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• Netflix Bets Big On Addison Rae With Multi-Picture Deal
• Dave Portnoy’s Serving Up His Own Pizza Brand

  Portnoy has been publicly rating pizzas on his YouTube channel One Bite Pizza Reviews (and a related app of the same name) since 2019. To date, he’s rated nearly 700 pies--and the latest is his own creation, a line of Barstool Sports- and One Bite-branded frozen pizzas that will go on sale in U.S. Walmart locations later this year

  
• Vogue To Stream Met Gala Red Carpet, As Influencer Attendance Looms Large

  For the first time in its history, Vogue says it will be livestreaming the Met Gala red carpet festivities.

  
• Link-In-Bio Startup Koji Joins With Piper Rockelle On Pay-To-Play Content App

  Koji, the link-in-bio startup that enables creators to add different apps to their social media profiles -- for engagement and monetization purposes -- has teamed with YouTube and TikTok phenom Piper Rockelle on a brand new tool. 

  
• Rooster Teeth Is Starting To Make Content For Kids
• Vox Acquires Podcast Newsletter ‘Hot Pod,’ Will Charge $7/Month To Read It
• TikTok Is The Most Downloaded, Most Watched App In The United States (Report)
• Mayk.it Raises $4 Million In Seed Funding To Turn Creators Into Musicians
• Top 50 Most Viewed U.S. YouTube Channels • Week Of 09/06/2021
• Top 50 Most Viewed YouTube Channels Worldwide • Week Of 09/06/2021
• Kelly Merryman Has Resigned As YouTube’s Longtime VP Of Content Partnerships
• Former Paramount+ Exec Julie McNamara Joins Spotify As Head Of U.S. Studios, Video
• Coinbase Bets Big With MrBeast Partnership
• Twitch Says It’s Working On Features To Combat Hate Raids
• YouTube Millionaires: Kai Cenat Tells It Like It Is
• #ADayOffTwitch Protests Made A Noticeable Dent In Viewership
• Climbing The Charts: NBC Sports Adds Nearly 300 Million Minutes Watched On YouTube, Facebook During Olympics
• YouTube Music Crushes 50 Million Subscribers
• Top 50 Most Viewed U.S. YouTube Channels • Week Of 08/30/2021
• Top 50 Most Viewed YouTube Channels Worldwide • Week Of 08/30/2021
• Twitter’s Letting Creators Make Money Off Tweets—If They Have 10,000 Followers
• FaZe Clan And OpTic Gaming Are Rivals In Esports. Now They’re Making Merch Together.
• Creators On The Rise: Navarro Cheerleader Kory Little Gives Viewers Their “Daily Dose Of Adrenaline”
• TikTok Is Giving Some Marketers Direct Access To Performance Data (Report)