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• MrBallen cuts an exclusive content deal with Amazon
• Jubilee has raised $1.1 million, signed with WME, and launched a new brand about love (Exclusive)

  Jubilee Media has raised a $1.1 million round, signed with WME, and launched Nectar, a new brand centered around love and relationships.

  
• YouTube Shorts users can now add voiceovers. Will the new feature cut down on TikTok reposts?

  The latest copycat feature to come to YouTube Shorts from TikTok is the ability to add a voiceover to a short-form video.

  
• Creators On The Rise: YouTube lets Mimo share a daily bite of her home bakery

  Mirvat Hachem-Osseili works on cakes every single day.

  
• VidCon adds a second event in Baltimore for 2023
• Snapchat will celebrate spooky season by paying out $100,000 through Spotlight Challenges
• The Try Guys have announced that Ned Fulmer “is no longer working” with them
• Ludwig’s new company helps creators make “cool stuff.” He’ll start with a game show hosted by xQc.
• At 90,000 subscribers, Kai Cenat has a message for Twitch: “I refuse for my community to go unnoticed.”
• President Biden is working with TikTok so that the app can continue to operate in the U.S.
• Dude Perfect plans $100 million headquarters with 330-foot trick shot tower
• TikTok faces $29 million fine for allegedly collecting personal data from kids
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• Top 50 Most Viewed YouTube Channels Worldwide • Week Of 09/25/2022
• Netflix dropped its case against the ‘Unofficial Bridgerton Musical’ creators. What’s next for Barlow and Bear?
• The latest Sidemen soccer match raised over £1 million for charity and drew 2.6 million concurrent viewers
• Spring has hired a Roblox, YouTube, and Twitter vet to ensure “creator success”
• Triller has settled with Swizz Beatz and Timbaland, but the TikTok competitor is still fighting legal battles
• The ‘Battle of the Brands’ will bring fast food-themed competition (and a $35,000 prize pool) to Twitch
• TikTok just upped its video descriptions to 2,200 characters. Here’s why.
• YouTube is rolling out its tip jar on Shorts
• Block Party raises $4.8 million to beat Twitter trolls
• Dunkey has reviewed video games on YouTube for a decade. Now he wants to publish them.
• YouTube, Facebook, TikTok, Twitter have become proxy battlegrounds in the war over January 6