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• Leenda Dong, who tells funny stories on TikTok, signs with WME (Exclusive)
• Snapchat wants to see your #UglySweaters, #ChristmasDecor, and more. $125,000 is up for grabs.

  Across 16 Spotlight Challenges, covering topics like holiday food and Christmas decorations, Snapchat will give away $125,000 in December.

  
• Creators On The Rise: Austen Alexander’s Battle Bus is a view-generating mobile fitness studio–and it’s coming to a street near you.

  Back before YouTube Shorts, a lot of Joshua's channel growth came from his impression videos--something he never intended to be a central part of his channel, but after one impression video took off and brought in viewers, he kept doing them.

  
• Misinformation is a “global challenge for society.” Google’s $13.2 million grant will support fact-checkers. 

  Google and YouTube are providing Poynter and the International Fact-Checking Network with a $13.2 million grant to combat misinformation.

  
• Raw eater “Liver King” facing backlash for alleged steroid use
• Pearpop raises $18 million to create “the new standard in creator marketing”
• JoJo Siwa and Jack McBrayer will host the new Children’s and Family Emmys
• “Compulsive event organizer” QTCinderella is bringing together big-name streamers for another Christmas concert
• The “first addition to the Blippi universe” is getting her own Netflix show
• YouTube’s favorite polyglot interviewed world leaders in their native languages
• The Try Guys are going live—without a recipe
• Top 50 Most Viewed U.S. YouTube Channels • Week Of 11/27/2022
• Top 50 Most Viewed YouTube Channels Worldwide • Week Of 11/27/2022
• Creators can put out pop quizzes with YouTube’s newest feature
• LankyBox is getting the ghost kitchen treatment, à la Chuck E. Cheese
• Fake animal rescues are still rampant on YouTube, TikTok, Facebook, and Instagram (Study)
• Pop culture comedian Eddy Burback signs with Odd Projects
• Want to put out better podcasts? YouTube’s got a guide for that
• Here are some things to check out during Thanksgiving, Black Friday, Small Business Saturday, and Cyber Monday
• Airrack is ready to do it live at the 2022 Streamy Awards
• Party Shirt, a duo known for ‘Fact or Cap’ videos on TikTok, signs with WME (Exclusive)
• Coffeezilla explains why the collapse of FTX “wasn’t an accident”
• Hive now has more than one million downloads. Is it a Twitter killer?
• Charli D’Amelio is the first TikTok influencer to win ‘Dancing with the Stars’