James Hale

• Creators On The Rise: COVID tanked foot traffic for family-owned candymaker Sticky. So they went online instead.
• The internet’s “cooking grandma” Lynja signs with WME (Exclusive)

  
• Vsauce’s Curiosity Box was just acquired for $12 million (Exclusive)

  Roper says the full Curiosity Box team will be staying on with MEL Science to keep producing the kits.

  
• Logdotzip signs with Studio71 (Exclusive)

  “There are always new challenges in the digital content world but having Studio71 on our side is going to be a major help in pushing through those barriers and expanding our business,” Logdotzip says.

  
• YouTube quietly launched a podcast hub
• Jerma’s up to bat with his latest high-concept livestream
• TikTok’s infamous pink sauce is hitting grocery store shelves
• YouTube Millionaires: HopeScope “niched down” as YouTube’s activewear queen. Now she’s stretching her creative horizons.
• YouTube’s now auto-watermarking Shorts
• UTA has signed its first VTubers
• Creators On The Rise: Jordan Matter has been YouTubing for years. Now his daughter Salish is changing his channel.
• Ahead of the midterm elections, TikTok reminds users it’s not cool with paid political ads