News

• A new creator summit is coming to Atlanta
• Paramount’s CBS Sports Creator Studio will pair influencers with athletes

  The CBS Sports Creator Studio will pair influencers with athletes and Paramount personalities to build custom content initiatives.

  
• Dream come true: RDCWorld attracts 20,000 fans to Black nerd convention Dream Con

  RDCWorld hosted DreamCon in Austin, Texas in July 2023. The convention brought more than 20,000 guests to a celebration of Black nerd culture

  
• Donut Media lands a retail partnership with Zumiez

  
• The White House Director of Digital Strategy will deliver a keynote address at VidCon Baltimore
• Afterparty raises $5 million to develop AI versions of creators like Tana Mongeau and Matt Steffanina
• Samsung Galaxy is now the official vlog camera of MrBeast
• ‘Game of Thrones’ author headlines copyright infringement suit against ChatGPT developer OpenAI
• Millionaires: Meet Astraea, queen of the LARP
• Ryan’s World blasts off into ‘Titan Universe Adventure’ for Pocket.watch’s first feature film
• 28% of TikTok users are Gen Xers. Only 5% of brands target that cohort with influencer marketing.
• YouTube launches new editing app YouTube Create
• YouTube wants creators to use its AI-driven tools to make the Shorts of their dreams
• Comedian Stephen Tries inks representation deal with MonRae Management
• Creators on the Rise: Leah Ryder wields the power of plus-size positivity
• TikTok announces new features, including labels for AI content and first-party attribution
• Did a podcast network defraud its partners out of $4 million? Coffeezilla took a look.
• With Jake Paul in his corner, GOP presidential hopeful Vivek Ramaswamy heads to TikTok
• Streamers on the Rise: PointCrow’s goldfish beat Malenia. Also, he’s building a massive business across YouTube and Twitch.
• Electrify raises $85 million to invest in long-form YouTube content
• Ninja gamifies fitness with the first product developed under his Ninja Labs banner
• Top 50 Most Viewed U.S. YouTube Channels • Week Of 09/17/2023
• Top 50 Most Viewed YouTube Channels Worldwide • Week Of 09/17/2023
• Snap enlists Natalie Alzate to host $10,000 Spotlight Challenge during Latin Heritage Month