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Three month worldwide streaming specials kick off in August On August 16th, The Ed Sullivan Show’s official YouTube channel begins a tribute to one of rock ‘n’ roll music’s most iconic talents with a special rollout of performances that spanned three appearances on The Ed Sullivan Show. That Elvis Presley became the King of Rock ‘N’ Roll is pop culture legend, and, at the dawn of the modern television boom, America’s most popular variety program catapulted him to the throne when 60 million viewers — more than two-thirds of all TV viewers at the time — tuned in to watch his debut on the program. “Appearing on The Ed Sullivan Show meant everything to Elvis,” said his lifelong friend, associate, and colleague Jerry Schilling during an exclusive interview recently with Andrew Solt on August 6, 2020. “At the end of his third appearance when Ed Sullivan goes over to Elvis and says, ‘I wanted to say to Elvis Presley and the country that this is a real decent, fine boy. We have never had a pleasanter experience on our show with a big name than we had with you; you’re thoroughly alright. Let’s have a tremendous hand for a very nice person.’ When you look into Elvis’s eyes at that moment, you knew he felt accepted and sincerely proud. Ed had given him that endorsement.” Nearly 50 years after The Ed Sullivan Show wrapped its final episode and charmed TV viewers for the final time on Sunday night June 6, 1971, it officially joined the streaming universe to live on forever on June 12 thanks to the deal between UMe and SOFA Entertainment Inc. to globally curate The Ed Sullivan Show, encompassing the influential television program’s historic 23-year primetime run on CBS and marking the first time performances and guest…

Last Updated : Aug 16, 2020 08:18 AM IST The American illusionist and endurance artist has announced that his first major live event will take place on August 31 on his official YouTube channel. The multi-hour livestream event, dubbed "Ascension," will find Blaine attaching himself to multiple helium balloons and attempting to float across the Hudson River from New Jersey to his native New York."This stunt has been 10 years in the making. Let's turn worry into wonder and take magic to new heights," Blaine teased in a recent tweet.The exclusive performance, sponsored by Verizon, will be made in partnership with YouTube Originals, which has increasingly been investing in live events as well as celebrity- and personality-driven programming.While Blaine's magical performances have long been broadcast over network television, his stunts have also attracted millions of magic hobbyists and enthusiasts online.His card tricks with Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos have garnered over 3 million views on YouTube, while his "spitting out frogs" performance featuring Drake, Stephen Curry and Dave Chappelle attracted over 1.5 million viewers on the video-sharing platform.Elsewhere, over 30 million people have watched Blaine working his magic with TV host Jimmy Fallon and the Roots during a 2016 episode of "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon."Aside from mounting his new "Ascension" event, Blaine performed multiple magic tricks in April during the one-hour special “David Blaine: The Magic Way” on ABC.According to Deadline, the program attracted some 3.67 million viewers on the network channel. First Published on Aug 16, 2020 08:18 am

Joining us will be YouTube Strategist Tom Martin to share his experiences and a deep-dive into a number of YouTube channels.  When: 1st September 2020 Time: 4pm to 5pm Where? Zoom – https://us02web.zoom.us/j/8863498137 Tom will share his insights and show you what needs to be done to ensure you get the audience you want and deserve. Tom Martin is Certified by YouTube as an expert in both Audience Growth and Digital Rights. He has led the YouTube strategy for some of the world’s largest and most successful media companies gaining them millions of subscribers and billions of views. He has also consulted with YouTube Creators and Fortune 500 companies to improve their results on YouTubevia his company Channel Fuel. (please link to www.channelfuel.co) He specialises in both YouTube SEO, optimization and channel strategy and has dedicated his time to making sure other YouTube Creators can learn from his experience. He is the author of YouTube Optimization – The Complete Guide. To book your free place please use this link

August 13, 2020 | 10:24am Jake Paul is firing back. The controversial You Tube star posted a since-deleted video that addressed the FBI federal search warrant on his Calabasas, Calif., home earlier this month. The raid turned up a cache of weapons amid complaints from neighbors who claimed to have heard regular explosions coming from the YouTuber’s mansion. “Just to clarify things and set the record straight, the FBI raid is entirely related to the Arizona looting situation that happened,” he said.
”It’s an investigation. There are rumors about it having to do with so many other things that have nothing to do with me or my character and the s–t that people are making up is absolutely absurd.” FBI units are seen leaving Jake Paul’s home.IXOLA / BACKGRID In June, Paul, 23, was charged for being part of a “riot” in which looters stormed an Arizona mall. He insisted that he was only documenting the looting when he was caught on video. Scottsdale police charged him with criminal trespass and unlawful assembly which are both misdemeanors. “Gimme my charges and let’s put the focus back on George Floyd and Black Lives Matter,” the YouTuber tweeted shortly after the charges were announced. Paul — who has over 20 million YouTube subscribers — seemed to place the blame for the raid on someone in his circle. “That being said, when I become aware of someone around me who is doing malicious things they are immediately cut out of my life. I don’t put up with bulls–t, I don’t surround myself with bad people. If someone does something bad, they will be removed from my life.” The social media star also landed himself in hot water for throwing a raucous party in July despite renewed COVID-19 restrictions. Video footage showed dozens of people without masks…

