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Nuseir Yassin aka Nas Daily talks to Lauren and Josh about his start up Nas Academy and what it takes to be come a Creator Entrepreneur. Lauren and Josh debate whether or not Youtube stole their Podcast name. Creator Upload Socials: YOUTUBE INSTAGRAM TIKTOK

Addison Rae's gender-swapping 'She's All That' redux was panned by critics, not liked by users of Rotten Tomatoes, and was watched by, like, a @#$ ton of people. So, Netflix did what Netflix does and booked her to a multi-picture deal because data rules everything around us. TikTok also overtook everything as the most-watched app per person. That's according to App Annie, which says the average US consumer stared at TikTok for 24 hours in the last 30 days. YouTube clocked in at 22 hours and change. It's all about the opportunity costs. Meanwhile, Twitter still wants to be more like Facebook and Reddit. Dave Portnoy is starting his own pizza brand. And Instagram sheds some light on how influencers get Verified. (It's not from bribing Instagram employers....anymore...allegedly...)Creator Upload Socials: YOUTUBE INSTAGRAM TIKTOK

Vine's co-founder spawned virality by confining everyone to a six-second block of video. Now he's doing kinda the same thing in crypto. Meanwhile, TikTok wants you to shop a LOT on TikTok, Twitter wants you to pay creators for exclusive content, Facebook wants you to play Fantasy Sports (but not with $$$), and Amazon is reinventing audio (Spoiler Alert: It's radio.). Creator Upload Socials: YOUTUBE INSTAGRAM TIKTOK

Crypto hasn't gone anywhere, UTA is partnering with the Creator commerce company, Pietra, to create brands with its clients, Tiktok is adding minutes to video which means ads are coming, IG is getting rid of the swipe! What does this mean for the Link-in-bio industry which is hot hot hot and Vidcon is cancelled. Creator Upload Socials: YOUTUBE INSTAGRAM TIKTOK

Josh bought a Crypto Punk. Well, he kinda bought a Crypto Punk. And it was at a party. Well, it was kinda at a party. Let him tell you the story and also how one man is shattering the old-school, tech-journalism, pay-for-play paradigm along the way. Meanwhile, OnlyFans really wants to go mainstream, investing in creators isn't that difficult to wrap your head around, and YouTube is figuring out more ways to better answer your questions, which lead to more of your attention. Creator Upload Socials: YOUTUBE INSTAGRAM TIKTOK

Fred Wilson is a prominent Venture Capitalist who Lauren may or may not know. Regardless, he this week wrote a very compelling blog post about the promise of crypto and the when, how, and why of crypto gathering mainstream adoption and how incumbent kings of the internet looks like they'll last forever, but then something like social NFTs come around and now they look like Ozymandias. It's a party. New nerd millionaires of the world are invited, but they want you to come along, too. Meanwhile. after nearly a decade post-Facebook-acquisition, Instagram is kinda cleaning up its platform. YouTube is cleaning up, too, forcing children's programming to be less commercial or face banishment from the de-facto babysitter of today that is YouTube Kids. Also, Under Armour just signed Nick Mercs, who is not a professional athlete, but is a professional gamer. There's some crazy stats to back up why that's a good move, too. Creator Upload Socials: YOUTUBE INSTAGRAM TIKTOK

Corinna Kopf is a 25-year-old YouTuber and member of David Dobrik's Vlog Squad. She's also made over $4 million on OnlyFans in less than two months. But what's potentially equally, if not more interesting, is that there's a site called FanMetrics that's aggregating OnlyFans stats. Could be legit-ish. Could be shady. But it's getting about 2 million visits a month. Meanwhile, TikTok wants to be Snapchat and/or Instagram. But why? And YouTube is giving thousands of creators a month between $100 and $10,000, which is a lot of money in aggregate, but doesn't really sound like a lot the way they said it. Creator Upload Socials: YOUTUBE INSTAGRAM TIKTOK

YouTube, TikTok, and Amazon are all in different stages of their live ecommerce journeys, but one thing's for sure. If Asia is any indicator, this sector is going to be BIG. And it's going to be here sooner than you think. Meanwhile the future of gaming and LVMH (Louis Vuitton, et al) + Kering (Gucci, et al) + fashion houses at large are all intertwined. Both sectors like to contemplate the future and push the limits of what's possible in popular culture. It's a natural fit. Rhett & Link are also using their Daddys of YouTube status - and incredibly successful careers and business building acumen - to invest $5 million in creators. And TikTok may soon crown a new king in Khaby Lame. Creator Upload Socials: YOUTUBE INSTAGRAM TIKTOK

Mark Zuckerberg announced that Facebook will be putting $1 billion towards creators through 2022. It's a lot of $$$, but it's also not really a lot of $$$ when you compare it to how much YouTube is paying out creators every year. Plus, Netflix is using YouTube as a farm league for kids content. And Nas Daily and The Bucket List Family raise $11 million and $10 million a piece to pursue their own venture-backed startup ideas. Also, Josh is still bullish on YouTube Shorts. Creator Upload Socials: YOUTUBE INSTAGRAM TIKTOK

Is Tiktok becoming Linkedin? Or Cameo or both? Karat raised a bunch of money to give more cook Credit cards to Creators, Fidji Simo OG FB exec is leaving!! Creator Upload Socials: YOUTUBE INSTAGRAM TIKTOK