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• YouTube Says Creators Could See Subscriptions Drop As It Purges Shuttered Accounts
• Tasty Signs Noted Chefs, In-House Creators To Budding ‘Talent Program’

  BuzzFeed-owned food vertical Tasty is adding to its Talent Program -- a program launched in 2018  that sees noted chefs, restaurateurs, and homegrown digital stars creating new and existing content formats.

  
• YouTube Says Watch-Time On ‘Borderline’ Content By Non-Subscribers Has Dropped 70% This Year

  In a corporate blog post today, YouTube shared an update on its work to reduce the spread of content that it terms “borderline” and also likens to “harmful misinformation” -- videos that aren’t punishable per its Community Guidelines but brush up close to the line, such as conspiracy theories.

  
• Netflix And YouTube’s Share Of Daily Viewership To Drop As Field Grows (Study)

  Amid a formidable field of competitors, video stalwarts like Netflix and YouTube are poised to see their share of daily watch time slowly shrink in coming years, according to a first-of-its-kind report from analytics firm eMarketer. 

  
• BBTV Signs Five Creators, Including Purposeful Prankster ThatWasEpic, Rapper-Skater Roy Purdy
• TYT Launches 24-Hour Channel On Xfinity X1, As Election Coverage Looms
• Insta-Famous Lil Bub, A Special Needs Cat Known For Her Altruism, Has Passed Away At Age 8
• SAG-AFTRA Signs Digital Upstart ‘Quartermain’ To Its New Commercials Contract
• Quibi Picks Up Kendall Jenner-Produced Series Based On Parody Instagram Account
• Olivia Jade Returns To YouTube Nine Months After College Admissions Scandal
• Quibi Loses Third Top-Level Exec Prior To Launch: Head Of Content Ops Diane Nelson
• Viacom’s Pluto TV Launches 24-Hour AwesomenessTV Channel In The U.K.