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• Twitch Stalwart TimTheTatMan Follows DrLupo To YouTube Gaming In Exclusive Deal
• Insights: College Sports Embraces The NIL Future With Gusto

  As you watch college sports this year, keep an eye out for the new stars being minted on social media and advertising around the games and beyond. It's going to be quite a season. 

  
• Facebook Unveils Hub For ‘Fantasy Games’, But Without Actual Betting

  Today, Facebook is launching a Fantasy Games hub on its iOS and Android apps in the U.S. and Canada.

  
• Instagram Launches ‘Live’ Hub Inside Shopping Tab With Some Help From Nikita Dragun, Peloton

  In honor of Fashion Month, Instagram will premiere today a live shopping series chock full of star-studded streams showcasing new wares from Rare Beauty, Aveda, Peloton, and more.

  
• CryptoPunks, Meebits, And Autoglyphs Get Hollywood Representation. UTA Looks To Take Them To The Masses.
• Patreon Acquires ‘Clear Talent’ To Scale
• Instagram Will Make You Share Your Birthday — And Is Developing Tech To Ensure You’re Telling The Truth
• Flip Raises $28 Million, Wants You To Buy Beauty Products From Its Creators
• ByteDance Buys Up VR Maker Pico For Reported $775 Million
• DrLupo Signs Exclusive Livestreaming Deal With YouTube Gaming
• Thatch Raises $3 Million So Travel Vloggers Can Get Paid
• Jake Paul Nabs 4th Pro Boxing Win, Toppling Tyron Woodley In Split Decision
• TikTok Launches Latinx Creator Incubator For Hispanic Heritage Month
• Digital Events Platform Moment House Closes $12 Million Round To “Build The Metaverse”
• YouTube Testing Picture-In-Picture With Premium Subscribers Before Rollout To All iPhone Users
• TikTok Wants Users To Stop Doing The Milk Crate Challenge, Please
• 100 Thieves Gamer BrookeAB Signs With Range Media Partners
• Twitter Is Starting To Roll Out Monetization For Its Clubhouse Clone ‘Spaces’
• JoJo Siwa Joins ‘Dancing With The Stars’ As Half Of Series’ First Same-Sex Duo
• YouTube Millionaires: Tim Dodd Takes A Million Everyday Astronauts To SpaceX And Beyond
• Josh Richards To Mentor Up-And-Coming Creators For Logitech Talent Search
• GIPHY Collaborates With (And Pays) Creators As Part Of Its New ‘Creators Club’
• Creator-Focused Crypto Startup Rally Raises $50 Million, Names Former Patreon Exec Bremner Morris CEO
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