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• Paramount’s CBS Sports Creator Studio will pair influencers with athletes
• Dream come true: RDCWorld attracts 20,000 fans to Black nerd convention Dream Con

  RDCWorld hosted DreamCon in Austin, Texas in July 2023. The convention brought more than 20,000 guests to a celebration of Black nerd culture

  
• The White House Director of Digital Strategy will deliver a keynote address at VidCon Baltimore

  Christian Tom, the Director of Digital Strategy in the Biden White House, will deliver a keynote address at the first VidCon Baltimore.

  
• Afterparty raises $5 million to develop AI versions of creators like Tana Mongeau and Matt Steffanina

  Tana Mongeau and Matt Steffanina will create AI versions of themselves after tech company Afterparty raised a $5 million funding round.

  
• Samsung Galaxy is now the official vlog camera of MrBeast
• ‘Game of Thrones’ author headlines copyright infringement suit against ChatGPT developer OpenAI
• Ryan’s World blasts off into ‘Titan Universe Adventure’ for Pocket.watch’s first feature film
• 28% of TikTok users are Gen Xers. Only 5% of brands target that cohort with influencer marketing.
• YouTube wants creators to use its AI-driven tools to make the Shorts of their dreams
• Comedian Stephen Tries inks representation deal with MonRae Management
• TikTok announces new features, including labels for AI content and first-party attribution
• Did a podcast network defraud its partners out of $4 million? Coffeezilla took a look.