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• Taxes Got You Down? MrBeast — Who Gave Away More Than $1 Million Last Year — Feels Your Pain.
• PewDiePie Signs Deal To Livestream Exclusively On Blockchain-Based Platform DLive

  PewDiePie is moving platforms. Well, partially. In yesterday's YouTube upload, PewDiePie (aka Felix Kjellberg) announced he’ll now be livestreaming each week exclusively on blockchain-based platform DLive, beginning with a stream this coming Sunday, April 14.

  
• Creators Going Pro: Alex Clark Used To Do Stand-Up Comedy On Street Corners. Now, He Performs For Thousands — And Owns A YouTube Animation Studio.

  There’s nothing Alex Clark loves more than telling great stories. Okay, that’s a lie. There’s nothing he loves more than telling great, funny stories. So much so that he used to be a stand-up street corner comedy busker, offering witty anecdotes to passersby. Nowadays, though, Clark doesn’t have to stand on street corners to find an audience. Instead, the audience comes to him.

  
• YouTube TV Hikes Monthly Price To $50 As It Strikes Carriage Deal With Discovery

  YouTube is significantly ramping up the price of its YouTube TV service from $40 to $50 per month -- a 25% increase.At the same time, the company noted in a blog post that it had added several channels from the Discovery network, including the flagship Discovery Channel, as well as HGTV, Food Network, TLC, Investigation Discovery, Animal Planet, Travel Channel, and MotorTrend.

  
• Welsh YouTube Star Ben Phillips To Conduct “The Ultimate Prank War” On U.K. Tour
• YouTube Exec Ben Relles Named Head Of Innovation, Will Lead Platform’s Push Into Interactive Content
• YouTube Forced To Disable Comments On Livestreams Of White Nationalism Hearing In Congress
• Fullscreen’s Talent Unit Signs 10 Creators, Including Sierra Schultzzie, Josh Ovalle
• Liza Koshy Nabs Cameo In Drax Project Music Video, Cover Of ‘Mood’ Magazine
• Jennifer Lopez Revamps Her YouTube Channel To Give Viewers More Personal Content
• Boutique Talent Firm Rare Global Signs Amber Scholl, Cydnee Black, And Jessica Vu
• YouTube Will Livestream Blackpink’s Coachella Performance In Times Square