Amazon

• Pocket.watch now has 70,000 videos in its library after partnering with top kids channels like Vania Mania
• WME makes a deal with The Deal Guy (Exclusive)

  YouTube and Amazon personality The Deal Guy, aka Matt Granite, is now represented by top agency WME after he engineered a deal of his own.

  
• Amazon’s freshly rebranded Freevee unveils growing slate of streaming originals

  Amazon said it would amp Freevee’s content production by 70% in 2022.

  
• YouTube taps Amazon exec Toni Reid to lead Shorts, gaming, livestreaming

  Reid starts at YouTube today, and will report to chief product officer Neal Mohan.

  
• Amazon Deployed $13 Billion On Content Last Year
• Former Amazon Studios, Hulu CFO Elaine Paul Joining Lyft In Same Role
• Amazon Taps Digital Veteran Kelly Day To Oversee Prime Video Internationally
• TikTok Tries For TV Viewership With Amazon Fire Deal
• Pocket.watch Builds On Its Multi-Million Dollar Onyx Family Portfolio
• ‘ACM Awards’ Becomes First Linear Awards Show To Go Digital In Exclusive Deal With Amazon
• Amazon Acquires Podcast Hosting And Ad Sales Company Art19
• Discovery/Warner Merger Makes Conglomerate With As Many As 150 Million Unique Viewers In U.S.