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• WME makes a deal with The Deal Guy (Exclusive)
• TikTok will be the presenting sponsor of the 2022 L.A. Pride Parade

  TikTok will be the presenting sponsor of the L.A. Pride Parade this June. The app will host backstage content and will have its own float.

  
• YouTube Millionaires: Lizzy Capri left her dream job for YouTube. Now she has nearly 8 million subscribers.

  During her first year on the job, Capri, on the side, had started making videos with her boyfriend Carter Sharer.

  
• On YouTube, brands are speaking softly in order to be heard

  The YouTube Works Awards show the ways brands are working with creators like Hallease and Anna Akana. ASMR is paying off too.

  
• Jojo Siwa’s fans will be able to tune into Facebook Watch to learn where ‘Jojo Goes’
• Is TikTok looking to push into gaming?
• Emma Chamblerlain is influential on YouTube even when she’s not posting new videos
• TikTok’s Cannes Film Festival partnership has hit some major speed bumps
• Creators On The Rise: How two talking corgis are taking over the internet
• TikTok star Ari Elkins is building playlists on Spotify Live. Then he’s releasing them through a new podcast.
• TikTok’s Showbiz List highlights creators who are ready for their close-up
• Want to loop a YouTube video or skip to its most-watched moments? Now you can.
• YouTube looks to snag more TV dollars as CEO Susan Wojcicki says her company “is the mainstream”
• YouTube bets big on shopping with buyable Beauty Festival, live creator-brand collabs
• Can a random gamer plucked from obscurity beat one of YouTube’s top stars in ‘Fortnite’? SypherPK found out.
• Top 50 Most Viewed U.S. YouTube Channels • Week Of 05/15/2022
• Candle Media has acquired ATTN for roughly $100 million. How will the media company use the news-oriented brand?
• Kevin Lin co-founded Twitch. Now he’s raising a $24 million funding round to create pop culture franchises in the metaverse.
• Top 50 Most Viewed YouTube Channels Worldwide • Week Of 05/15/2022
• Vanessa Guthrie is leaving Snapchat
• Doctor Mike outlasts iDubbbz in Creator Clash main card in front of sold-out crowd and 100,000 paying viewers
• YouTube greenlights more ‘Retro Tech,’ ‘Recipe for Change’ in new Black Voices slate
• Lilly Singh, Moonbug headline latest slate of YouTube Kids originals
• Night finds its first beauty creator: Safiya Nygaard (Exclusive)