James Hale

• Can Kick actually challenge Twitch? Here are the numbers.
• Creators on the Rise: David Alvareeezy on why creators should take leaps of faith (but also do their homework)

  David Alvarez was going to be a pediatrician. Then, three and a half years into his undergrad, he had to tell his parents he was going to drop out of school.

  
• Kenny Beecham’s basketball brand gets cool with ICEE

  The collection includes a co-branded "Enjoy ICEE" T-shirt for $40, a hoodie ($80), a basketball ($35), and a reusable cup (with curly straw) for $20.

  
• Reach is an “exclusive, tight-knit” club for content creators in college

  During the fall 2022 semester, more than 250 people applied to join the University of Southern California's content creator incubator club, USC Reach. Only 38 of them got in.

  
• SAG-AFTRA now covers celebrities’ Cameo for Business deals
• Streamers on the Rise: How DrGluon decided to go live
• VRChat enters the creator economy
• MrBallen’s new management company seeks YouTube storytellers
• Max the Meat Guy just launched his own jerky company
• Amouranth made an AI copy of herself that fans can pay to be their “sexy and playful girlfriend”
• YouTube Millionaires: Anthony Hamilton Jr. picks up star role in ‘White Men Can’t Jump’
• Colin and Samir are going deep with Discord (Exclusive)