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• Twitch Institutes Sweeping Changes To ‘Harassment And Hateful Conduct’ Policies, Beginning Jan. 22
• Facebook Launches ‘Black Gaming Creator Program’ With Monthly Pay, Other Perks

  Facebook has today unveiled a new venture to support its Black gaming community. The just-launched Black Gaming Creator Program is designed to help aspiring creators turn their passions into a full-time career, per an announcement video from Facebook-exclusive streamer King Richard. Creators who are ultimately selected for the application-only program will receive monthly pay as well as exclusive perks.

  
• More Than 350 Gaming Creators Hit 10 Million Subscribers In 2020, YouTube Says

  With 2020 drawing (mercifully) to a close, YouTube Gaming head Ryan Wyatt is looking back at the platform’s biggest year ever. This year, Wyatt says, YouTube's gaming vertical accrued 100 billion hours of global watch time (10 billion of which hailed from live streams).

  
• Alisha Marie And Remi Cruz’s ‘Pretty Basic’ Podcast Passes 50 Million Downloads

  Pretty Basic, the podcast co-hosted by veteran lifestyle vloggers and best friends Alisha Marie and Remi Cruz -- who have been on YouTube for a combined 21 years and count 28 million followers on social media collectively -- has gotten pretty massive. After launching two years ago, the series has now surpassed 50 million lifetime downloads, the ladies reveal to Tubefilter -- and is currently averaging 347,000 downloads per week

  
• YouTube Will Now Support ‘High Dynamic Range’ Video Quality For Live Streams
• FaZe Clan Launches ‘FaZe Academy’ Talent Incubator, Through Which All Future Recruits Must Pass
• Hulu Vet Jim Keller Tapped To Lead Ad Sales For Upcoming Discovery+ Streaming Hub
• Logan Paul Will Fight Floyd Mayweather In An Exhibition Match On February 20
• Ryan’s World’s Latest Brand Expansion Is A Virtual World Within Roblox
• YouTube U.K. Taps 10 Established Creators To Spotlight Up-And-Comers For ‘The Rise’ Campaign
• Rooster Teeth Studios Hires Two TV Execs To Head Up Scripted, Unscripted Programming
• Loren Gray, TikTok’s Fourth Biggest Creator, Debuts ‘&Always’ Jewelry Brand