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• Teespring Makes “Dramatic Turnaround” After Years Of Struggling, Will Hit $1 Billion In Lifetime Sales This Year
• K-Pop Phenoms Blackpink Snatch Biggest YouTube Music Video Premiere Of All Time

  K-pop is thriving on YouTube -- particularly a four-girl group dubbed BlackPink, which just snatched the 24-hour viewership crown from American pop princess Ariana Grande.

  
• Sports Supergroup Dude Perfect Sets Cities, Dates For ‘Pound It Noggin Tour’

  YouTube trick shot supergroup Dude Perfect (40.9 million subscribers and 250-300 million views per month) has unveiled details about its very first live tour. Called the Pound It Noggin Tour -- after their signature video sign-off “Pound it! Noggin!” -- it’ll be a 20-city circuit with a 90-minute live show in each city.

  
• Here’s How The Warp Zone Survived Defy Media’s Collapse — And Regained Control Of Its Content

  When Defy Media abruptly shuttered in November, it left dozens of creators, hundreds of employees, and millions of dollars stranded in limbo. Like most people who worked with and for Defy, the folks behind The Warp Zone (a sketch-and-musical smorgasbord for fans of all things geek) had no idea the company was going down until it was already gone.

  
• YouTube Millionaires: Danielle Cohn Got Her Start On Musical.ly — Now, Her YouTube Music Videos Are Viewed By Millions
• Rising YouTube Star Emma Chamberlain To Showcase Her ‘Stupid Genius’ On New Podcast
• Alex Wassabi Is Getting Witchy With Role In Hulu, AwesomenessTV’s ‘Light As A Feather’
• Creators Going Pro: Mindy McKnight Grew A Single YouTube Video Into A 3-Channel Family Business With 7 Employees And 13 Million Subscribers
• Cole And Savannah LaBrant Under Fire After “Prank” Convincing Daughter They Were Giving Her Dog Away
• YouTube Once Proposed Overhauling Its Entire Business Model, Paying Creators Based On Video Engagement (Report)
• YouTube Won’t Ban Far-Right Activist Tommy Robinson — Here’s What It’s Doing Instead
• YouTube Terminated Yeah1’s MCN Status, But Now It Looks Like They’re Working Out A Deal