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• Brian Jung made $3.7 million last year from his crypto-focused YouTube channel
• Tech and crypto influencer Jonathan Ma has signed a deal with a major film financier

  Jonathan Ma, the YouTube sketch comedy creator known as Joma, has signed a development deal with film financier Peter Luo's Star Collective.

  
• Creator-facing music platform Slip.stream just raised $7.5 million. One of its investors is one of the ‘Big Three’ labels.

  Slip.stream has raised a $7.5 million Series A round to expand its creator-facing music platform. Sony Music is one of the investors.

  
• Max Fosh pulled a good-natured prank on airline passengers. It ended up as the BBC’s most-read story.

  Max Fosh went viral in his native UK and ended up as the most-read story on the BBC website after he made a prank sign near a London airport.

  
• Spotify has launched its own island in Roblox. Will it launch a metaverse concert series?
• Pocket.watch now has 70,000 videos in its library after partnering with top kids channels like Vania Mania
• Top 50 Most Viewed U.S. YouTube Channels • Week Of 05/22/2022
• Brace yourself. The YouTube Shorts ads are coming.
• TikTok’s subscriptions are going live on a few accounts soon
• Halsey called out their record label after being compelled to produce a “viral TikTok moment” for a new song
• Logan Paul and KSI are getting some Prime advertising space on the NASCAR circuit
• Playboy’s OnlyFans competitor hires Loren Piretra from Twitch to get an edge in the influencer marketing game