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• On the Podcast: Creators for classroom fundraising
• A new platform is trying to take on Twitch and Kick by adding minigames to streaming sessions

  Noice is a new streaming platform that combines the experience of Twitch and Kick with original minigame and card-collecting features.

  
• Kanga Coolers just won Shopify’s ad spot in MrBeast’s next video

  Back in September, Shopify put out a call: It would give up its ad slot in one upcoming MrBeast video (which, on average, are watched by 145 million people within their first 90 days on the platform) to a small business that could use the exposure.

  
• Mark Roblox: YouTube’s favorite engineer is building rockets in a video game world

  Engineer Mark Rober and his Crunchlabs brand has come to 'Roblox' by designing a world where kids can learn to build rockets.

  
• Addison Rae enters “scream queen era” with role in horror flick ‘Thanksgiving’
• Top 5 Branded Videos of the Week: Even a VPN can’t get you into Colin Furze’s secret garage
• Top 50 Most Viewed U.S. YouTube Channels • Week Of 11/19/2023
• Top 50 Most Viewed YouTube Channels Worldwide • Week Of 11/19/2023
• Former Twitch CEO Emmett Shear is now leading OpenAI
• Colleen Ballinger says her ukulele video was “really embarrassing”
• Millionaires: Kenz Lawrén is putting on a New Face
• TikTok announces creators who “will bring the For You feed to the main stage” at In The Mix event
• Jay Shetty comes to MasterClass to teach a lesson about “navigating change”
• In contentious call with execs, Jewish celebrities urge TikTok to root out “antisemitic movement”
• Bindery is helping #BookTok faves become publishers. Here’s it inaugural slate of pickups.
• Creators on the Rise: Lyanna Kea is starring in her own Screen Australia-funded series
• The Chinese version of TikTok is letting some creators with at least 100,000 followers put up paywalls
• Ninja Kidz TV is expanding its Action Park franchise with new locations in Utah and Indiana
• YouTube adjusts ad guidelines to enable full monetization on breastfeeding videos
• Hank Green “accidentally” bought 10% of a mobile game
• WME signs automotive guru Doug DeMuro and his Cars & Bids platforms
• Horror video games inspired Molly Moon’s TikToks. Now she’s making one herself.
• YouTube Co-Founder Chad Hurley has a new company based around AI-generated video scripts
• Streamers on the Rise: Kahlief Adams on spawning our industry’s latest awards show