VidCon

• Tickets For The First-Ever VidCon London Are On Sale Now
• Insights: Mobile Makeover – Go90 Went, IGTV Came, Apple Bundles And SnapGames Loom

  Around the same time Verizon announced go90's impending shutdown, Instagram launched a short-form video destination of its own (which, with all its vertical video, it wants you to definitely NOT go 90). Will it succeed? And what else is up in the marketplace?

  
• Hank Green Apologizes To Tana Mongeau For VidCon Slight, But Calls TanaCon “Inexcusable And Terrifying”

  “I'm not saying 'Oh, Tanacon is all my fault!’ But I think it's important to recognize when we make mistakes regardless of the mistakes other people made," Green wrote.

  
• Snapchat Partners With Kylie Jenner To Launch Ecommerce Capabilities For Influencers

  Months after Kylie Jenner proclaimed she doesn't "open Snapchat anymore," resulting in the social company's stock to drop 3%, the platform has enlisted her to launch their new ecommerce feature for influencers. Jenner posted a shoppable ad to the platform on June 28.

  
• Shane Dawson Investigates Why TanaCon Went Awry In 3-Part YouTube Series
• Michelle Phan’s Latest Startup Helps Creators Find Free Music For Their YouTube Videos
• Insights: The Big Schmear – Soon Every Social Media Platform Will Look Like Every Other One
• Highlights From YouTube Onstage (And The Rest Of VidCon) Are Available On YouTube
• Creators Featured In YouTube’s ‘On The Rise’ Program Quintuple Their Subscriber Counts In A Year
• VidCon Will Distribute $2,000 Grants To Emerging Creators Every Week For The Next Year
• Patreon CEO Jack Conte Encourages Creators To Embrace Failures By “Smoothing Out The Curve”
• At First VidCon Summit, LinkedIn Video Creators Celebrate “Special” Community