James Hale

• Jellysmack acquires Rick Lax’s creator development community Network Media LLC (Exclusive)
• Creators on the Rise: Gianna Christine posts over 200 times a day on Snapchat

  Gianna Christine has always wanted to make content.

  
• Streamers on the Rise: Sylvee takes her chat to Disney World with a streamer’s dream “IRL backpack”

  For Sylvee, interactivity is the lifeblood of streaming.

  
• Eight-year-old TikToker Brice Gonzalez is headed for Hollywood

  Gonzalez was cast for Eva Longoria's Cheetos origin film Flamin' Hot in 2021, after rising to fame alongside his late father, Randy Gonzalez, on their shared TikTok account Enkyboys.

  
• Ninja is now on Kick
• OTK gets into game publishing with Mad Mushroom
• ‘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