News

• Creators Going Pro: Andy George’s Rebooted Series ‘How To Make Everything’ Will See Him Create Civilization From Scratch
• TikTok Collaborates With 12 Creators For New ‘You’re In Control’ Online Safety Videos

  Shortform video platform TikTok has released a second group of installments in its series You’re in Control series, where it collaborates with creators to make videos that educate users (particularly young users) about its Community Guidelines, as well as settings, controls, and resources available on the app.

  
• Music Video Upstart ‘Triller’ Says It’s Taking On TikTok Amid $28 Million Series B

  Triller, an AI-powered platform that enables creators to make music videos using licensed songs, has raised $28 million in Series B funding, led by media investment company Proxima (which was founded by veteran businessman and film producer Ryan Kavanaugh, who founded Relativity Media and is behind films like The Social Network and Mamma Mia).

  
• Penn State Study Posits YouTube’s Algorithm Isn’t To Blame For Far-Right Radicalization

  A new report out of Penn State University contradicts a widespread and popular notion in the media and across academic circles today -- that YouTube’s algorithm serves as a mechanism by which viewers are politically radicalized.

  
• Snapchat Adds 7 Million Daily Active Users In Q3, Looks Ahead To Wearable AR Tech
• YouTube Drops Trailer For First Interactive Film From Markiplier, Rooster Teeth
• Amazon Launches Ad-Supported ‘News’ Video App With CBS, HuffPost, Cheddar
• YouTube Founder Chad Hurley Raises $8.5 Million For Fan-Centric Sports Game Startup ‘GreenPark’
• IGTV Rolls Out Tools Enabling Creators To Publish Videos As An Episodic Series
• Hulu Continues AwesomenessTV Partnership With Alex Lange-Starrer ‘The Unsettling’
• Former Zynga Exec Doug Scott Joins Twitch As Chief Marketing Officer
• Patreon Founder Jack Conte Launches ‘Super Patron’ Endowment That Will Give Creators A Yearly Salary
• The Chef Behind ‘Binging With Babish’ Is Cooking Up A Plan To Help Fellow YouTubers Make More Ad Money
• Facebook, Under Fire For Political Ad Policies, Lays Out Election Protection Plan
• VidCon Names Founding AwesomenessTV Exec Carter Hansen First VP Of Programming
• YouTube Settles Lawsuit Against Man Who Attempted To Extort ‘Minecraft’ Creators With Copyright Flags
• Jeffree Star Cosmetics Forecasts Shane Dawson Collab Will Generate $35 Million In Morphe, Online Sales
• Brandon Rogers Puts Comedy Central’s Social Accounts ‘Under The Influencer’ In New Video Campaign (Exclusive)
• YouTube Vet Akilah Hughes To Co-Host Daily News Podcast For Crooked Media
• ‘Fortnite’ Sees Social Video Viewership Resurgence Amid Launch Of ‘Chapter 2’
• Insights: Doing Business In China Vexes Companies That Depend On Creators — And Creators Themselves
• Tati Westbrook Launches Makeup Brand, As YouTuber Palette Season Kicks Into High Gear
• T-Mobile To Serve As Exclusive Telecom Launch Partner For Katzenberg’s Quibi
• Artist Profile Pages Just Got A Slight Facelift On The YouTube Music App