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• Netflix Hires Gaming Vet Mike Verdu, Plans To Add Video Games To Platform Next Year
• UTA Signs Zane Hijazi And Heath Hussar, Inks Ad Sales Deal For Their ‘Unfiltered’ Podcast

  UTA has signed Vlog Squad members and co-hosts of the Unfiltered podcast Zane Hijazi and Heath Hussar.

  
• Senegalese-Italian Phenom Khaby Lame On Track To Become TikTok’s Most-Followed Creator

  Uninitiated social media watchers are about to become well-acquainted with a towering new name on TikTok: the Senegalese-Italian phenom Khaby Lame, who last week surpassed Addison Rae to become the platform’s second most-followed creator.

  
• Facebook, Instagram To Incentivize Creators With $1 Billion In Bonus Programs, Seed Funding Through 2022

  In a Facebook post this morning, CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced a seismic, creator-focused investment -- to the tune of $1 billion across both Facebook and Instagram through next year’s end.

  
• Facebook Megastar Nas Daily Raises $11 Million For Virtual Education Startup ‘Nas Academy’
• YouTube Taps Lilly Singh, Binging With Babish To Talk Post-Pandemic Marketing Strategies With Top CMOs
• Netflix Orders ‘CoComelon’, ‘Little Baby Bum’ Originals Amid Moonbug Library Expansion
• VidCon Adds Ian Hecox, Larray, Nikita Dragun, The Onyx Family To ‘Featured Creators’ Lineup
• Horror YouTuber Colby Brock Teams With Influencer Record Label ‘Heard Well’ For First NFT Launch
• 100 Thieves Nabs Collaboration With Gucci In Impressive Sign For The Gaming Industry
• Google Play Taps The Try Guys For Portal A-Produced ‘Pokémon Go’ Campaign
• Clubhouse Signs Deal With TED For Exclusive Programming Lineup