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• Facebook Hosts Second Annual Creator Day In Malibu, Rolls Out Updates To Creator Studio
• Facebook Unveils New Monetization Tools, Including More Creator Control Over ‘Ad Breaks’

  Ahead of VidCon this week, Facebook has rolled out new monetization features within the three products that creators can currently use tomake money: advertising, brand deals, and direct support from fans.

  
• BBC Studios Invests In Quibi, Will Produce Original Nature Series ‘Fierce Queens’

  BBC has become the latest major studio to invest in Quibi, and has simultaneously pacted with the video startup to produce upcoming nature series Fierce Queens. BBC’s production arm, BBC Studios, has taken a “small stake” in Jeffrey Katzenberg’s business, Variety reports. Further financial details of the deal were not made public.

  
• BuzzFeed Debuts First Snapchat Original, Weekday Trendy News Roundup ‘BTW’

  You can now get your BuzzFeed digest on Snapchat. The media giant has launched BTW, a shortform weekday series that pulls together stories from across BuzzFeed and presents them via hosts Shanice Bland (production coordinator for BuzzFeed News), Patrice Peck (culture writer), and David Mack (BuzzFeed’s deputy director of breaking news), Variety reports. (Bland, Peck, and Mack are pictured above.)

  
• FTC Reportedly Considering Asking YouTubers To Turn Off Ads In The Name Of Child Privacy
• Gaming Luminary DanTDM Concludes Arena-Only U.K. Tour Dubbed ‘The Contest’
• Studio71 Scoops Up Top Creators Jacksepticeye, Joey Graceffa, And Ali-A
• Be Sure To RSVP For Tubefilter’s 9th Annual VidCon Party, HDBeenDope to Perform Hit Single ‘Byrd’ And More
• Simply Nailogical Launches ‘Holo Taco’ Nail Polish Brand, Selling Out In 2 Hours
• Netflix To Decrease Depictions Of Tobacco Use In Original Projects After Anti-Smoking Report
• Netflix Released A Director’s Commentary For ‘Always Be My Maybe,’ But You Can’t Listen To It On Netflix
• After Wrath Of “Angry Computer Nerds,” YouTube Reverses Strike On Ethical Hacking Channel
• Russell Simmons’ All Def Digital Is Shutting Down, According To Sources (Exclusive)
• Summer McKeen’s Maybelline Lip Gloss Collab Drops At Walmart
• YouTube Demonetizes, Tweaks Algorithm On Videos That Peddle Bogus Cancer Cures
• Former Snap Content VP Nick Bell Named Teespring Advisor
• Dr DisRespect Apologizes For Public Bathroom Stream, Teases Twitch Return Next Week
• Gabby Douglas, Dashawn Jordan, Giannis Antetokounmpo To Attend VidCon As Part Of First Nike Sponsorship
• Shane Dawson’s ‘Ugly Side Of The Beauty World’ Docuseries To Drop This Fall
• Lilly Singh Pacts With Freelance Services Startup Fiverr On Digital Video Ad Contest
• Genius Hires Head Of TV And Film, Signaling Push Into Long-Form Programming
• Join Us For Tubefilter’s 9th Annual VidCon Party
• YouTube Vet Philip DeFranco Hits Play On ‘Rogue Rocket’ Channel With New Correspondents, Deeper Dives
• Ninja, Jacksepticeye, Cody Ko, Rhett & Link To Headline Inaugural Metarama Gaming + Music Festival