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• Someone made a fake xQc and set it loose on Twitch. It’s gotten 11,000 followers in two weeks.
• JoinBrands arrives on TikTok to facilitate influencer marketing partnerships

  There's now another influencer-brand matchmaking service active on TikTok thanks to JoinBrands' integration with the Spark ad format.

  
• Millionaires: One “dumb little video” made Micah & Sarah take off on TikTok. Now they have 1.2 million followers.

  First, we want to be clear: "Dumb little crap video" is Micah's description, not ours. But it's the kind of thing we hear a lot of creators say--that they made one off-the-cuff, lo-fi video, something they didn't really put too much effort into, and that was the one that went viral.

  
• The U.S. Senate proposed the Restrict Act as a TikTok ban, but the bill may see some changes

  Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA) is behind a plan to amend the Restrict Act, which served as the Senate's first attempt to ban TikTok

  
• Barbiemania brings millions of views to YouTube music videos (including one from 1997)
• Here’s how Kick plans to get profitable
• Former Twitter Blue head sounds off on Elon Musk: “X is run by a mercurial leader”
• Creators On The Rise: Cassie Yeung’s parents gave her three months to make it as a content creator. Then she got cast in a Gordon Ramsay show.
• Snap stock plummets as its investors prepare for a rocky future
• YouTube’s first season of NFL Sunday Ticket will be free for some Verizon customers
• Who owns TikTok memes? Anthony Fantano and Activision are debating that question.
• Alphabet sees green in earnings report as YouTube’s quarterly ad revenue hits $7.7 billion