CNN Invests $40 Million In Great Big Story, Above Average Brings Marc Hustvedt On As CEO, Dentsu Invests In Gleam Futures, VidCon Pre-Party, & More

Not displaying correctly? View this email online. CNN Invests $40 Million In Great Big Story The $40 million injection of fresh funding will be spread out across two years and will catalyze the construction of a 24-hour live streaming channel. YouTube Celebrates Pride Month, Provides Update On "Restricted Mode" Controversy This year's #ProudToBe campaign will not be limited to Pride Month. Instead, YouTube plans to install a permanent playlist on its Spotlight channel full of videos from queer creators. Demi Lovato Discusses Upcoming YouTube Docuseries Simply Complicated Following in the footsteps of Katy Perry, another pop luminary is set to bare her soul on YouTube. Top 50 Live.me Broadcaster Rankings This Week TurnUpKing is dominating the Broadcaster Rankings, while 10 new invidividuals made their first appearance ever. Premiere Of Game Show Network's Emogenius, Hosted By YouTuber Hunter March, Draws 336,000 Viewers In 2017, it turns out, a game show aout emoji might be a pretty good idea. Marc Hustvedt Comes On As CEO Of Digital Comedy Network Above Average Above Average has made a significant addition to its executive team. Awesomeness Signs Teala Dunn, Christian Collins, Acacia Brinley, Others Awesomeness, the Gen Z-leaning digital media outfit, has announced a slew of additions to its creator network. Toy Company GoldieBlox Launches Two Live Action Shows, With Help From Simone Giertz GoldieBlox is a toy and entertainment company that encourages young women to get excited about STEM. And now it's diving into YouTube.  YouTube Taps ASAP Science, Fly With Haifa, The Young Turks To Honor World Refugee Day On World Refugee Day, YouTube has launched a video campaign to share the stories of those who were forced to flee their homes in the wake of crisis and disaster. Ad Giant Dentsu Aegis Acquires Majority Stake In Digital Talent Management Firm Gleam Futures Gleam Founder and CEO Dominic Smales will continue to lead the company from its London HQ, while the partnership will give his talent roster "unrivaled access to the highly populated and fast-developing markets around the world." Copyright © 2017 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.