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• Portal A Unveils New ‘Moonshots’ Pilot Program, Slates Originals With Mike Diva And Alexis G. Zall
• PewDiePie Continues To Outrun T-Series, Becoming First Channel To Pass 70 Million Subscribers

  Reports that Felix 'PewDiePie' Kjellberg was poised to lose his crown as YouTube’s most-subscribed creator has clearly spurred his fans into action -- as well as grassroots campaigns of sorts from North Carolina (courtesy of fellow creator MrBeast) all the way to Bangladesh.

  
• Disney Eyeing Global Rollout For Hulu, Potential Subscription Price Hike

  Disney has plans to make Hulu available outside the U.S., expand the streaming service’s original programming, and possibly hike up subscription prices, chairman and CEO Bob Iger said during the entertainment giant’s fourth-quarter earnings call.

  
• Brands Are Pursuing ‘Nano Influencers’ With Mere Thousands Of Instagram Followers (Report)

  "We have the technology to work with a lot more influencers now and track and measure what is and isn’t working," one executive in the space said.

  
• Shane Dawson, James Charles Crowned At 44th People’s Choice Awards
• Forget Pet Stars: A New Field Of Plant Influencers Is Cropping Up On Instagram
• Indie Spotlight: Comedy Series ‘GUAP’ Is About Dominican-American New Yorkers Facing Off With Gentrification
• YouTube Unbans Gamer Who Uploaded Clips Of Killing A Feminist Character In ‘Red Dead Redemption 2’
• After Being Banned By Fiverr, Voice Over Pete Is Making Bank On Patreon — And Teaming Up With Ninja
• GIPHY Hosts Inaugural Film Festival, Launches New Platform For 30-Second Videos
• Vine Sequel To Be Called ‘Byte,’ Launching Next Spring
• HQ Trivia Is Bleeding Users, Weathering CEO Drama Ahead Of Follow-Up Game Launch (Report)
• Shots Studios Rallies Behind Staffer Critically Injured In Hit-And-Run Crash
• Hank Green Bows ‘SciShow Tangents’ Podcast Inspired By Hit YouTube Channel
• YouTube Creators’ AdSense Payments Are In Limbo After Defy Media’s Abrupt Shutdown
• Disney Unveils Name Of Upcoming Streaming Service, Will Launch In Late 2019 With Marvel And ‘Star Wars’ Series
• YouTube Millionaires: For Megan Batoon, Hitting One Million Subscribers “Feels Like A Hug With A Million Arms”
• Nickelodeon Influencer JoJo Siwa To Hit The Road In Support Of Debut EP, ‘D.R.E.A.M.’
• Vice To Reduce Staff By 15%, Slash Number Of Content Verticals In Half Over Next Year
• YouTube’s Recommendation Algorithm Suggests Increasingly Longer Videos, Study Finds
• YouTube Dance Phenom Matt Steffanina Signs With Abrams Artists Agency
• Smosh Co-Founder Anthony Padilla Shares Why He Departed “Evil And Shady” Defy Media After Sudden Shutdown
• Creators Going Pro: How PrestonPlayz Went From YouTubing As A Hobby To Running A Booming Business With His Parents
• YouTube Has Paid Out More Than $3 Billion To Copyright Holders Through Content ID