James Hale

• Animated YouTube channel Simple History gets 7-figure investment from Electrify Video Partners
• Yahoo Finance taps ‘Maconomics’ host Ross Mac as its first creator partner

  Mac, who was a sales analyst with Morgan Stanley and an associate at Grosvenor Capital Management before becoming a full-time content creator in 2019, now has around 80,000 followers on both Instagram and TikTok, and hosted a YouTube series, Maconomics, for REVOLT (2.8 million subscribers).

  
• CDawgVA raises $1 million for the Immune Deficiency Foundation by biking 620 miles across Japan

  
• Millionaires: Yes, OuttPig will wear wigs

  OuttPig (aka Cameron Perez) is 24, based out of Colorado, and wanted to go to acting school. So, naturally, when it came time for college, he started a degree in criminology administration.

  
• Odd Projects brings in managers Brian Sokolik and Joshua Cohen
• Creators on the Rise: Bri Macdonald goes with her gut
• Storiaverse pairs writers and animators together to create multimedia stories. It’s partnering with one of TikTok’s biggest animators.
• Streamers on the Rise: Cinna’s ready for some streamer barbeques
• Top 5 Branded Videos of the Week: Whiskey with Mister Rogers on a desert island
• Shroud, CohhCarnage, Techniq, and more will stream the entire first ep of Amazon’s ‘Fallout’ TV series on Twitch
• Instagram made $32.4 billion in ad revenue in 2021. That’s more than YouTube.
• Millionaires: Someone please let Mamadou Ndiaye meet an elephant