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• UTA Signs Men’s Grooming Expert, LGBTQ+ Advocate Kyle Krieger
• Amazon Sues Two TikTok, Instagram Influencers For Alleged Scheme To Sell Knockoff Designer Goods

  Amazon has filed suit against two influencers -- as well as roughly a dozen affiliated ecommerce sellers -- for promoting and facilitating the sale of counterfeit designer goods. CNBC reports that Amazon alleges the influencers worked with sellers to skirt its anti-counterfeit tools in order to to vend fake designers purses, belts, and wallets by promoting them on now-deleted Instagram and TikTok accounts.

  
• Twitch Launches ‘Predictions’ Feature, Enabling Viewers To Bet On In-Stream Events

  Ahead of GlitchCon this weekend, Twitch has launched a new engagement feature dubbed Predictions. Predictions enable viewers to bet on various outcomes during a stream -- such as, for instance, whether or not a creator might nab her first win.

  
• BuzzFeed Seeking Next Social Video Star In IGTV Competition ‘Show Off’

  BuzzFeed is teaming up with Instagram’s IGTV for a new digital series dubbed Show Off, which drops Nov. 18 on the publisher’s Instagram channel (5.7 million followers).

  
• Counterfeit Merch Is A Big Problem For Creators, And It’s Even Worse Than You Think.
• YouTube Shelves Annual ‘Rewind’ Video Given Hardships, Heaviness Of 2020 (Exclusive)
• Rhett & Link To Host First All-Day Charity Stream Benefiting ‘Inner-City Arts’
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• SypherPK Signs Exclusive Streaming Deal At Twitch, Establishes Talent Incubator For Up-And-Comers
• Patreon, Acast Partner To Help Podcasters Distribute Paywalled Content More Broadly
• Twitch Taps Microsoft’s Angela Hession To Serve As Global VP Of Trust And Safety