Fox Digital Studio announces a new feature-length teen comedy called MONO. The film is directed by Jarrett Lee Conaway and written by Ronan MacRory and Bryan Madole. On July 8, MONO will premiere across all major digital platforms starring several social media influencers who bring a combined 25 million social media fo…

Neste, the world’s leading producer of renewable diesel, and spoken word artist Prince Ea, have launched a unique project calling on people to ‘pre-order their future’ by putting forward ideas for inventions from renewable materials. The ‘Pre-Order the Future’ project will specifically consider submissions related to e…

In 2011, then 17-year-old Cameron Dallas tweeted “I want to be a Calvin Klein model.” In 2016, that dream was realized. During the interim four years, the Vine star went from SoCal high schooler to international heartthrob (both he and model Lucky Blue Smith drew a mob of fans at Milan Fashion Week), gaining 8.1 milli…

On Monday, April 11, the 8th Annual Shorty Awards was held to honor 2015’s most influential social media stars. Each and every day, talented individuals are recognized for content they share on social media accounts. Whether it’s posting a video to their YouTube channel, a six-second video to their Vine, a photo to the…

Who’s says one can’t start their dream job as a teen?
Michelle Phan can prove this to be false. For Michelle, it all started on YouTube in 2006. Some of her videos are beauty tutorials, some are Trend Reports, and others are Pillow Talks with advice. The beauty pioneer also has her own network called ICON Network, brou…

Awesomeness Films and YouTube announced the start of production on their latest film collaboration, We Love You. The film stars YouTube prankster Yousef “fouseyTUBE” Erakat with a dedicated following of 8.4 million subscribers, most-viewed Viner Lele Pons with 8 billion views and Dear White People actor Justin Dobies.…

15 or so years ago, it was unheard of for someone to be a ‘social media star.’ There was no such thing as a career in making videos to be posted online, or having ‘followers’ that follow your daily activities. It all started about twelve years ago. Starting in 2003, Myspace was the site to use amongst Generation Y. The…

SMOSH Games and WWE team up for video collaboration two weeks before WWE’s pop-culture extravaganza WrestleMania. The WWE and DEFY Media dropped their video collaborations simultaneously on DEFY’s SMOSH Games and WWE’s UpUpDownDown YouTube channels. Fans will be able to see their favorite YouTube star contenders The Jo…

Awestuck, Awesomeness TV’s digital network dedicated to the millennial moms recently signed YouTuber and celebrity make-up artist Kandee Johnson. Kandee Johnson‘s YouTube channel garners nearly 3.6 million subscribers with over 380 million views and her Instagram has 1.3 million followers. Kandee started her career as…

Digital media Vine star Nash Grier has left WME to sign with UTA, The Hollywood Reporter has exclusively learned. The 18-year-old rose to fame on Vine, where he has 12.5 million followers and his micro-videos have been viewed (or “looped”) more than 3.35 billion times. His other current social media tallies include 8.8…