Amazon

• Amazon cuts out the middleman and gets its own ‘Shark Tank’
• MrBeast hit with class action lawsuit from ‘Beast Games’ contestants

  Five Beast Games contestants have filed a class action lawsuit against MrBeast's limited liability corporation MRB2024 and Amazon for alleged mistreatment on the set of what the duo touted as "the world's largest live gameshow" with the "biggest single prize in the history of television and streaming."

  
• Amazon wants you to buy its stuff while you’re watching TikTok

  Amazon has announced partnerships with TikTok and Pinterest that will allow users to buy some products directly from those apps.

  
• MrBeast’s team blames ‘Beast Games’ filming issues on weather and CrowdStrike incident, says it wants to “learn from this experience”

  MrBeast's team has addressed allegations that the production of Beast Games has been dangerous and disorganized, with contestants being given limited access to food, water, medical supplies including medication like insulin, sanitary products and clean underwear, and sleep.

  
• We finally know how much Twitch makes a year. Is it enough?
• MrBeast is reportedly closing a $100 million TV show deal with Amazon
• More layoffs at Twitch: The Amazon-owned streamer is cutting about 500 jobs
• Amazon rolls out its TikTok-like platform for all users in the U.S.
• Amazon’s latest layoffs to hit Twitch
• Amazon’s TikTok-y social shopping feed has arrived
• Here are some things to check out during Thanksgiving, Black Friday, Small Business Saturday, and Cyber Monday
• Benny Drama moves from Instagram to Amazon with a scripted comedy called ‘Overcompensating’