James Hale

• Doing Things Media Raises $21.5 Million, Eyes Crypto Expansion
• Creators On The Rise: For Stanzi Potenza, YouTube Is The “Final Boss” Of Content Creation. Good Thing They’re Getting 100 Million Views A Month.

  In the early 2000s, when Vlad Buryanov was a teenager, Tom Cruise looked him straight in the eye and told him flair bartending would be his thing.

  
• Rhett & Link Are ‘Taste Buds’ In Their Own Food Network Show

  The show will follow McLaughlin and Neal as they go behind the scenes at some of the most popular food brands in the United States.

  
• People Are Buying More Books Than Ever. Why? TikTok.

  TikTok’s busy community of readers was “definitely” a factor in 2021’s record high book sales, according to NPD BookScan executive director Kristen McLean.

  
• YouTube Millionaires: From Underground Caves To The Everglades, Coltyy’s Got Adventure On The Brain
• Koji Raises $20 Million To Add Crypto To Creators’ Links In Bio
• Creators On The Rise: Vlad SlickBartender Helps Newbies Find Their Flair Behind The Bar
• Snapchat Wants Its New Lenses To Spark Virtual Shopping Sprees
• YouTube Shorts Crosses 5 Trillion Views
• Hank Green Has A Problem With TikTok’s Creator Fund: “When TikTok Becomes More Successful, TikTokers Become Less Successful.”
• SuperBam Reclaimed $10 Million In Pirated Revenue For Content Creators From YouTube, TikTok, And Twitch
• TikTok Puts Up Paywalls With Creator Subscription Test