James Hale

• Creators On The Rise: Colt Paulsen is “the bootleg Kardashian”
• Jacksepticeye’s coffee brand gets a new CEO

  Top of the Mornin' Coffee has brought in former Vita Coco/Unilever exec and Ugly Drinks co-founder/CEO Hugh Thomas to help drive expansion and growth for the company.

  
• Jellysmack and pocket.watch are investing $25 million in creators making content for kids

  Two of pocket.watch's creator partners, The Stella Show (1.65 million subscribers) and The Onyx Family (3.67 million), were the first to receive money from the fund.

  
• TikTok re-ups with the UFC for more exclusive livestreams

  Under the multi-year expansion of UFC's deal, it "will continue to work directly with the TikTok team to produce original live and VOD content specifically for UFC's international channels," TikTok said in a press release.

  
• Reddit taps ex-Twitter exec to “help content partners connect with their fan communities”
• Kai Cenat takes home Streamer of the Year at the 2023 Streamer Awards
• Meta is doing away with monthly Reels Play payouts
• Discord’s new AI features aren’t getting a warm welcome
• YouTube Millionaires: Eric Struk tries the world’s worst things so you don’t have to
• Tastemade takes on Manhattan with its first brick-and-mortar restaurant
• Susan Wojcicki enters the Barbie world
• Spotify doubles up on video podcasts with Markiplier, Drew Afualo deals (Exclusive)