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• Want exclusive texts from the Jonas Brothers? Scriber can make that happen.
• Spotify’s investing $100,000 in African podcasters

  To mark Africa Day, which commemorates the 1963 founding of the Organisation of African Unity, Spotify announced its latest batch of creator grants will go to 10 as-yet-unselected, Africa-based podcasters.

  
• Orca lets content creators make digital storefronts selling curated products–and they earn a 20% commission

  Orca began opening up to content creators earlier this year, and currently sees one new shopfront launched “every half hour, every day, 24 hours a day,” Benator says.

  
• Proze is a “sniper since day one.” He’s joining FaZe Clan after winning $1 million in the network’s latest competition.

  Gabriel "Proze" Gelinas, a "sniper since day one," won FaZe Clan's 'Faze1: The Warehouse' competition and will join the network.

  
• Diver Brandon Jordan entertains three million subscribers on YouTube. Now he’s getting a TV deal.
• Brian Jung made $3.7 million last year from his crypto-focused YouTube channel
• Tech and crypto influencer Jonathan Ma has signed a deal with a major film financier
• YouTube Millionaires: iAmJordi is an OG TikToker. Here’s how her tight-knit fanbase helped launch her music career.
• Creator-facing music platform Slip.stream just raised $7.5 million. One of its investors is one of the ‘Big Three’ labels.
• Max Fosh pulled a good-natured prank on airline passengers. It ended up as the BBC’s most-read story.
• Spotify has launched its own island in Roblox. Will it launch a metaverse concert series?
• At least 40 employees from marginalized backgrounds lost their jobs in Netflix’s latest round of cuts
• YouTube’s next misinformation frontier: abortion
• YouTube star Guava Juice launches 10,010-piece “crypto-optional” NFT collection via Spring
• Creators On The Rise: Jeanelle Castro left her job to make content. YouTube Shorts turned her channel into a new career.
• Pocket.watch now has 70,000 videos in its library after partnering with top kids channels like Vania Mania
• Made In Network will support its creators with $50 million investment
• Top 50 Most Viewed U.S. YouTube Channels • Week Of 05/22/2022
• Brace yourself. The YouTube Shorts ads are coming.
• TikTok’s subscriptions are going live on a few accounts soon
• Halsey called out their record label after being compelled to produce a “viral TikTok moment” for a new song
• Logan Paul and KSI are getting some Prime advertising space on the NASCAR circuit
• Top 50 Most Viewed YouTube Channels Worldwide • Week Of 05/22/2022
• Playboy’s OnlyFans competitor hires Loren Piretra from Twitch to get an edge in the influencer marketing game