News

• Quibi Acquires First News Program In Reported 8-Figure Deal With NBC
• Apple Is Pushing Into Podcast Space By Snapping Up Programs’ Exclusive Streaming Rights (Report)

  For the first time, Apple plans to invest in original podcasts. The tech giant has generally remained a neutral force in the podcasting world, providing an avenue -- first on iTunes and now on the Apple Podcasts app -- for creators to share their podcasts, but never funding the production of any programs.

  
• Netflix Removes Controversial Suicide Scene From ’13 Reasons Why,’ Citing Medical Experts

  More than two years after the first season of Netflix’s adaptation of young adult novel 13 Reasons Why premiered, the streamer has removed a controversial scene that vividly depicted one of the main characters committing suicide.

  
• James Charles, Emma Chamberlain Among 25 Most Influential People On The Internet, Per ‘Time’

  Time magazine has unveiled today its fifth annual round-up of the 25 Most Influential People on the Internet -- and, unsurprisingly, it’s chock full of YouTube stars.

  
• Over 1,500 Creators And Industry Pros Flocked To Tubefilter’s 9th Annual VidCon Party
• CAA Signs Comedic Gaming Collective ‘Neebs Gaming’ (Exclusive)
• The Dodo Launches Children’s-Focused YouTube Channel With 3 Original Series
• Vine, YouTube Vet Jason Toff Joins New Experimental App Team At Facebook
• Patreon Announces $60 Million Funding Round, With Participation From Creators Hannibal Buress, Serj Tankian
• 27 Top Twitch Streamers Host Amazon Prime Shopping Stream ‘Twitch Sells Out’
• YouTuber Ray Diaz Arrested For Allegedly Assaulting His Underage Girlfriend
• Ryan Toys Review Scrubs Up With Colgate For Children’s Oral Care Collection
• Facebook To Face Record $5 Billion FTC Settlement Related To Cambridge Analytica Scandal
• British YouTuber And Host Emily Hartridge Dies At 35 In E-Scooter Collision
• Here’s How To Harness Facebook’s New Privacy Updates To (Sort Of) Control Who Has Your Personal Data
• Disney Shutters FX Networks’ Nascent Streaming Service FX+ After Acquiring It In March
• Loren Gray, Lauren Riihimaki To Fete Their Pets In New Dodo Series For IGTV
• Cracking The YouTube Algorithm In 2020
• These Brands Dominated Social Video Through The First Half of 2019 (Study)
• Insights: As Our Cultural Lives Go Fully Digital, How Will We Signal What We Care About?
• Kian And JC To Launch $25,000 ‘Big Brother’-Style Series With 13 YouTuber Contestants
• Hulu To Get A Little More Delicious With 24 Shows From Tastemade
• “Old Town Road” Artist Lil Nas X To Headline TwitchCon’s Community Party
• StyleHaul’s Former VP Of Accounting And Finance Indicted For Embezzling $22 Million