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

Creator Economy

• FaZe Swagg out on Twitch, signs exclusive YouTube Gaming deal

• An inside look at how TikTok's favorite gecko therapist came to be

• Absolute legend YouTuber Danny Duncan buys yogurt chain, becomes chief creative officer

• Creators are getting five-figure offers from Twitch’s ad incentive program

• Sentinels star TenZ launches “Project T” manga alongside merch

• Fourthwall launches merch gifting on Twitch

• So your kid wants to be an influencer... what do you do?

• James Van Der Beek reveals what a celeb podcast deal is worth

• Are you guilty of the ‘Millennial Pause’?

• TikTok going local, testing a new ‘Nearby’ feed

• VTubers are taking over Twitch for a week-long celebration of virtual streamers

• Fundraising and exits of the creator economy this week

Business & Entrepreneurship

• Netflix Ads shocks advertisers with CPMs as high as a Super Bowl spot at $65 

• Snap lays off 20 percent of employees

• The Long Tail: The Internet and the Business of Niche

• YouTube has quietly become the biggest podcasting platform

• Snapchat doubles up with new dual cam feature

• Netflix is releasing 43 original movies before the end of the year

• Inside Spring's fall from grace

• Walmart explores matchmaker marketplace for social media influencers

• iOS privacy changes mean less paid ads, more influencer marketing

• How Otherland beat the odds to sell scent online

• Warren James closes Series A Raise

Web3

• Eminem and Snoop Dogg performed as their Bored Ape Yacht Club avatars

• Web3 ‘Proof of attendance’ startup raises $10m

Content

• Is Curt Skelton real?

• Colin and Samir sit down with Tiny Meat Gang

• Ludwig: I got swatted live on stream

• Here are 7 simple ways to speed up Google Chrome

• Casey Neistat: I was invited to Cannes Film Festival

• Using AI to write a youtube video

Jobs

• Night Media -- Talent Coordinator, LA

• Scammer Payback -- Thumbnail Artist

• Scammer Payback -- Social Media Manager

• MrWhoseTheBoss -- Creative Writer

• Safiya Nygaard -- Short Form Video Producer