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• Test Your Six-Second Video Knowledge With The “Vine AP Exam”
• YouTube’s Snapchat-Like Format Is Renamed From Reels To Stories, Adds New Backgrounds

  YouTube's Snapchat-esque feature, which has rebranded from Reels to Stories, has a smart new background-shifting feature.

  
• Hank Green Reveals Cover Art For Debut Novel

  Green says he loves the “pulp” font and ostentatious color choice of An Absolutely Remarkable Thing, as well as the way that the repeated imagery suggests that something ominous is at play.

  
• Kim Kardashian West Producing Celeb Prank Series For Facebook Watch

  Kim Kardashian West, who is arguably the biggest reality television star on earth, is bringing her producing prowess to Facebook Watch with a new prank series titled You Kiddin’ Me.

  
• Despite Losing Nearly $40 Million On Spectacles, Snapchat Is Reportedly Making New Versions Of Them
• Lawsuit Alleges That YouTube Discriminated Against White And Asian Men In Its Hiring Practices
• Tickets For Rooster Teeth’s Eighth Annual ‘RTX’ Gathering Now On Sale
• Rudy Mancuso Drops Second Single “Magic,” A Duet With Girlfriend Maia Mitchell
• YouTube Millionaires: Sofie Dossi’s Got Talent Thanks To “Extreme Focus And Hard Work”
• YouTube’s Next Music Service Looks As If It Will Debut Later Than First Anticipated
• Patreon’s Snapchat-Like Lens Product, After Launching On Mobile Devices, Is Now On The Web Too
• Vogue Taps Second YouTube Star, Lilly Singh, To Headline ’73 Questions’
• Grace Helbig, Mamrie Hart Launch Joint YouTube Channel ‘This Might Get’
• YouTube Stars Chomp On Some Lemons To Promote Bone Marrow Donations For Leukemia Patients
• Fullscreen Launches TBH, A Millennial Research Service For Advertisers
• Anticipated Interactive Adaptation Of 1983 Film ‘WarGames’ Will Arrive March 14
• YouTube Says New Human Moderators Mistakenly Punished Some Far Right And Pro-Gun Creators
• BuzzFeed Makes Biggest Retail Bet Yet With Tasty-Branded Kitchen Line At Walmart
• Fund This: Two ‘City Boyz’ Make Their Debut In The Big Apple
• You Can Now Buy YouTuber-Branded Potato Chips In Japan
• YouTube TV, In Search Of Sports Fans, Gets Rights To Stream Seattle Sounders Soccer Matches
• Marisha Ray Of ‘Critical Role,’ Nerdist Regular Jessica Chobot Headline New Shows On Alpha SVOD
• Phil Ranta Joins Mobcrush To Help Mobile Game Streamers Get Paid
• 2018 Edition Of Twitch’s TwitchCon To Bring Streamers To Bay Area Between October 26-28