Reuters: U.S.

Monday, June 3, 2019

Vine Successor Byte's Live Beta Looks "Very Promising", Beating Burnout Is The Biggest Threat To Influencers Everywhere, Clintons Ready Productions

Not displaying correctly? View this email online.

Vine Successor 'Byte' Has A Live Beta In The Wild, Tech YouTuber Sam Scheffer Thinks It's "Very Promising"


Sam Sheffer, a 28-year-old former tech journalist for Engadget, The Verge, and Mashable — who has subsequently gone on to produce tech review and analysis on his own YouTube channel — just provided his 243,000 subscribers with a first look at the Byte beta.

Snap Sells Its User Location Data Company 'Placed' To Competitor Foursquare

 
Snapchat's parent company, Snap, has sold user location data company Placed to one of Placed's chief competitors: Foursquare.

YouTube Will Debut Augmented Reality Ads That Let Users Virtually Try On Lipsticks (Report)

 
Some of YouTube's first shoppable augmented reality ads — part of parent company Google's decision to make YouTube a big part of its Google Express rebranding — will be aimed at the platform's massive beauty audience.

Chinese Tech Giant Alibaba Invests $100 Million Into TikTok Competitor 'VMate'

 
After Vine's shutdown in early 2017 (RIP), few apps have emerged to fill the creative shortform video space it left behind.

Hillary And Chelsea Clinton Reportedly Readying Production Company For TV, Film


Barack and Michelle Obama aren't the only high-profile Democratic politicians eyeing a foray into the media business. Hillary Clinton and her daughter, Chelsea, are in early discussions about forming a production company that would develop film and TV projects.

17-Year-Old British Phenom 'Morgz' Hudson Blasts Past 10 Million Subscribers

 
British YouTuber Morgan 'Morgz' Hudson has a Diamond Play Button in the mail. The 17-year-old Sheffield vlogger has crossed the 10 million subscriber threshold, after first launching his channel back in 2014, at age 13.

Digital Multi-Threat Rickey Thompson Signs With UTA

 
Top talent agency UTA has signed Rickey Thompson — a 23-year-old comedic vlogger whose mukbangs, rant videos, and listicles have garnered him 1.1 million YouTube subscribers.

Beating Burnout, The Biggest Threat To Influencers Everywhere

 
Neil Young lied. His 1977 song was written after the drug-fueled deaths of bandmate Danny Whitten and rock's founding superstar, Elvis Presley. But Young himself never burned out. At 73, he's still making movies and music and noise. Not everyone burns out, though these days, it sometimes seems that way.
Copyright © 2019 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

No comments:

Post a Comment