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An inside look at what Night is reading, watching and talking about each week

Creator Economy

• MrBeast shut down mall, broke records with first burger restaurant launch

• D’Amelio’s raised $6M to launch their own lifestyle brands 

• Ninja announced his plan to stream across multiple platforms (RIP Mixer) 

• MrBeast topped Forbes Top Creators of 2022, with tons of new entrants

• Fuslie makes the switch to YouTube

• How YouTube paved the way for today’s social media

• Kim K continues to slay as she seeks to raise >$1B for own private equity fund

• KSI's return to the ring breaks into DAZN'S Top 5

• VidIQ is powering up its coaching business

Business & Entrepreneurship

• How Corn Kid went from viral TikTok to Cameo influencer overnight

• OnlyFans creators earned $3.9 BILLION in 2021

• Kids yelling “Poop” at Alexa is funding this musician's career

• Oxford Economics released a great state of the creator economy report

• Meta fined €405m over handling of teens’ data

• TikTok is upending the music industry and Spotify may be next

• Fortnite could be coming to Oculus headsets soon

• Snap lays out turnaround plan after recent layoffs

• Elon think Disney passed on their attempt to buy Twitter over bots too

• Tydo Tables 2: DTC x Gen-Z

Web3

• FIFA Embraces NFTs... a little late

• Minecraft crypto empire comes crashing down

• Kids built their own Kmart in VR Chat and run it round the clock

Content

• Emma Chamberlain keeps evolving

• YouTube added new metrics + ways to manage livestreams

• Geoguesser genius helps fan find forgotten location of marriage proposal

• How Rhett & link Failed their way to YouTube's most successful show

• An interesting take on why Clubhouse faltered

Jobs

• Night Media - Talent Coordinator, LA

• Scammer Payback - Social Media Manager

• MrWhoseTheBoss - Creative Writer

• Preston & Brianna - Brand Partnerships Manager

• Aphmau - Video Production Manager