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• Twitch reinstates the account of iShowSpeed, ending a ban that lasted nearly two years
• Decentralized organization CreatorDAO brings back Launchpad to help creator careers blast off

  The decentralized organization CreatorDAO is seeking applications for the next round of a growth and optimization program called Launchpad.

  
• Billion-dollar company Candle Media could fall 50% short of its initial financial projections

  Tom Staggs' and Kevin Mayer's Candle Media could fall 50% short of projections due to subsidiaries like Hello Sunshine and Moonbug.

  
• Around the World: The YouTube Music museum, Pakistan’s million-dollar creator fund, and more

  YouTube Music opened a museum in Mexico, a Pakistani creator fund hit one million dollars, and Yogscast attended a London investment forum.

  
• Rooster Teeth moves shows to its website: “YouTube revenue just isn’t cutting it for us anymore.”
• Millionaires: Tay & Kay are cool with being the “cringe couple”
• One month after TikTok Shop’s U.S. introduction, sales are growing — but so are complaints
• BeReal launches marketing push to put the “realest person on earth” on a Times Square billboard
• Additive Creative bulks up talent management roster with 18 new creator signings
• Paramount uploaded the entire ‘Mean Girls’ movie on TikTok on October 3. Reactions were mixed.
• MrBeast calls out TikTok for allowing deepfake ad: “This is a serious problem”
• QTCinderella, Maya Higa’s Gala For Good raises “around $250,000” for rainforest conservation