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• Serena Kerrigan, TikTok’s “queen of confidence,” is launching her own subscription service
• The upcoming ‘Hunger Games’ prequel is set at a school. Roblox players can now enroll in it.

  'Academy Adventures' is a school setting within Roblox that ties into the upcoming movie 'The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes'

  
• Panera Bread, like the men of TikTok, is thinking about the Roman Empire

  Panera Bread has jumped onto a TikTok meme by rolling out a "Roman Empire menu" filled with the items customers think about most often.

  
• YouTube makes it easier to monetize videos that discuss abortion, abuse, or eating disorders

  YouTube's ad-friendly guidelines now permit monetization on videos that discuss abortion, abuse, or eating disorders without graphic detail.

  
• Linktree shares statistics about the 200 million creators who are part of the “attention economy”
• CollegeHumor is rebranding to become Dropout
• Alix Earle, Alex Cooper go 1-2 in Spotify podcast charts after teaming up at new media company
• 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
• The White House Director of Digital Strategy will deliver a keynote address at VidCon Baltimore
• Afterparty raises $5 million to develop AI versions of creators like Tana Mongeau and Matt Steffanina
• Samsung Galaxy is now the official vlog camera of MrBeast