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• Jimmy Kimmel Enlists Goddaughter To Teach Him About YouTube Beauty Tutorials
• DramaFever Brings A Month-Long K-Drama Marathon To Twitch

  Starting on August 1 and running through the 25, Twitch Presents will showcase back-to-back Korean dramas. The dramas are a part of digital TV network DramaFever's library and will include select episodes as well as full series.

  
• YouTube Testing Swipe-To-Next-Video Gesture For Android Mobile App

  YouTube has been making significant changes to its Android mobile app lately, rolling out Incognito Mode, adding edge-to-edge thumbnails, and, most recently, adding a Dark theme, all within the last month. And the updates don’t appear to be slowing: YouTube is now testing a swipe gesture to allow viewers to skip through videos with the slide of a finger.

  
• TYT Network Launches Native Android App Ahead Of Midterm Elections

  In addition to all of the aforementioned platform updates, TYT also said that it will unveil a wholly revamped website at TYT.com later this year.

  
• Spotify Debuts ‘Archie’ Motion Comic Amid Pivot To Audio-Visual Content
• Facebook And Instagram Add Tools To Help Users Not Get Addicted To Facebook And Instagram
• Vlogger KickThePJ To Embark On UK-Wide ‘Space Trip’ Tour This Fall
• Indian PM Narendra Modi Surpasses One Million Subscribers, Will Soon Be Top World Leader On YouTube
• Adi Shankar Shares Trailer For Second Season Of His ‘Castlevania’ Netflix Series
• ‘Bojack Horseman’ Will Air On Comedy Central, Becoming First Netflix Show To Enter TV Syndication
• Snapchat’s Latest Influencer Overture Lets Creators Helm Their Own Sticker Packs
• Refinery29 Enters Movie Business Via Co-Production Pact With Indie Studio ‘Neon’
• Casey Neistat Is “Just Getting Started” After Surpassing 10 Million Subscribers
• Facebook May Soon Give Users The Chance To Offer “Talent Show” Renditions Of Popular Songs
• YouTube In Hot Water Again After Search Results For Tom Hanks Lead To Conspiracy Theories
• Snapchat To Act As Matchmaker For Creators And Advertisers Via ‘Storytellers’ Initiative
• Amazon Names Two Showrunners For Its Big-Budget Adaptation Of ‘Lord Of The Rings’
• Shane Dawson’s Next Investigative Series Will Turn A Lens On Beauty Vlogger Jeffree Star
• Just For Laughs Announces Winners Of Annual ComedyPRO Pitch Competitions
• YouTube’s Second Demi Lovato Documentary Is In Production But On Hold After Apparent Overdose
• YouTube Will Bring Original Programming To Germany, Japan, Mexico, France, And India
• Huda Kattan, Lele Pons Are Instagram’s Top-Paid Digital Influencers At $33,000 Per Post (Report)
• YouTube Makes Vertical Videos Look Better In Desktop Browsers
• Rooster Teeth Recruits ‘Doctor Who’ Alum David Tennant To Star-Studded ‘gen:LOCK’ Cast