News

• YouTube’s Kirsten Dunst Series ‘On Becoming A God In Central Florida’ Moves To Showtime
• Twitch Suing 100 Users Who Spammed ‘Artifact’ Game Category With Pornographic And Violent Content

  Twitch is suing 100 people for flooding its site with pornography, gore, and graphic imagery -- including livestreams of the Christchurch massacre. There’s only one problem: the Amazon-owned platform has no idea who these 100 people are.

  
• Quibi Taps Tyra Banks For Docuseries Dissecting Global Beauty Standards

  Quibi is still roughly one year from launch, but the short-form video brainchild of Jeffrey Katzenberg continues to add notable names to its upcoming content slate.

  
• PewDiePie Mulls The Relative Decline Of His Channel, Says Taking A Break Could “Kill” It

  The 31 million subscriber gain PewDiePie’s channel experienced during his six-month battle with Bollywood record label T-Series has dropped off after his official concession and request that his supporters stop using the “Subscribe to PewDiePie” rallying cry. In yesterday’s upload, the YouTuber — whose real name is Felix Kjellberg — probed the “death” of his channel by tracing the popularity of ‘PewDiePie’ as a search term using Google Trends. The Google service, along with offering lots of helpful breakdown information (like which countries generate the most searches for a particular item), tracks how often terms are searched and ranks them based on all other searches.

  
• Twitch Launches Teespring Integration, Enabling Creators To Sell Subscriber-Only Merch
• Studio71 U.K. To Debut 2 New Podcasts, Including Its Foray Into Food Programming
• Eugene Lee Yang’s Coming Out Video Has Raised $60,000 For The Trevor Project
• Snapchat Renews Two Originals From Vertical Networks, Overtime (Exclusive)
• Former Clevver Hosts Joslyn Davis And Lily Marston Launch Female-Centric YouTube Upstart
• Vlogger Nabela Noor Launches Body-Positive Clothing Brand That Swaps Out Sizes For Affirmations
• Dan Howell Comes Out As “Basically” Gay, Answers Speculation About Relationship With Phil Lester
• YouTube Millionaires: Everything Lifestyle Daredevil Michelle Khare Wants Is On The Other Side Of Fear — And She’s Up For The Challenge
• Gamer Dr DisRespect Suspended By Twitch, Banned From E3 After Public Bathroom Stream
• Google CEO Apologizes To LGBTQ+ Staffers After YouTube Firestorm: “You Are A Source Of Pride For Us”
• Jaclyn Hill Refutes Accusations That Her New Brand Is Vending Moldy Lipsticks
• Digital Brand Architects Signs Beauty Creator Arnell Armon (Exclusive)
• Creators Going Pro: The Women Behind ‘Come Curious’ Share Sex Education With “An Element Of Fearlessness”
• Bretman Rock, Tana Mongeau, More To Headline ‘Escape The Night’ All-Star Season
• Veteran Vlogger Trisha Paytas To Perform Greatest Hits On 14-City ‘Heartbreak Tour’
• Fullscreen Signs 9 Creators, Including MindOfRez, Lexy Panterra, And Kellie Sweet
• YouTube Adds Notification Settings For Users, Metrics For Creators To Clarify When Subscribers Are Alerted
• Influencer Marketing Platform CreatorIQ Raises $12 Million At $40 To $50 Million Valuation
• Pocket.watch Names Former Hello Sunshine CEO Kerry Tucker Its First CMO
• ‘Fortnite’ Still Leads Views For Gaming Titles On Social Video. By A Lot.