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• Here’s a stirring tribute to departed YouTube star Technoblade (and a campaign to support cancer research)
• Blue Wire, which works with creators on sports podcasts, has raised $2.5 million

  Blue Wire is a sports podcasting network that increased its revenue by working with influencers. Now it has raised $2.5 million.

  
• The co-founder of TikTok predecessor Musical.ly has left Bytedance

  Luyu Yang co-founded the lip sync app Musical.ly, which was later merged with TikTok. Now he has departed his role at Bytedance.

  
• ‘Follow Me’ program will “empower more small businesses to dive into TikTok”

  Brands like Feel Your Soul and Tassel Amor will talk about the ways they use TikTok as part of a small business initiative called Follow Me.

  
• Mads Lewis and Indiana Massara will expand Brat TV’s ‘Chicken Girls’ universe in a spinoff series
• Reddit’s line of collectible avatars is its biggest NFT experiment to date
• House of Highlights tripled its branded content revenue by working directly with creators
• The former head of gaming content at TikTok is co-founding a “blockchain-agnostic” Web3 startup
• Games Done Quick has raised more than $40 million. Its latest speedrunning event was one of its biggest.
• Rooster Teeth’s ‘RWBY’ is getting a feature film, and it’s a crossover with the Justice League
• Top 50 Most Viewed U.S. YouTube Channels • Week Of 07/03/2022
• Surf’s up: Twitch gives some users the ability to flip through channels