With TikTok potentially facing a US ban, depending on whether or not a Microsoft acquisition goes through, a Facebook short videos feature has been spotted in testing. TikTok is of course based on short, user-created videos. As a highly popular app in the US, its withdrawal from the country would leave a huge vacuum … Among kids, TikTok is a big hit in the US. A major study of app usage has found that TikTok is almost as popular with kids as YouTube. The analysis of 60,000 families across the US, UK, and Spain found that kids age 4-15 spend 80 minutes a day watching TikTok videos, just five minutes less than they spend watching YouTube. Instagram wasted no time in seeking to capitalize on this, cloning TikTok’s functionality with a new short-form video feature called Reels. Reels invites you to create fun videos to share with your friends or anyone on Instagram. Record and edit 15-second multi-clip videos with audio, effects, and new creative tools. You can share reels with your followers on Feed, and, if you have a public account, make them available to the wider Instagram community through a new space in Explore. Reels in Explore offers anyone the chance to become a creator on Instagram and reach new audiences on a global stage. Software engineer Roneet Michael tipped off Matt Navarra that the company now appears to be aiming to do something similar in its main app. TikTok may survive in the US if a sale to a US company successfully completes. Apple was briefly mentioned as a possible buyer, though the company quickly dispelled the notion. Twitter is also reported to have expressed an interest, though Microsoft remains the front-runner. The Chinese company is also threatening a legal challenge to Trump’s executive order. Either way,…

Kelly Fisher, Nashville Tennessean Published 7:35 a.m. CT Aug. 13, 2020 | Updated 10:48 a.m. CT Aug. 13, 2020CLOSEState and local officials confirmed Wednesday that the multi-million-dollar data center in Gallatin, previously known as Project Woolhawk, is the social media behemoth Facebook, a project years in the making.Facebook will invest $800 million to construct the new state-of-the-art center that’ll cover nearly 1 million square feet and run entirely on renewable energy, Gov. Bill Lee, Department of Economic and Community Development Commissioner Bob Rolfe and Facebook announced.Facebook Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg said the Gallatin center — the 13th Facebook location in the U.S. and 17th in the world — will create 100 high-paying positions, excluding construction jobs. She also noted Facebook’s responsibility to the community as a priority.More: Facebook is building an $800M data center in GallatinUntil Wednesday morning, there had only been widespread speculation and some media reports without confirmation from officials that Facebook was the company eyeing Gallatin to construct its latest data center. However, local officials previously hailed it as a significant potential revenue source for Gallatin and Sumner County.James Fenton, executive director of economic development in Gallatin, previously said the development would be “very equitable for both parties,” and noted the “extremely competitive process.” Local officials have been in talks with Facebook representatives for about three years.“Our community made the decision three years ago to pursue technology jobs as part of our economic development strategy," Gallatin Mayor Paige Brown said in the release Wednesday. "We are pleased to welcome Facebook to Gallatin, and we look forward to the positive impact they will have on our city.”Fenton and others have often emphasized job opportunities the project would create. He also highlighted that Gallatin facilitated a partnership with Vol State Community College to help cultivate necessary skills.Local officials previously referred to…

A woman named Un A leads viewers on a tour of the North Korean capital, Pyongyang, in a recent YouTube video. "Every building in Pyongyang is going through general cleaning to shake off winter dust," she says in English. Echo of Truth/YouTube hide caption toggle caption Echo of Truth/YouTube A woman named Un A leads viewers on a tour of the North Korean capital, Pyongyang, in a recent YouTube video. "Every building in Pyongyang is going through general cleaning to shake off winter dust," she says in English. Echo of Truth/YouTube To the accompaniment of jangly guitars, a woman wearing glasses, short hair and a red overcoat shows off the landmarks of the North Korean capital, Pyongyang. "Every building in Pyongyang is going through general cleaning to shake off winter dust," she says in English in a recent YouTube video. In another video, the same woman, named Un A, is wearing a tracksuit and sneakers as she jogs along the capital's Taedong River on her day off. "Today I'm going to show you what Korean people do in their free time, OK?" she says. "I would say the most popular way of spending time for us is doing sports ... like basketball, volleyball, table tennis." Conspicuously missing from her attire is the lapel pin North Koreans usually wear in public, showing the country's ruling Kim family patriarchs. Host Un A is wearing a tracksuit and sneakers as she jogs along the capital's Taedong River. Echo of Truth YouTube Never mind that most North Koreans can't access the Internet. In line with a new effort to give its stolid state propaganda a makeover and reach out to foreign audiences, North Korea has established a foothold in Western social media via videos like these on YouTube and on Twitter. Who exactly is…

