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• Amouranth is developing multiple “game show-type concepts” for OnlyFans’ safe-for-work hub
• TikTok’s DistroKid deal invites indie artists to join its standalone music app

  TikTok and DistroKid have teamed up to give indie artists the opportunity the put their songs on the nascent TikTok Music service.

  
• Agentio raises $4.25 million to supply YouTube creators with 30-second ad reads

  Agentio is adding another matchmaking service to the creator economy by raising a $4.25 million seed round to sell ad reads to brands.

  
• Streamers on the Rise: MacieJay wants people to watch for him, not just for the game he’s playing

  If you encounter Michelle Statham in Call of Duty, there's a very high chance you'll be KO'd before you ever see her coming. She excels at quick-hit fights with fast TTKs, and she's a crack sniper, too. She's also a 58-year-old grandma.

  
• YouTube’s new inclusive ad initiative lets creators tell brands who they are
• YouTube’s annual Brandcast will return to New York’s David Geffen Hall on May 15, 2024
• Welcome to Good Burger, home of the Good Burger. Hey, is that Kai Cenat sitting over there?
• Top 5 Branded Videos of the Week: AMP put their twist on ‘Hot Ones’ and gets 4.3 million views
• Top 50 Most Viewed U.S. YouTube Channels • Week Of 10/29/2023
• Top 50 Most Viewed YouTube Channels Worldwide • Week Of 10/29/2023
• Did MatPat and CoryxKenshin help ‘Five Nights At Freddys’ achieve box office records? It’s just a theory.
• Marriott’s Bonvoy loyalty program assembles “TikTok Travel Tribe” to offer tips from influencers
• Sports creator Jesser expands leadership team, hires Spotify vet as first Bucketsquad President
• Nelk goes full send with Kick streaming deal
• The creator economy is a $250 billion business. So why isn’t the U.S. Census counting it?
• Millionaires: The Furrha Fam wants to be on TV
• Ninja is hosting a “Happy Hour” to determine which soccer team he should support
• Does TikTok’s “girl math” trend still have legs? Pizza Hut and Anna Sitar are betting on it.
• Josh Richards will ‘Read The Room’ in upcoming sketch comedy series
• Tony Weaver Jr. goes from TikTok to bookstore shelves with Macmillan graphic novel deal (Exclusive)
• Smosh’s “Dickipedia” t-shirts are a response to Elon Musk’s comments about Wikipedia
• On the Rise: For Keats, not even stars are the limit
• TikTok is “Talking Creative” with a web series that offers insights about its ad campaigns
• Filian and her friends took on “The Wall” in an innovative VTuber game show