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• YouTube Millionaires: Star Stand-Up Comedian Josh Wolf Snags 1 Million-Strong Audience On YouTube
• Michael ‘VSauce’ Stevens To Probe The Science Behind Fear In Halloween-Themed ‘Mind Field’ Special

  YouTube creator Michael Stevens, whose science and philosophy-centric VSauce channel counts 14.8 million subscribers and 1.6 billion views, launched a YouTube Premium series called Mind Field in Jan. 2017 to examine the lesser understood questions about human behavior via experiments conducted upon himself as well as celebrity guests.

  
• Hannah Meloche’s Latest Jewelry Launch To Benefit Amazon Rainforest Preservation Efforts

  Seventeen-year-old lifestyle vlogger and recent high school grad Hannah Meloche is honing a charitable focus for her nascent jewelry business, Starlite Village.Meloche’s latest bracelet collection for Starlite -- a monthly jewelry subscription service that she launched in May -- and which will eventually come to vend jewelry, accessories, and apparel -- will fund preservation efforts for the Amazon rainforest.

  
• Whistle To Launch First-Ever OTT Channel, WhistleTV, With Original Shows, Influencers, More

  Whistle, the digital media company formerly known as Whistle Sports, made a number of announcements today during the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) Show in New York, including the launch of its first-ever OTT channel, as well as the appointment of a new executive, entertainment industry vet Griffin Gmelich, to oversee OTT and content.

  
• #YouTubeBlack To Host 4th Annual FanFest With Lil Baby, GotDamnZo, Queen Naija
• BuzzFeed Launches Inaugural Creator Program For Its Travel Brand ‘Bring Me!’
• Creators Going Pro: In February, 5 “Ordinary” YouTubers Joined Forces As ‘Beta Squad.’ Now, They Have Nearly 400K Subscribers.
• David Dobrik, Joey Graceffa, Brandon Rogers Lead This Year’s Streamy Awards Nominations
• Rooster Teeth’s Podcast Network, The Roost, Unveils Slate Of 3 Scripted Series
• Guns N’ Roses Lays Claim To Only Music Videos From The ’90s — And Now The ’80s — With 1 Billion Views
• ‘Bon Appétit’ Magazine Is Making Cover Stars Out Of Its Beloved YouTube Crew
• Shane Dawson Launches Online Store With Jeffree Star’s Killer Merch, All Items Promptly Sell Out
• Is A.I. The Next Step For Influencer Marketing? Meet Lil Miquela.
• YouTube Pacts With MerchBar To Help ‘Official Artist Channels’ Drive Merch, Vinyl Sales
• Viral Video Upstart ‘Doing Things Media’ Appoints Former Group Nine Exec President, Taps Starry Advisers
• Pocket.watch Greenlights Shows With The Onyx Family, Eh Bee Family, Expands Hulu Pact
• YouTube Drops Trailer For Latest Learning-Focused Original, Starring VSauce3’s Jake Roper
• Sardonic Twitter Account ‘Dril’ Nabs Weekly Web Series On Adult Swim
• Grace Helbig To Sit Down With Powerful Women In Studio71 Facebook Series
• Moonbug Inks Distribution Deal For ‘Little Baby Bum’ Spin-Off in The Nordics
• As Halloween Looms, Sam And Colby Unveil Four-Part U.K. Series, ‘The Graveyard’
• YouTube Continues Crackdown On ‘Pick-Up Artist’ Vloggers Globally
• Both Co-Founders Of Microsoft’s Twitch Competitor Mixer Are Departing The Business
• YouTube Star Jordyn Jones Drops Self-Titled EP, Will Embark On ‘Eyes On Me’ Tour