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• Muslim Advocacy Group Files Suit Against YouTube, Facebook For Hosting Christchurch Shooting Videos
• YouTube’s FaZe Clan Inks Sponsorship, Content Pact With Automaker Nissan

  Automaker Nissan wants a piece of the FaZe Clan -- an esports team and YouTuber collective that comprises some of the platform’s most combustible personalities, including Turner 'FaZe Tfue' Tenney (9.9 million subscribers), Brian 'FaZe Rug' Awadis (11.7 million subscribers), and Ricky 'FaZe Banks' Banks (4.8 million subscribers). 

  
• Kim Kardashian’s Daughter North West Entering YouTube Fray In Collab With JoJo Siwa

  Nickelodeon’s super-rainbow kidfluencer JoJo Siwa has clinched the costar for her next big YouTube collab: Kim Kardashian and Kanye West’s five-year-old daughter, North West.

  
• Group Nine Media And Refinery29 In Talks To Merge (Report)

  Amid a trying time for the digital media industry, two prominent players -- multi-faceted Group Nine Media and female-centric Refinery29 -- may be weighing a merger.

  
• YouTube Content Head Susanne Daniels Denies Eyeing Exit Amid High-End Series Cancellations
• YouTube Facing Lawsuit That Alleges Toy Unboxing Videos Are “Abusive Advertising Practices” Aimed At Children
• Ryan Murphy’s First Netflix Series, ‘The Politician’, Set To Run On Sept. 27
• YouTube Disabled Comments On Thousands Of Creators’ Channels To Prevent Child Predation. Tech Startup Respondology Thinks It Has A Solution.
• The Latest Pro-PewDiePie Hackers Locked Users’ Files Until They Subscribed
• StyleHaul Notifies Employees Of Layoffs, Shutdown Of U.S. Operations (Exclusive)
• Lifestyle Creator Chriselle Lim’s Namesake Clothing Line Arrives At Bloomingdale’s
• Instagram Testing Feature That Will Let Users Temporarily Try New Handles
• Here’s How Apple’s Spending Its Massive $1 Billion Original Content Budget Ahead Of Streaming Service Launch
• Hulu Rounds Out Cast Of John Green’s ‘Looking For Alaska’ Series Adaptation
• Colombian Beauty Vlogger Paula ‘PauTips’ Galindo To Bring Makeup Brand Stateside
• YouTube Millionaires: AR12Gaming Started Sharing His Love For Racecar Games On YouTube In 2012. Now, His Company Sponsors Real-Life Racers.
• Insights: Critical Role’s Record $7.7 Million Kickstarter Shows Social Media Can Still Be Chaotic Good Fun
• Here’s Why Netflix Launched ‘Love, Death & Robots’ With A Different Episode Order For Certain Users
• Facebook Watch Nabs First Daytime Emmy Nomination For Jada Pinkett Smith’s ‘Red Table Talk’
• JackSepticEye To Headline Charity: Water Fundraising Stream For ‘World Water Day’
• YouTube Shutters ‘Fantastic Adventures’ Channel After Proprietor’s Arrest For Child Abuse
• Creators Going Pro: Professional Juggler Josh Horton Found A Whole New World On YouTube — And It Dramatically Changed His Career
• YouTube Will Require Content Owners To Give Timestamps When They Copyright Claim A Video
• Social Video App ‘Firework’ Emerges From Beta, Enabling Creators To Film Horizontal And Vertical Clips Simultaneously