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• Slow Ventures invests in creator companies. Up next: A literary hub led by a BookTube star.
• Peloton sees stock market bump after announcing TikTok fitness hub

  Peloton is trying to expand beyond its proprietary hardware by offering a branded hub of short-form fitness videos on TikTok.

  
• Sexual predators are using Twitch’s Clips feature to prey on underage streamers

  Twitch wants to expand its Clips feature, but are the short-form videos being used by sexual predators? Bloomberg looked into child safety.

  
• Amouranth’s “AI girlfriend” earned $34,000 in revenue during its first 24 hours of sales

  Kaitlyn "Amouranth" Siragusa charged her fans to hang out with an AI version of herself. That product reached $34,000 in revenue in 24 hours.

  
• TikTok will take a bigger cut from its Shop as it seeks $17.5 billion in annual U.S. ecommerce revenue
• The kids (and adults) of Recess Therapy will interview stars on the Golden Globes red carpet
• Millionaires: How one doll took That’s So Drea to millions of followers
• YouTube’s legal battle against unionized contractors looks as if it’s headed to federal court
• GroupM forms coalition with Disney, YouTube, Roku, NBCUniversal to standardize streaming ads
• Atmosfy to support its community of travel influencers with $500,000 creator fund
• Peloton levels up its Entertainment Hub with YouTube TV addition
• Top 5 Branded Videos of the Week: Can you really make Purple Gold? Opera hopes you’ll want to find out.