As Subscriptions Drain Wallets Is Ad-Supported Video The Future?, Viacom Reportedly In Talks To Acquire AwesomenessTV, YouTube Issues InfoWars Strike

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Not displaying correctly? View this email online. As Subscriptions Drain Wallets, Ad-Supported Online Services Find New Fans   Even though Netflix is no longer the nation's most valuable entertainment company (a miss on quarterly subscriber growth sent shares back below Fox-buying Disney), it still can take credit for the recent stampede of subscription video services streaming into the market. YouTube Stars Kristopher London, Jesser Play NBA 2k19 With The Lakers, Get Scanned Into The Game   The upcoming basketball video game NBA 2k19 is still more than a month away from its worldwide release date, but two YouTube stars got a chance to play the game early — and they took advantage of some other fun perks in the process. Reality TV And Digital Star Chloe Lukasiak Signs With Abrams Artists, Brillstein Entertainment   Reality television star-turned-digital influencer Chloe Lukasiak has signed with talent agency Abrams Artists Agency and talent management firm Brillstein Entertainment Partners. Matthew Patrick Announces The Passing Of Game Theorists Editor Ronnie "Oni" Edwards One of the people most responsible for the content on Matthew Patrick's network of YouTube channels has passed away. Carrie Hope Fletcher Urges Boycott Of Fellow YouTuber Alex Day's Upcoming Book In 2014, 14 women accused YouTuber and musician Alex Day of what The Daily Dot described as "emotional manipulation, coercing them into sex, or, in some cases, sexual assault. Viacom In Advanced Talks To Acquire AwesomenessTV (Report)   After purchasing VidCon last February, media conglomerate Viacom is in talks to purchase another (formerly) iconic online video property. Netflix Will Enable Subscribers To Use Its Popular Characters As Their Profile Icons   Netflix is making a slight-but-engaging change to its login interface, enabling users to pick characters from its original series and films for their profile icons. Mozilla Exec Says YouTube Runs Five Times Slower Than Chrome On Firefox, Offers Solution   Over a year ago, YouTube began rolling out a redesigned version of its platform that brought it more in line with Google's overarching "material design" philosophy. YouTube Issues Another Strike Against InfoWars For Hate Speech, Child Endangerment   Amid a persisting debate about whether far-right conspiracy theorist Alex Jones should be allowed to maintain a presence on Facebook, which hosted an event last week about redressing fake news, YouTube has tendered yet another strike against Jones' InfoWars channel, which counts 2.4 million subscribers. Copyright © 2018 Tubefilter, All rights reserved. Sign up for Tubefilter Newsletters here. Our mailing address is: Tubefilter 5405 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 270 Los Angeles, CA 90036 USA  You received this email because you subscribed to a Tubefilter Newsletter or have registered to attend one of our Tubefilter Events. We respect your privacy and inbox. If you believe this was sent to you in error and you no longer wish to receive these emails, please update your subscription preferences or unsubscribe.