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• TikTok Moves To Five-Floor Office In Culver City, Reportedly Looking For New CEO
• Creators Going Pro: Walk Off The Earth’s Gotye Cover Went Viral On YouTube. Less Than A Month Later, They Had A Record Deal.

  Way back in 2006, a group of five friends from Burlington, Ontario, came together to form a band. They played covers, mostly at local gigs. They were quirky, accentuating traditional guitars and drums with more unusual instruments like the ukelele, mandolin, glockenspiel, and kalimba.

  
• Fullscreen Exec Warren Lentz Joins New Creator Development Company TalentX As CRO, Cofounder (Exclusive)

  Newly launched 360-degree talent development company TalentX Entertainment has brought in (now former) Fullscreen exec Warren Lentz as a cofounder and its chief revenue officer.

  
• The Rock, OnePlus Among Social Video Winners During And After CES

  All those who weren’t able to get to Las Vegas last week for this year’s CES were able to experience it vicariously as its presence loomed large on the internet.

  
• Netflix Now Counts 2 Minutes Of Watching As A “View” — A Change That Boosts Its Viewership Figures By 35%
• Lilly Singh To Host 31st GLAAD Media Awards — For Which She Is Also A Nominee
• Leading European MCN Divimove Acquires Digital Talent Firm ‘Tube One’
• Turner Sports Pacts With Twitch On Linear And Digital Series, ‘ELeague Super Punch’
• San Francisco Pride Members Have Voted To Ban YouTube From This Year’s Parade
• Longtime CAA Agent, Exec Eric Wattenberg Joins Brent Montgomery’s Wheelhouse As Chief Content Officer
• TikTok Entices Brands With Self-Serve Ad Buying, But Struggles With Lack Of User Data, Few Performance Metrics (Report)
• WME Signs TikTok Star Addison Rae, As Agencies Descend On ‘The Hype House’
• Talent Agency Gushcloud Forms New Gen Z Division, Signs 7 TikTok, YouTube, And Instagram Creators (Exclusive)
• YouTube Names Viacom Vet Alex Okosi Managing Director Of Emerging Markets, EMEA
• Disney Accelerates Rollout Of ‘Plus’ Service In Key European Markets
• Famous Birthdays Surpasses 25 Million Monthly Visitors, Driven By TikTok Surge
• Studio Ghibli Signs First Streaming Deals, Bringing 21 Films To Netflix And HBO Max
• Liza Koshy’s ‘Liza On Demand’ Gets Third Season Order At YouTube Originals
• Instagram’s Standalone IGTV App Has Clocked Just 7 Million Downloads To Date (Report)
• Spotify Reportedly In Talks To Acquire Media And Podcast Upstart ‘The Ringer’
• Clorox Establishes Influencer Advisory Board, Tapping Hundreds To Bolster YouTube Presence
• TikTok Brought In 500% More Revenue, 738 Million Downloads In 2019
• UFC Signs 3-Show Deal With Facebook Watch, Aiming To Promote Its PPV Matches
• “Under The Influence”?: A Response To THAT Ad Age Article