News

• MrBeast Drops Trailer For Finale Of ‘Last To’ Series, With $1 Million Grand Prize
• Studio71 Names Longtime Execs Joe Hodorowicz, Joseph Marchese New Co-Heads Of Talent (Exclusive)

  Following former SVP of talent John Carle’s move to influencer marketing network BEN, Studio71 has named longtime execs Joe Hodorowicz and Joseph Marchese its new co-heads of talent.

  
• Instagram Launches AI Tool That Warns Users Before They Post Potentially Offensive Captions

  Instagram is today rolling out a new tool as part of its anti-bullying efforts -- this time in a bid to crack down on potentially bullying photo and video captions.

  
• TikTok Inks Deal With WWE For 30 New Wrestler Accounts, Entrance Music Licensing

  WWE is body-slamming onto TikTok today, with a new pact that will see the wrestling media purveyor -- which counts 1 billion followers across all of its social channels globally -- launch various new channels on the Bytedance-owned, short-form video app.

  
• For The First Time, YouTube Consumption Will Inform The ‘Billboard 200’ Albums Chart
• Rooster Teeth Ups Doreen Copeland To VP Of Production, Names New Animation Co-Heads
• The Try Guys’ Keith Habersberger Restocks Buzzy Hot Sauce After Two-Day Sellout
• VidCon 2020 Goes All In On TikTok With Featured Creators Andre Swilley, ThunThun Skittles, More
• YouTube Millionaires: Comedy Sketch King Cherdleys Turned His Improv Skills Into A Full-Time YouTube Career
• All In The Creator Family: JesssFam’s Blended Family Of 9 Is “Just The Right Mix Of Chaos And Love”
• Streamys Bestows ‘Premiere’ Awards To Ninja, JoJo Siwa Ahead Of Tomorrow’s Flagship Ceremony
• Amazon Prime Reportedly Lands Rihanna Documentary For A Cool $25 Million
• Robert Downey Jr.’s Long-Awaited YouTube Original To Drop Dec. 18 (Trailer)
• Children’s YouTube Giant ‘CKN Toys’ To Drop Toy Line, Nickelodeon Series Next Spring
• Tana Mongeau, Jake Paul Land Linear MTV Series ‘Bustedness’
• Creators Going Pro: Donut Media Is Driving 30+ Million Views Per Month With Weekly Installments Of Inclusive Automotive Content
• Disney+ Has Gotten 22 Million App Downloads In One Month (Report)
• TikTok’s Parent Company Piloting Spotify Competitor ‘Resso’ In Emerging Markets
• Tubular Labs Doubles Board With New Additions Jamie Gutfreund, Greg Coleman
• Vice Taps Gizmodo Vet Susie Banikarim As Head Of Newsgathering — A New Role
• Verizon To Lay Off 150 More Employees From ‘Media’ Division
• Netflix Orders Limited Series Chronicling Origins Of Fellow Streamer Spotify
• YouTube’s Revamped Harassment Policy Will Remove Videos With Insults Based On Race, Gender, Sexual Orientation
• Creators For Good: Penny Tovar On Why Representation Matters In Education And STEM