News

• Clubhouse Accelerator Program To Fund 25 Original Audio Projects From 40 Creators
• Discovery/Warner Merger Makes Conglomerate With As Many As 150 Million Unique Viewers In U.S.

  The streaming wars have been going for years, and recent moves have escalated the arms race even further. Right on the heels of Discovery and WarnerMedia joining forces in the name of video content, Amazon's MGM Studios buy could elevate the retail giant's filmmaking aspirations.

  
• In Aboutface, Jason Kilar To Remain At WarnerMedia Through Spin-Off, Combination With Discovery

  In something of an aboutface, WarnerMedia CEO Jason Kilar -- who was said to be negotiating his exit amid the company's spinoff into a newly-combined media giant with Discovery -- announced today that he will remain at the company until that transaction is complete.

  
• Insights: Florida Man Signs Dopey Deplatforming Law, But That’s Not The Point

  Florida passed a bill to block social media deplatforming of political candidates, Amazon faces a big antitrust challenge, and we're still missing the bigger issue before us.

  
• Fanhouse, An OnlyFans-Esque Platform For Safe-For-Work Content, Raises $1.3 Million
• YouTuber CJ So Cool Is Auctioning 35% Of His Future Royalties For At Least $850,000
• Instagram Unveils New ‘Drops’ Ecommerce Feature For Viral Product Launches
• Facebook Watch Taps Larray, JoJo Siwa, Nikita Dragun, More For ‘Pride Ride’ Special
• Facebook Gaming Introduces Monetization For Video-On-Demand Creators
• Creators On The Rise: How Alan Chikin Chow Got 7 Million People To Laugh At His “Shower Thoughts”
• Rooster Teeth Unveils Animated Programming Lineup For Second ‘RTX At Home’ Event
• Top 50 Most Viewed U.S. YouTube Channels • Week Of 05/24/2021
• Instagram’s First Creator Week To Feature JoJo Siwa, 50 Cent, Yung BBQ
• Instagram And Facebook Will Now Enable All Creators, Viewers To Hide Public ‘Like’ Counts
• Top 50 Most Viewed YouTube Channels Worldwide • Week Of 05/24/2021
• Shifty PR Firm Offered European Health Vloggers “Colossal” Payments To Spread Vaccine Disinformation
• Studio71 Signs 20 Gaming Creators, Including GamingWithKev, ZAMination, And Jeffo Roblox
• Instagram Head Adam Mosseri Eyeing New Monetization Tools, Including Subscriptions, NFT Marketplace, Creator Fund
• TikTok Teams With SiriusXM And Pandora To Launch Creator-Hosted Radio Station, Playlists
• Twitch Adds 350 Tags To Bolster Representation, Including ‘Transgender’, ‘Black’, ‘Disabled’, More
• ‘Charlie Bit My Finger’ Viral Video To Be Deleted From YouTube Following $761,000 NFT Sale
• Instagram To Share New Metrics Surrounding ‘Reels’, Livestreaming Products
• Group Nine Studios Signs With CAA, Which Will Rep Its Dodo, Seeker, And PopSugar Brands
• Snap Buys AR Display Firm WaveOptics For $500 Million, Its Biggest Acquisition To Date