News

• TikTok Hits 1.5 Billion Total Downloads, Driven By Explosive Growth In India (Report)
• Snapchat Pledges $750,000 To Support AR Influencers In 2020

  As a leader in the user-generated augmented reality space, Snapchat is putting more funds squarely behind influencers in order to generate more AR content for its platform.

  
• Patreon Now Counts 4 Million Patrons That Have Paid Creators $1 Billion To Date

  Patreon has surpassed some impressive milestones that will likely come as encouraging news to creators.The company has paid out a total of $1 billion in patron funds to creators since its inception in 2013, and now counts a total of 4 million patrons on its platform.

  
• Evan Spiegel Says Snapchat Has A Team That Fact-Checks All Political Ads

  While Facebook has committed to allowing all political advertising on its platform, even ads that contain lies, and Twitter has sought to address the conundrum by banning political advertising full-stop, Snapchat is seeking middle ground. 

  
• Markiplier And Ethan Nestor’s New Self-Destructing Vlog Project Nets Nearly 1M Subscribers In 3 Days
• Logan Paul Filing Appeal With Athletic Commission After KSI Boxing Defeat: “I Don’t Think I Lost”
• Disney+ Promises To Fix Cropped Episodes Of ‘The Simpsons,’ But That’s Not Users’ Only Issue
• The Game Theorists To Host Nine-Hour Stream For St. Jude With Markiplier, Colleen Ballinger, More
• David Dobrik Says Monthly YouTube Ad Earnings Went From $275,000 To $2,000 In Two Years
• James Charles To Host YouTube’s First Beauty Influencer Competition Series
• FaZe Clan To Open First Storefront, Aims To Be Esports’ Supreme
• Hulu, Which Reportedly Has Nation’s Most-Subscribed Skinny Bundle, Institutes $10 Price Hike
• TikTok Taps In Social Shopping Tools, Letting (Some) Users Add Buy Links To Bios And Videos
• Teespring’s New ‘Drop’ Program Lets Creators Launch Co-Branded Merch With Iconic Brands, Like Champion
• Music Licensing Platform Epidemic Sound Taps Peter McKinnon To Helm Film About Resident Artist, ‘Ooyy’
• Manny MUA, FouseyTube, Andrea Russett Tapped For Season 2 Of ‘The Reality House’
• After Botched Lipstick Launch, Jaclyn Hill’s Beauty Brand Readies Return For Holiday
• New YouTuber Event ‘FamFest’ Wants To Bring Together Family Channels And Fans Of All Ages (Exclusive)
• FaZe Clan’s First Deaf, Female Gamer — 14-Year-Old ‘Ewok’ — Is Latest Twitch Departee To Sign With Mixer
• Facebook Levels Up Charity Livestreaming Tools, Opening Them To All Partner Creators
• Following Positive Feedback, Instagram Expands Test Of Hidden ‘Like’ Counts Globally
• David Dobrik Nabs People’s ‘Sexiest Man Alive’ Honors, People’s Choice Award
• Creators Going Pro: Prank Master Adam Beales’ YouTube Success Inspired His Whole Family To Make The Platform Their Career
• Bleacher Report’s New Studio Taps Epix Exec Rachel Brill To Lead Original Content Development