James Hale

• YouTube is nixing the Kids app for TVs
• Kensington Grey expands its roster with reality TV stars and plus-size fashion creators

  With these signings, Kensington Grey--which was founded in 2019 as "to address underrepresentation in influencer marketing"--now reps more than 90 US-based creators, many of them from marginalized communities.

  
• Twitch hit with a $315k fine for cutting services in South Korea

  Just days before Twitch's exit, it's been hit with a 420 million won (~$315,000) fine from the Korea Communications Commission (KCC) for suspending its VOD service in 2022.

  
• Karat’s new tool tells creators exactly how much their peers are earning on YouTube, TikTok, Twitch, and more

  Did you know that the median AdSense income for creators with one million subscribers on YouTube is $90,025 per year? How about that Twitch streamers with a million followers have a median income of $542,208 per year? Or that TikTokers with a million followers have median annual earnings of just $473 from TikTok's Creator Fund?

  
• Millionaires: The McCartys got 10 million subscribers in three years
• Marques Brownlee is Ridge’s new chief creative partner
• Streamers on the Rise: KiwiOnTheSticks says the secret to Twitch is “finding your people as quickly as you can and as genuinely as you can”
• Millionaires: Mimo bakes her way to one million followers
• Creators on the Rise: alexbegs would like to send a shout-out to Celine Dion
• Pinterest gets into streaming with a “deliciously entertaining” Tastemade TV show
• MrBeast reformulates Feastables, says it’s now “the best-tasting chocolate ever made by mankind”
• TikTok says it’s the No. 1 platform for discovering new mobile games