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• Pluto TV Names Former YouTube TV Exec Fran Hazeldine Its First SVP Of Marketing
• YouTube Overhauls Homepage With Bigger Thumbnails, New Queue Button, More

  Despite a largely negative response from users, YouTube has implemented the homepage redesign it tested back in August, dramatically increasing the size of videos thumbnails for users browsing on a computer or tablet.

  
• With 25 Million Views On Season 1, Kian And JC Are Readying Another ‘Reality House’

  By many accounts, the first season of Kian Lawley and Jc Caylen’s Reality House was a massive success, garnering substantive buzz on social media and drumming up a collective 25 million views across all episodes. 

  
• YouTube To Host Charity Tribute Concert In Nashville To Fete Its Johnny Cash Doc

  To celebrate its forthcoming documentary, The Gift: The Journey of Johnny Cash -- chronicling the life and times of the iconic country music star — YouTube is hosting a Cash Fest charity concert in Nashville on Nov. 10, the day before the film bows.

  
• The FTC Releases New Guidelines (And Its First Creator-Friendly Brochure) For Influencers Who Post Sponsored Content
• Creators Going Pro: The Entertainment Industry Is Full Of Middlemen. Actress, Comedian, And Writer Nikki Limo Uses YouTube To Cut Them Out.
• Google Brings ‘Shopping Ads’ Format To YouTube Ahead Of Holiday Frenzy
• Twitch Teams With Analytics Provider Moat To Measure Its Unblockable ‘SureStream’ Ads
• Adam Rippon Nabs Ketel One Sponsorship For Second Season Of YouTube Series ‘Break The Ice’
• “Innovative, Inclusive, Disruptive”: How Courtney Carter Launched Her Management Company To Tell Diverse Creators’ Stories
• After Boxing Defeat, FouseyTube Launches New ‘YouTube Cribs’ Series With Logan Paul
• Chipotle’s TikTok #Boorito Halloween Campaign With DreaKnowsBest, The Stokes Twins Surpasses 2 Billion Views
• Ninja, TimTheTatman, Summit1G, Others Release ‘LAMO The Game’ On Steam
• ‘Fortnite’ Pro FaZe Jarvis Banned From Game For Life After YouTube Videos Showed Him Cheating
• Amazon Picks Up Critical Role’s $11.4 Million Kickstarter Series ‘The Legend Of Vox Machina,’ Orders A Second Season
• Cody Ko And Noel Miller’s ‘Tiny Meat Gang’ Signs With Arista Records Ahead Of Third EP
• Digital Star Emma Chamberlain Grows Up In Original Snapchat Series Called ‘Adulting’
• YouTube Might Have Banned Former Trump Adviser, Sebastian Gorka, For Copyright Violations
• Is A YouTube COPPAcalypse Coming? FTC Rules Could Start Demonetizing Creators In 2020
• Longtime NASCAR Exec Lou Garate Switches Lanes, Becoming Twitch’s First Global Head Of Sponsorship Sales
• YouTube Rolls Out Latest Creator Monetization Tool In The Form Of ‘Super Stickers’
• Lifestyle Content Studio Kyra TV Partners With Noen Eubanks, Eric Tabach For New YouTube Shows
• After Selling 1 Million Palettes In 30 Minutes, Jeffree Star And Shane Dawson Announce ‘Conspiracy Collection’ Restock
• CouRage Becomes Latest Streamer To Ditch Twitch — In Exclusive Deal With YouTube Gaming