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• Twitch has launched shoppable streams. Now third-party brands like Refinery29 are joining the fun.
• Boutique Talent Management Firm Rare Global Signs Fashion Creator ‘BestDressed’

  Boutique digital talent management company Rare Global has added to its roster at the same time as announcing a key new hire. The firm has signed fashion YouTuber BestDressed, who counts 3.6 million subscribers on her channel and also generates high-level engagement, Rare notes, with roughly 1 million views per video.

  
• Refinery29 Names New York Times, Facebook Vet Simone Oliver New Editor-In-Chief

  After co-founder and global editor-in-chief Christene Barberich resigned in June amid allegations of racist aggressions at Refinery29 -- including pay disparity, a lack of Black leadership, and microaggressions -- the Vice-owned, female-focused digital lifestyle brand has found its new editor.

  
• Editor Christene Barberich Steps Down As Past, Present Refinery29 Staffers Call Out “Racist Aggressions” At Company

  Christene Barberich, the co-founder and global editor-in-chief of female-focused digital publisher Refinery29, has stepped down amid allegations of "racist aggressions" at the company by current and former staffers.

  
• Vice To Acquire Refinery29, Will Form Combined Entity Vice Media Group
• Group Nine Media And Refinery29 In Talks To Merge (Report)
• Sports-Centric Whistle Appoints Refinery29’s Alison Meyer VP Of Marketing
• Jellysmack Hires Former Refinery29 Exec Jenifer Geller To Head Up Beauty Sales
• UTA Signs Refinery29 Star Lucie Fink As She Ramps Up Personal YouTube Presence
• Insights: AT&T Corporate Cleanup Of Streaming Sites Stamps Out The Interesting Stuff
• Refinery29 Cuts 40 Staffers Amid Move Away From Social Video Toward Premium Projects
• Refinery29 To Launch Array Of Branded Products Via IMG Licensing Pact