James Hale

• Eight-year-old TikToker Brice Gonzalez is headed for Hollywood
• Ninja is now on Kick

  Ninja has criticized Twitch's new ban on simulcasting--and he's given its gleefully growing competitor Kick a first try.

  
• OTK gets into game publishing with Mad Mushroom

  Mad Mushroom hopes to help smaller gaming studios "avoid predatory publishing deals and high user acquisition costs," it says.

  
• ‘Call of Duty’ drops Nickmercs character skin after homophobic tweet

  
• YouTube Millionaires: Levy Rozman is the internet’s chess teacher
• Twitch’s branded content screwup gave Kick its biggest day yet
• Creators on the Rise: How TikTok helped Garbo Zhu launch a business making the world’s grumpiest pottery
• Streamers on the Rise: Brycent wants people to give Web3 gaming a shot—as long as the games are actually good
• Netflix, Max, Peacock take top spots in YouTube’s annual ad leaderboard
• Looking for a place to lie about the 2020 election? YouTube just rolled out the welcome mat.
• WWE makes things official with Twitch
• YouTube Millionaires: Broken Finger Paradise makes you fear the mundane