verizon Host Charity ‘Fortnite’ Match For Coronavirus Relief Efforts
• WarnerMedia Names Digital Vet Jason Kilar CEO Ahead Of HBO Max Launch In May
• As More People Shelter At Home, Podcasts See 15% Drop In U.S.-Based Listeners (Report)
• Reese Witherspoon Pacts With YouTube For Charitable ‘Shine On’ Series Amid Quarantine
• YouTube Sets 480p Resolution Limit On Android App Across India Amid Coronavirus Lockdown
• Insights: Adapting Hollywood To The Pandemic, And What Happens Hereafter
• BBTV Launches #FunIndoors Campaign, Benefiting Doctors Without Borders’ Coronavirus Efforts
• The NewFronts Have Been Rescheduled For The Week Beginning June 22
• How U.S. Sports Are Publishing On Social Video Without Games Being Played
• Daisy Keech Moves Out Of ‘Hype House’ Mansion, Files Suit Against Ex-Business Partners
• John Krasinski Launches ‘Some Good News’ YouTube Channel, Gaining 330K Subscribers Overnight
• Night Media Hires Fullscreen Exec Michael Gordon To Open L.A. Office, Expand Client Roster (Exclusive)
• Twitch ‘Stream Aid’ To Combat Coronavirus Raises $2.8 Million, Nabs 135,000 Concurrent Viewers
• YouTube’s ‘#WithMe’ Social Distancing PSA Brings Together Emma Chamberlain, Casey Neistat, More
• CAA Signs Human Avatar-Fashioning Tech Startup ‘Soul Machines’ (Exclusive)
• The Slow Mo Guys Launch VR Series In Exclusive Collaboration With Oculus