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• Twitter Unveils ‘Timing Is Everything’ Tool To Help Creators Maximize Video Viewership
• Hannah Hart Launches Patreon Page To Keep ‘Hannahlyze This’ Podcast Ad-Free

  YouTube star Hannah Hart, who rose to fame on the strength of her drunken cooking series, is making her way onto Patreon to finance Hannahlyze This -- a podcast co-hosted with her best friend Hannah Gelb in which the two try out self-help fads each week and share their feedback with listeners.

  
• YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki Agrees To “Tea Session” With Shane Dawson Over ‘Trending’ Tab Concerns

  Despite his overwhelming dominance of the YouTube landscape with a slew of hit docuseries that have shattered the digital zeitgeist and garnered hundreds of millions of views, Shane Dawson has some concerns about the platform -- and he’s taking them straight to the top.

  
• PrankvsPrank’s Jeana Smith Reveals She Has Been Vlogging Under A Pseudonym For Roughly A Decade

  All these years, Jeana Smith has been harboring a rather innocuous secret. And the beloved YouTube star, who was something of a pioneer in the couple pranking space -- and who headlined two massive channels with her now-ex-boyfriend Jesse Wellens -- is revealing her true identity in a new video that will also mark a new beginning of sorts.

  
• Rhett & Link’s Mythical Entertainment Paid Roughly $10 Million For Smosh (Report)
• Abrams Artists Expands Gaming Roster With Caesar Noriega, Natalie Casanova, Harris Heller
• BBC Studios Launches ‘TalentWorks’ Podcast, Featuring Sit-Downs With Joe Sugg, Elle Mills, More
• Michael Jackson Estate Turns To YouTube To Shift Focus From HBO’s ‘Leaving Neverland’
• Marzia Bisgonin Says She “Feels Good” About Quitting YouTube, After Adjustment Period
• Legendary Shutters ‘Alpha’ Streaming Service From Nerdist And Geek & Sundry, Moves Programming To Twitch
• Animal Publisher The Dodo To Enter Children’s Market With ‘Dodo Kids’ Imprint
• Twitch To Launch ‘Stream Star’ Singing Competition Series With $20,000 Prize