Geoff Weiss

• Jake Paul’s Anti Fund Leads $30 Million Investment In Micro-Betting Platform ‘Simplebet’
• How Culinary Duo HellthyJunkFood Leveraged Snapchat To Expand Its Social Video Menu

  While YouTube marks their biggest platform, with 2.4 million subscribers and 3 million monthly views, the duo launched a Snapchat channel in 2017.

  
• For The First Time, TikTok To Allow In-App Shopping In Partnership With Shopify

  TikTok, in partnership with ecommerce platform Shopify, will enable consumers to shop within the micro-video app for the very first time.

  
• UTA Pacts With Crypto Startup ‘Rally’ To Help Creators Launch Their Own Digital Currencies

  Rally, a crypto startup that enables creators and artists to launch their own digital currencies -- which their fans can purchase and use to unlock exclusives perks -- has forged a strategic alliance with talent agency UTA.

  
• Patreon Names Digital Media Vet Avi Gandhi Head Of Creator Partnerships (Exclusive)
• Spotify Will Now Lets All U.S. Podcasters Sell Monthly Subscriptions
• TikTok Looking To Cultivate AR Developer Community With ‘Effect Studio’ Beta Test
• Seven-Year-Old YouTube Megastar ‘Like Nastya’ Launches NFTs With Gary Vaynerchuk
• Instagram Gets Another Venue For Ads Inside The ‘Shop’ Tab
• Vox Acquires Cocktail-Focused Media Brand ‘Punch’, Reportedly Eyes Public Offering
• Taylor Swift Just Got A TikTok Account
• Jada Pinkett Smith’s ‘Red Table Talk’ Forms Podcast Network With iHeartMedia