News

• TikTok CEO Cancels Capitol Hill Meetings Amid Investigation Into Chinese Surveillance, Censorship
• Digital Entrepreneur To Serve 14 Years For Criminal Plot To Wrest Domain Name

  The Justice Department issued a press release today stating that a social media entrepreneur has been sentenced to 14 year in federal prison for his ruthless plot to wrest control of a desired domain name.

  
• Insights: Seven Social Media Trends That Point To A Vexing 2020 For Creators, Brands

  Here during Streamy Awards week, when Tubefilter celebrates the year's best in social media -- and the influencers who make it such a vibrant place -- it's important that we also look forward to what next year has in store.

  
• Amid Flurry Of Departures, Twitch Locks Down DrLupo, LIRIK, TimTheTatman In Exclusive Deals

  Twitch is clutching tightly to three of its top streamers, as rival platforms like Mixer and YouTube Gaming increasingly pilfer its top native broadcasters with exclusivity deals. Benjamin 'DrLupo' Lupo, Saqib 'LIRIK' Zahid, and Timothy 'TimTheTatman' Betar have all inked exclusive multi-year content deals with Twitch, it was announced today.

  
• The Emmys Adds First Category For Esports, Recognizing Outstanding Journalism
• The Global Video Measurement Alliance Believes Views Alone Can’t Accurately Measure Digital Video Engagement — So It’s Creating New Metrics
• YouTube Asks The FTC To Give Creators Clearer COPPA Guidelines Ahead Of Jan. 1 Enforcement
• Michelle Khare Debuts ‘YouTube Rewind 2019: The Musical,’ Chronicling Creator Community’s Successes And Scandals
• TikTok Wraps 2019 With First-Ever Top 10 Lists Of Creators, Videos, Memes
• Three Of BuzzFeed’s Biggest Video Stars Launch Indie Studio ‘Watcher Entertainment’
• Endemol’s OP Talent Signs Tiana Wilson, A 12-Year-Old With 16.5 Million Subscribers
• Michelle Obama, Liza Koshy, Julia Roberts Venture To Vietnam For YouTube Learning Original
• Instagram Is Finally Asking New Users If They’re Over 13, But Will That Protect It From COPPA?
• BroadbandTV Reorganizes Music Services Under ‘Opposition’ Division
• Netflix And Scorsese’s ‘The Irishman’ Brought 17 Million TV Viewers In First 5 Days
• Twitch’s Dr. Disrespect Developing Scripted TV Series With Team Behind ‘The Walking Dead’
• Twitter Unveils New ‘Retweets’ Account To Fete User Community
• Imgur Launches New ‘Melee’ App Where Users Can Host, Discover Gaming Memes
• YouTube Millionaires: Tristan Jass Gave Up College Basketball For Content Creation — And He Knows He Made The Right Decision
• All In The Creator Family: Entrepreneur Kyra Sivertson Uses Her Channel ‘OKbaby’ To Show Other Teen Parents Things Can Turn Out Just Fine
• Digital Kids’ Content Company ‘Moonbug’ Launches VOD Channel On Apple TV
• Verizon Media Pacts With Advisory Chair Serena Williams On Branded ‘Yahoo Shopping’ Series
• YouTube Treads Safe Approach To This Year’s ‘Rewind’, With Series Of Data-Driven Lists
• Streamys Announces Host-Less Ceremony In Lieu Of ‘Collaborators’ Brandon Rogers, Mark Rober, Emma Chamberlain, Hannah Stocking, And More