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• Instagram Gets Another Venue For Ads Inside The ‘Shop’ Tab
• Vox Acquires Cocktail-Focused Media Brand ‘Punch’, Reportedly Eyes Public Offering

  Vox Media has acquired digital drinks-focused publication Punch, which it will continue to operate independently as a sister site to resident food and restaurant platform Eater. 

  
• Taylor Swift Just Got A TikTok Account

  Taylor Swift, one of the biggest entertainers on earth, has finally strummed her way onto TikTok. The account, launched roughly three hours ago, has already amassed 550,000 followers and features just one post: Swift lip-syncing to a song that mentions her in its lyrics titled "Screwface Capital" by Santan Dave.

  
• Jada Pinkett Smith’s ‘Red Table Talk’ Forms Podcast Network With iHeartMedia

  Jada Pinkett Smith’s Facebook smash has yielded a brand new podcast network. Red Table Talk has signed an overall deal with mass media corporation iHeartMedia that will include the launch of the Red Table Talk Audio Network.

  
• Jellysmack Adds 3 Latin American YouTubers To Its ‘Creator Program’ Amid Global Buildout
• TikTok’s Just-Launched SiriusXM Station Marks Sonic Extension Of Its ‘For You Page’
• New Billboard Chart Will Recognize Digital Creators For Fueling Smash Songs
• Top 50 Most Viewed U.S. YouTube Channels • Week Of 08/16/2021
• Snap Names Former Facebook Exec Konstantinos Papamiltiadis First VP Of Platform Partnerships
• ‘ACM Awards’ Becomes First Linear Awards Show To Go Digital In Exclusive Deal With Amazon
• Top Twitch Streamer ‘Amouranth’ Says She Was The Victim Of A Suspected Arson Attack
• The SEC Charges 3 Ex-Netflix Engineers For $3 Million Insider Trading Ring