NEW YORK, Aug. 12, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- The Muscular Dystrophy Association today announced YouTube gaming sensation JeromeASF will host a charity livestream of his popular YouTube Channel to benefit the organization. JeromeASF will be joined by his millions of followers and thousands of MDA families, including MDA's Houston Ambassador, Fabiola Amaya who will play with JeromeASF for part of the stream. The event will connect thousands of MDA families with the millions who follow and play with JeromeASF on Saturday, August 15 from 6:30-9:30pm. YouTube Gaming Sensation JeromeASF Hosts Minecraft Charity Livestream with Muscular Dystrophy Association’s MDA Let’s Play Community. This event is part of the growing MDA Let's Play gaming community who connect and raise awareness and funds for research care and advocacy to transform the lives of people living with muscular dystrophy, ALS and related neuromuscular diseases. The event will include additional cameos from the MDA community and JeromeASF's special guests, with Minecraft specific challenges that donors will initiate when they donate in the stream.    Challenges include: $5 Spawn a bee on a random player $10 Gives everyone 64 arrows $20 Will give buddy a random Item $25 Spawn a creeper on JeromeASF $50 Launch a buddy 100 blocks into the air $75 Jerome gets stuck to the ground for 3 minutes $100 Will summon a creeper on buddies $150 Jerome will be able to tame a wolf $200 Jerome will get an ender eye $250 Jerome will be jailed for 5 minutes $400 All buddies will be jailed for 5 minutes $500 Clear everyone's inventory To join the MDA Let's Play community and the charity stream this weekend, subscribe to JeromeASF's YouTube channel and join the MDA Let's Play on Discord. To stay connected with the MDA Let's Play gaming community, follow MDA on Twitch and follow @MDAorg on Twitter, Instagram and…

Facebook Lite, the social network's slimmed down app for low speed connections and low-spec phones, is being deactivated, reports MacMagazine. Facebook Lite was designed to work on poor internet connections like 2G networks or in rural areas with a bad signal, mainly by not downloading high resolution images or autoplaying videos, and the app could be used on older phones at the expense of excluding some features. The streamlined app appeared alongside a Lite version of Messenger in 2018, first launching in Turkey, before rolling out to more regions and territories. However, users in Brazil who opened the Lite variant of the app on Tuesday were met with the following message (translation). Facebook Lite for iOS will be disabled. You can use the original Facebook app to keep in touch with friends and family. Image credit: Twitter user @DalvaVeronicaMacMagazine confirmed that the Facebook Lite app is no longer on the App Store, unlike Messenger Lite, which is still available. "Due to the limited adoption and improvements we are making to improve the experience for people in our apps, we will no longer support Facebook Lite for iOS," said a Facebook spokesperson. Facebook has long been regarded by some users as a unnecessarily bloated app. The full-fat Facebook app for iPhone 11 is a not-insubstantial 244.7MB, whereas Facebook Lite was a relatively paltry 8.7MB in comparison. Top StoriesApple Takes Legal Action Against Small Company With Pear LogoApple is taking legal action against the developers of the app "Prepear" due to its logo, according to iPhone in Canada. Prepear is an app that helps users discover recipes, plan meals, make lists, and arrange grocery deliveries. The app is a spinoff of "Super Healthy Kids," and the founders claim that they are facing litigation from Apple. Apple reportedly takes issue with Prepear's logo,…

Facebook reacted to demands from Jewish NGOs, by extending its ban on antisemitic and racist hate speech. Typical antisemitic statements such as “Jews are controlling the world” are now violations of Facebook’s Community Standards. Facebook has replied to an open letter sent to its Board of Directors by a large number of mostly Jewish organizations, including some from Germany. The authors had asked the company to fully adopt the working definition of antisemitism by the IHRA. Deligitimization of Israel A total of 128 organizations are behind the letter which asked Facebook to implement a hate speech policy on antisemitism with the IHRA’s working definition “at its core”. Today’s antisemitism “undoubtedly includes the delegitimization of Israel’s right to exist”, the letter reads. “This bigotry is expressed in various ways”, it says, “such as the rejection of Jewish self-determination, Holocaust revisionism and denial, and the application of double standards toward the Jewish state and people.” Community Standards “Will Facebook join the ranks of historians, advocates, activists, lawmakers and leaders who compiled the IHRA’s working definition?”, the authors asked. “Will Facebook take responsibility and move against the scourge of antisemitism from today’s most important public square?” The background of the letter was Facebook’s reluctance to remove some reported antisemitic posts, stating they did not violate its Community Standards. In some cases, posts reported by a large number of users were removed later. Then, those who had reported them were told Facebook had reviewed the case again and come to the conclusion that it did indeed violated the Community Standards. Countless Signatories ‘WerteInitiative’, a Berlin-based NGO, co-signed the letter, along with countless other organizations, including the Am Yisrael Foundation, the Canadian Centre of Israel and Jewish Affairs, the European Jewish Association, the German organization Honestly Concerned and the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs. The…