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• WME taps Twitch, Team Liquid alums to be esports talent agents (Exclusive)
• A new Squishmallows line lets kids hug Cocomelon characters

  The latest licensing opportunity for the Moonbug-owned brand Cocomelon is a line of Hugmees from Jazwares' Squishmallows line.

  
• Wattpad’s taking 5 million authors to school with new YouTube series (Exclusive)

  
• TikTok touts “unprecedented levels of transparency” at its new Los Angeles facility

  A TikTok Transparency Center in Los Angeles offers visitors a chance to review the app's inner workings and security measures.

  
• Grammy nominee Omar Apollo “started from zero” on YouTube
• Underscore Talent inks management deals with 12 gamers, including CDawgVA and Arteezy
• The twins behind the RackaRacka YouTube channel are coming to a movie theater near you
• Elon Musk says Twitter is now sharing revenue with creators. How does that work? No one knows.
• YouTube revenue is lagging despite 50 billion daily views on Shorts
• YouTube DIY duo Vanwives sign with Night (Exclusive)
• TikTok wants you to show off your Super Bowl spread
• YouTube Millionaires: Jeffrey Bui took a chance and went full-time on YouTube. Five months later, he’s gained a million subscribers.
• Twitter’s new policy will kill beloved content bots
• ChatGPT’s surge to 100 million users raises questions about the future of AI-authored content
• Pinterest just cut another 150 employees
• Streamer organization OTK adds Emiru to its ownership group
• Snap’s Black History Month plans include Spotlight Challenges, Lenses, and more
• TheSoul gets billions of views on YouTube Shorts. Here’s how it’s approaching the format’s new ads.
• Creators On The Rise: Erin Miller’s nostalgia chic channel is a time warp to 2003
• Atrioc goes offline after getting caught with deepfakes of female content creators
• As TikTok celebrates Black History Month, it highlights “the sounds that move culture”
• Creative Juice commits $25K to helping Black creators grow their businesses
• Logan Paul and KSI add UFC to their drink brand’s list of sponsorships
• TheGrefg honored Twitch’s Hispanic and Latino community, and 1.75 million concurrent viewers tuned in