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• Tastemade Taps Ian Hecox, Meghan Rienks, Arden Rose For Facebook Watch Slate
• Facebook Watch Scares Up 5-Series Content Slate From Horror Hub Crypt TV

  Facebook Watch has signed a deal with horror digital studio Crypt TV to produce a full slate of five monster-filled, Facebook-exclusive series. As Variety notes, this is an unusual deal for Facebook’s video platform, which usually acquires series one by one instead of bringing in full content slates from outside producers. Its willingness to make a bigger commitment may be because Crypt TV is a longtime Facebook Watch partner.

  
• BuzzFeed’s ‘Good Advice Cupcake Show’ To Be Facebook Watch’s First Animated Series

  Facebook is teaming up with BuzzFeed for the first animated series set to air on its episodic video hub, Facebook Watch. 'The Good Advice Cupcake Show' comes care of BuzzFeed’s Animation Studio, which has been growing the viral Good Advice Cupcake character -- who counts 2.3 million followers on Instagram and 933,000 followers on Facebook -- over the past 16 months.

  
• Attn: Sets Multicultural Facebook Watch Series With Juanpa Zurita, Nabela Noor

  Los Angeles-based digital media upstart Attn:, which distributes socially-conscious human interest videos in a bid to generate meaningful online conversations -- which have accrued billions of views on Facebook -- is tapping two prominent influencers to headline new original shows for Facebook Watch.

  
• YouTube Treasure Hunter ‘Man + River’ Dives In For New Facebook Watch Series ‘Sunk & Found’
• Facebook Rolls Out Broad Changes To How Its Algorithm Will Rank Videos
• Google’s VP Of Agency And Brand Solutions Wants Facebook Watch To Get Bigger
• Facebook Watch Breakout ‘Red Table Talk’ Returns For New Batch Of Episodes May 6
• Facebook Watch Nabs First Daytime Emmy Nomination For Jada Pinkett Smith’s ‘Red Table Talk’
• Facebook Watch’s New Video Incubator To Act As Matchmaker For Publishers, Influencers
• Facebook Watch Sets New 24-Hour Viewing Record With Jada Pinkett Smith’s ‘Red Table Talk’
• Zac Efron, Anna Kendrick To Headline New Animated Comedy For Facebook Watch