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• ‘Hot Ones’ Taps Antacid Brand Tums As Official Sponsor Of Season 9
• Grace Helbig, Mamrie Hart, Griffin McElroy To Headline RTX’s Comedy Programming

  Rooster Teeth’s Austin, Texas-based convention RTX has announced this year’s comedy programming.

  
• New Collab Study Finds YouTube Viewership Has Dramatically Shifted Toward TV Screens

  A new study by digital entertainment studio Collab -- which furnishes rights management, ad sales, and other services for a slew of top digital stars -- has revealed that more and more YouTube viewership is taking place on TV screens.

  
• FaZe Clan’s Contract With Tfue Leaks, FaZe Banks Acknowledges Its Terms Are “Horrible” For Gamers

  Gaming and entertainment collective FaZe Clan’s contract with popular Fortnite pro Tfue, who joined the organization in April 2018, has been leaked in the midst of the pair’s combustive legal battle. Tfue (whose real name is Turner Tenney) filed suit against FaZe Clan on Monday, claiming that in the year he’s been with the organization, it’s held him back professionally and not paid him money due from sponsorship deals. The suit also alleges FaZe Clan’s contracts with gamers are restrictive and demand large sums of gamers’ incomes, including 80% of revenue earned from sponsorship deals arranged by Faze.

  
• Facebook Reportedly Testing New Instagram Dashboard Within Its Creator Studio Tool
• Jukin Media Names AOL And PopSugar Vet Liz Ryan Head Of Sales
• Creators Going Pro: Stan Prokopenko And His Team Use YouTube To Teach Art Students Around The World — And Make A Living Doing It
• Snapchat Bans Adult Entertainment Company’s X-Rated Lenses
• 10,000 David Dobrik Fans Swarmed Casey Neistat’s 368 For ‘Clickbait’ Pop-Up Shop
• Amazon Taps ‘Game Of Thrones’ EP Bryan Cogman For ‘Lord Of The Rings’ Prequel
• YouTube Sets Sights On Primetime Emmy Nods For Will Smith, ‘Cobra Kai’, ‘Wayne’
• Billie Eilish, Ava Max Talk Mental Health Stigma In Ad Council’s Latest ‘Seize The Awkward’ Campaign
• Courtney Carter’s Carter Media Group Taps Lauren Elias As Latest Talent Manager (Exclusive)
• YouTube Cracks Down On Videos Instructing Viewers To Ingest Bleach As ‘Miracle’ Medical Cure
• Jaclyn Hill, Who Has Proven Her Retail Prowess, To Launch Namesake Beauty Brand
• Digital Talent Agency Gleam Futures Launches Creator-Brand Marketing Firm Gleam Solutions
• TikTok Parent Company Bytedance Will Launch Paid Music Streaming Service This Fall (Report)
• YouTube Will Soon Only Display Abbreviated — And Not Exact — Subscriber Counts
• Bisexual Vlogger Jessie Paege Launches Tarte Eyeshadow Palette For Pride Month
• Game Publishers Pay Top Streamers Like Ninja $50,000+ Per Hour To Play Their New Games (Report)
• Top 50 Most Viewed YouTube Channels Worldwide • Week Of 5/19/2019
• Vine Star Marcus Johns Makes Directorial Debut With Autobiographical Musical ‘Viral’ (Exclusive)
• BuzzFeed Studios Head Lauren Dolgen Departs For Paramount Network
• VidCon Hires First Content Director, Enters Original Programming Fray With Inaugural Series