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• Trainwreck announces Twitch challenger Kick, which might be a Stake.com gamble
• TheSoul Publishing, a major producer of digital content, has acquired a majority stake in Underscore Talent

  Underscore Talent, the management firm led by Studio71 execs Reza Izad and Dan Weinstein, has sold a majority stake to TheSoul Publishing.

  
• Top 50 Most Viewed U.S. YouTube Channels • Week Of 12/04/2022

  Tai Rebuilds is looking to put everyone in a good mood by providing cute animal videos and other pieces of happy YouTube Shorts content.

  
• Top 50 Most Viewed YouTube Channels Worldwide • Week Of 12/04/2022

  Hayataku is a channel whose titular creator is a teen who plays with toys. His videos have vaulted him into the Global Top 50.

  
• MrBeast unveils Nerf collaboration, blasts his way to the cover of Forbes
• Here are your 2022 Streamy Award winners
• Issa Rae’s media company teams up with Walmart to “support Black creators”
• Hungry? The internet’s top chefs will hit Miami for the inaugural FoodieCon in 2023.
• The top trending YouTube video of 2022 reminds us that Technoblade never dies
• YouTube gets trendy with MatPat-hosted podcast ‘Like & Describe’
• YouTube Millionaires: How career magician Rick Smith Jr. threw his way to a million subscribers
• Discord’s first creator monetization feature is live for all U.S. servers (Exclusive)
• 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.
• 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.
• Misinformation is a “global challenge for society.” Google’s $13.2 million grant will support fact-checkers. 
• 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