Sam Gutelle

• The co-founder of TikTok predecessor Musical.ly has left Bytedance
• ‘Follow Me’ program will “empower more small businesses to dive into TikTok”

  Brands like Feel Your Soul and Tassel Amor will talk about the ways they use TikTok as part of a small business initiative called Follow Me.

  
• Mads Lewis and Indiana Massara will expand Brat TV’s ‘Chicken Girls’ universe in a spinoff series

  Indiana Massar and Mads Lewis will star in 'Chicken Girls: The College Years,' a spinoff series that Brat TV will release on YouTube.

  
• Reddit’s line of collectible avatars is its biggest NFT experiment to date

  Reddit has launched a marketplace where it is selling a new line of NFTs -- collectible digital avatars minted on the Polygon blockchain.

  
• House of Highlights tripled its branded content revenue by working directly with creators
• After getting 1.15 billion hours of Netflix viewership on ‘Stranger Things 4,’ The Duffer Brothers are launching a studio
• The former head of gaming content at TikTok is co-founding a “blockchain-agnostic” Web3 startup
• Games Done Quick has raised more than $40 million. Its latest speedrunning event was one of its biggest.
• Rooster Teeth’s ‘RWBY’ is getting a feature film, and it’s a crossover with the Justice League
• Top 50 Most Viewed U.S. YouTube Channels • Week Of 07/03/2022
• Top 50 Most Viewed YouTube Channels Worldwide • Week Of 07/03/2022
• Surf’s up: Twitch gives some users the ability to flip through channels