acquisition

• ‘Hot Ones’ host First We Feast gets new owners (including Sean Evans himself) in $82.5 million deal
• Whalar’s acquisition of Sixteenth brings more consolidation to creator management world

  Whalar Group is merging its talent division with Sixteenth after acquiring the U.K.-based firm and its creator roster.

  
• Influencer marketing firms unite as gen.video acquires Bounty

  The influencer marketing firm gen.video announced the Bounty acquisition alongside the launch of a new platform called partnrUP.

  
• Mobile game publisher Voodoo acquires social app BeReal for €500 million

  Mobile games publisher Voodoo has acquired "authentic" social media app BeReal in a deal worth approximately €500 million.

  
• GameSquare prepares to close FaZe Clan merger by selling Complexity Gaming for $10.4 million
• Airrack’s YouTuber film school sells to VidIQ
• Brat TV looks to reach Gen Z horror fans with acquisition of Crypt TV
• Brat TV will “explore every avenue for monetization” with acquisiton of ecommerce platform Jemi
• Esports company GameSquare acquires FaZe Clan, reinstalls the organization’s original leaders
• Creator company Jellysmack has acquired the Law&Crime Network
• Will the dad of the D’Amelios be the one to rescue TikTok?
• Doing Things Media, which introduced Corn Kid, has acquired another well-known account