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• Video editing app Captions raises $25 million to build on its 100,000 daily active users
• Patreon is giving creators a new way to earn money from their fans

  Patreon users can now allow their fans to subscribe for free. They can also sell products directly to patrons with a Commerce feature.

  
• YouTube is bringing its live shopping tools to Korea through a brand-new channel

  YouTube is hoping to grab a piece of Asia's lucrative ecommerce market by launching a live shopping channel in South Korea.

  
• TikTok admits to storing data of U.S. Creator Fund recipients on Chinese servers

  The Senate and President Biden are acting against TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew after revelations that some U.S. user data is stored in China.

  
• Jellysmack, All Def owner Culture Genesis pledge $25 million for underrepresented creators
• Digital media company Candle Media caters to #BookTok as part of production deal with TikTok
• YouTube is coming to Montreal this fall with a pop-up for Quebecois creators
• YouTube’s fight against medical misinformation has come to the U.K.
• YouTube’s favorite treasure hunter is diving into The Weather Channel
• KSI’s Misfits Boxing series is coming to Nashville with a novel “survivor tag” format
• Millionaires: BookTok helped Ayman rekindle her love of reading. Now she uses her platform to boost authors.
• Twitch has launched shoppable streams. Now third-party brands like Refinery29 are joining the fun.