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• Amazon Picks Up Critical Role’s $11.4 Million Kickstarter Series ‘The Legend Of Vox Machina,’ Orders A Second Season
• Amazon Launches Ad-Supported ‘News’ Video App With CBS, HuffPost, Cheddar

  Amazon has launched a news app on Fire TV devices --  appropriate dubbed News -- that will be free to watch and supported by ads.The customizable service enables users to watch content from multiple news providers in a single hub, the company detailed in a blog post.

  
• Kids’ Content Upstart Moonbug Launches ‘Little Baby Bum’ Merch At Amazon, Walmart

  Kids’ content upstart Moonbug is making a massive foray into merchandising.The company’s foundational property, popular YouTube children’s channel Little Baby Bum (20.6 million subscribers), has released a line of toys alongside the California-based consumer products firm MGA Entertainment (and its children’s imprint Little Tikes).

  
• Shane Dawson Could Make $5 Million On His ‘Conspiracy’-Themed Eyeshadow Palette, Jeffree Star Says

  While the second episode of Shane Dawson’s The Beautiful World Of Jeffree Star felt vaguely like an infomercial for the eyeshadow palette and accessories collection that the two are slated to launch this holiday season, Star -- who has never been shy about flaunting his financials -- did share some telling details about his lucrative cosmetics empire and the moneymaking potential of the collab.

  
• A Glitch Was Behind The Disappearance Of Amazon Prime Video From Apple TV, App Store
• Disney And Amazon Are Arguing About Ad Inventory, Which Could Delay Disney+ Arriving On Fire TV (Report)
• Insights: Apple And Comcast Giveaways May Net Tens Of Millions Of Subscribers And Send SVOD Super Derby Back To Where TV Started
• Twitch Acquires ‘Internet Games Database’ (IGDB) To Improve Search Functionality
• 27 Top Twitch Streamers Host Amazon Prime Shopping Stream ‘Twitch Sells Out’
• Taylor Swift To Headline Amazon’s Prime Day Concert Livestream
• Amazon Pacts With Nickelodeon For Exclusive JoJo Siwa Products On ‘Prime Day’
• Amazon Taps ‘Game Of Thrones’ EP Bryan Cogman For ‘Lord Of The Rings’ Prequel