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Saturday, August 4, 2018

Bytedance Shuts Down Musical.ly And Shifts Users To Sister Platform TikTok, Instagram CEO On Stories After 2 Years, Shane Dawson Pizza Party, & More

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Bytedance Shuts Down Musical.ly, Shifts Features And Users To Sister Platform 'TikTok'

 
Musical.ly is no more. After buying the lip sync app for a reported $800 million in November 2017, Chinese media company Bytedance announced yesterday that it's shutting Musical.ly down, and is directing users instead to its own app, former Musical.ly competitor TikTok.

Terry Crews Stars In Nerdist's World Of Warcraft-Themed CelebriD&D Episode

 
You may know him as Brooklyn Nine-Nine fan fave Terry Crews, but in the latest episode of Nerdist's CelebriD&D, he's Thodak the Blacksmith — a fearsome warrior traversing the landscape of World Of Warcraft: Battle For Azeroth.

Amid Shift Toward Traditional Talent, Kin Community Signs Singer Jordin Sparks, Bachelorette JoJo Fletcher

 
Amid its shift toward representation of more traditional celebrities with mainstream appeal, like the actress-turned-lifestyle guru Tia Mowry, digital network Kin Community has added three entertainers to its roster: singer Jordin Sparks and The Bachelorette contestants JoJo Fletcher and Jordan Rodgers.

Instagram CEO On Stories Vs. Home Feed: "The Balance Between The Two Is Shifting"

 
On the second anniversary of the launch of Stories, which it pilfered from then-buzzy Snapchat, Instagram CEO Kevin Systrom maintains that Stories represent a "format" as opposed to a feature — and thus were justifiably up for adoption.

Fund This: The Aquabats! Super Show! Launches Kickstarter To Revive Cult Fave (And Keep Fighting Evil)

 
The Aquabats! Super Show! originally aired from 2012 to 2014, with a run cut short after host the Hub Network went out of business. Based on creator Christian Jacobs' real-world '90s band The Aquabats, the show chronicled a fictionalized, superhero version of the band.

Shane Dawson Pacts With Pizza Hut To Throw Viewing Parties For Fans During His 'Jeffree Star' Series

 
While Shane Dawson has yet to nail down a brand sponsor for his latest investigative YouTube series, a hotly anticipated glimpse into the life of YouTube beauty guru Jeffree Star, it turns out that Pizza Hut may want a piece of the pie.
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