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• John And Hank Green Launch 11th Annual ‘Project For Awesome’ Charity Campaign
• Sofia Vergara, New Form Partner On Daily Docuseries For Facebook Watch

  Actress and entrepreneur Sofia Vergara is going into business with digital content studio New From to produce a Facebook Watch daily documentary series titled 365 Days Of Love.

  
• Otter Media Lays Off 140 Staffers Amid Reorganization Of Rooster Teeth, Fullscreen, Machinima, More

  Otter Media -- the parent company of Fullscreen and Rooster Teeth -- which was purchased in full by AT&T last August and subsumed into its WarnerMedia division, is set to undergo a sweeping reorganization that will see the layoff of about 10% of its full-time and contracted staff.

  
• In Year-End Review, Reddit Touts 1.4 Billion Monthly Native Video Views

  Reddit shared some updated video stats in its annual Year In Review blog post, where the content aggregation hub revealed that it now clocks 1.4 billion video views per month -- a 40% increase over the 1 billion monthly views that it last reported in October.

  
• TopBuzz Creator Spotlight: Johnny Carey’s Skits Put A Comedic Spin On U.K. Stereotypes
• Ninja’s Spent 3,800 Hours Streaming ‘Fortnite’ This Year. That’s The Equivalent Of 95 40-Hour Workweeks.
• YouTube’s Oldest Star, Indian Chef ‘Mastanamma’, Has Passed Away At 107
• Casey Neistat Books Part In Netflix Film With Jamie Foxx, Joseph Gordon-Levitt
• PewDiePie Battles Racist Fan Comments By Raising Money For Indian Child Rights Charity
• YouTube Aims To Boost Video Engagement With Home Feed Autoplay
• YouTube Comedian Drew Lynch Will Return To ‘America’s Got Talent’ For ‘Champions’ Spinoff
• Team 10’s Justin Roberts Buys ‘Subscribe To PewDiePie’ Billboard In Times Square
• PewDiePie, Ninja Spread Ugliness (And Cheer) With New Christmas Sweater Lines
• 7-Year-Old Ryan ToysReview Reportedly Earned $22 Million On YouTube Last Year
• Ariana Grande Blasts Past Record For Biggest YouTube Debut In 24 Hours
• Markiplier Launches Last-Minute Pro-PewDiePie Stream, Supercharging His Subscriber Lead Over T-Series
• WarnerMedia Considering Selling Its $930 Million Hulu Stake Ahead Of Launching Its Own Streaming Service
• Prank Master YouTuber Adam Beales Teams Up With Disney For Its #VloggerTakeover Series
• After Two-Year Hiatus, YouTube Staple ‘Epic Rap Battles Of History’ Plots Return
• Hacker Rigs Printers To Spit Out Pro-PewDiePie Propaganda In Fight Against T-Series
• Facebook Hosts ‘Global Creator Day’ In Mumbai, Launches Monetization Tools In India
• WarnerMedia’s Forthcoming Streaming Service To Offer 3 Content Tiers
• Emma Chamberlain Drops First Merch Collection
• Twitch Megastar Ninja Launches Preorder For EDM Compilation Album ‘Ninjawerks’