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• Ludwig Stream Temporarily Interrupted Days Into YouTube Deal, But He Wasn’t Suspended Or Banned
• Former Amazon Studios, Hulu CFO Elaine Paul Joining Lyft In Same Role

  Elaine Paul, the former CFO and VP of finance for Amazon Studios, is exiting to join ride-sharing platform Lyft in the same role.

  
• Studio71 To Drop First NFTs Alongside YouTube Animation Channel EnchantedMob

  Studio71 is getting into NFTs. Today, the company is dropping its first NFT collection in partnership with YouTube animation channel EnchantedMob, which is behind the hit indie PC game Poppy Playtime.

  
• UTA-Backed SPAC Raising $200 Million, With Sights Set On Gaming Space

  A UTA-backed special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) -- which is a publicly-traded company created for the sole purpose of acquiring an existing private firm -- has priced a $200 million IPO, with its sights set firmly on the gaming space.

  
• Inaugural VidCon Abu Dhabi Kicking Off In-Person Tomorrow
• 100 Thieves Raises $60 Million At $460 Million Valuation To “Launch And Acquire New Companies”
• Ludwig Ahgren, A Top Twitch Streamer, Gets Poached By YouTube Gaming
• Top 50 Most Viewed U.S. YouTube Channels • Week Of 11/29/2021
• Creators On The Rise: Hannah Warling Challenged Herself To Upload 2 Videos Every Day. She Went From 1,000 Followers To 100,000.
• TikTok Unveils ‘Creator Next’, An Opt-In Portal Where All Monetization Features Will Now Reside
• Larray Tapped To Host 11th Annual Streamy Awards On December 11
• Up North Management Signs 7 YouTubers To Launch New Pop Culture Division (Exclusive)
• MrBeast Nabs ‘Top Trending Video’, ‘Top Creator’ In The U.S., Per YouTube’s Year-End Lists
• Meta Ordered To Sell Giphy — Which It Acquired Last Year — By U.K. Competition Regulator
• Amazon Taps Digital Veteran Kelly Day To Oversee Prime Video Internationally
• Top 50 Most Viewed YouTube Channels Worldwide • Week Of 11/29/2021
• Insights: Jack Dorsey Finally Frees Twitter Bird To Fly Higher, If It Can
• Alexis Ohanian Invests In 25-Year-Old Entrepreneur Tiffany Zhong’s NFT Startup ‘Islands’
• MrBeast’s ‘Squid Game’ Remake Becomes Fastest Non-Music Video To Reach 100 Million Views — In 4 Days
• YouTube’s Latest Experimental Feature Shows Creators What Their Viewers Are Searching For
• Jack Dorsey Resigns As CEO Of Twitter
• Spotify Is Testing A TikTok-Like Music Discovery Tool
• Podimo Raises $78 Million To Bring In New Podcasts And Up Creator Payouts
• Top 50 Most Viewed U.S. YouTube Channels • Week Of 11/22/2021