News

• LinkedIn Hires TikTok Alum To Cultivate Creator Relations In The EU, Latin America
• TikToker Griffin Johnson Is Making A Movie With Studio Startup ‘Creator+’

  Creator+, which produces and distributes films starring top digital creators, has unveiled its second project.

  
• React Media Acquired By Video Brand “Supercharger” Electric Monster

  With the acquisition, Electric Monster will take over all of React Media’s IPs and operations. React’s team, around 25 people, will join Electric Monster.

  
• Creator Website-Building Startup ‘Fourthwall’ Raises $17 Million, Taps Phil DeFranco For CCO

  The startup Fourthwall has raised $17 million in VC funding and appointed Phil DeFranco as its chief creator officer, as it looks to help creators build self-branded websites that can host a varied array of business ventures.

  
• Jellysmack Finds First Acquisition In Automated Video-Editing Startup Kamua
• TikTok Safety Study Finds Just 0.3% Of Teens Say They Participate In Dangerous Challenges
• J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot Forms Podcast Unit, Inks First-Look Deal With Spotify
• Creators On The Rise: For Now, Content Is Albert’s “Very Expensive Hobby.” But He’s Hoping Millions Of Hungry Viewers Can Help Make It His Career.
• Like Nastya Crosses 250 Million YouTube Subscribers, Remaining Biggest Creator In Kids’ Field
• “Don’t F-ck It Up”: YouTube Cofounder Updates Platform’s First Video To Protest Dislike Count Removal
• Top 50 Most Viewed U.S. YouTube Channels • Week Of 11/15/2021
• FaZe Clan Inks Wide-Ranging Sponsorship Pact With Sports Bettor DraftKings
• Pinterest Launches ‘TwoTwenty’ Experimental Products Division Amid Push Into Video
• Airrack Hosts Star-Studded Ping Pong Tournament, Auctions Creators’ Paddles As NFTs
• Instagram Expands ‘Badges’ Tipping Tool To U.S. Creators With 10,000 Followers
• TikToker Dylan Lemay Raises $1.5 Million To Open NYC Ice Cream Shop
• Top 50 Most Viewed YouTube Channels Worldwide • Week Of 11/15/2021
• Preston Arsement, Rosanna Pansino, More Mimic One Another’s Talents In New YouTube Original
• BBTV And Hello Pictures Partner On Creator-Fronted Short-Form Slate
• ‘The D’Amelio Show’ Re-Upped For Second Season At Hulu
• Studio71 Signs Travel Vlogger Turned Educator Nas Daily
• Get Your “Illegally”-Flavored Potato Chips, Courtesy of MSCHF And Mythical
• Cameo Revamps Charity Tools To Automate Creator Donations
• Creative Juice Is Giving YouTubers 30-Day Advances On AdSense Payments