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1 month ago | likeandsubscribenews.substack.com | Natalie Jarvey

I write about the business of creators. Recently I broke down the nuts and bolts of how and where to make money as a creator today, reported on jobs available in creator content for Hollywood talent, and looked at the growth of Webtoon.

1 month ago | likeandsubscribenews.substack.com | Rob LeDonne

Hello, and welcome to a special free Monday edition of Like & Subscribe. Today I’m bringing you an interview between The Ankler contributor Rob LeDonne and comedian Benito Skinner, who after rising to fame on social media has loosely adapted his coming-out story for the small screen with the upcoming series Overcompensating on Amazon’s Prime Video. I’ve been looking forward to this show for a while because I was curious how Skinner’s brand of TikTok comedy would translate to the big screen.

2 months ago | likeandsubscribenews.substack.com | Janice Min

Tomorrow a group of top YouTube creators including MrBeast, Dude Perfect, Ryan Trahan and Kinigra Deon will convene in New York to unveil their programming for an invite-only crowd of top brand CMOs and advertising agency execs. The goal: to siphon off more of the money that has historically flowed into TV ad budgets.

2 months ago | likeandsubscribenews.substack.com | Janice Min

I write about creators, digital platforms and the $250B global industry they power. I reported on Emma Chamberlain’s financial struggles with her coffee company, why Carla Lalli Music lost money making videos for YouTube and what Dude Perfect is doing with its $100M PE investment. Email me tips, ideas and memes at [email protected] may look back on the past year as another big inflection point for Hollywood: when the legacy companies stopped chasing Netflix and started chasing YouTube.

Feb 13, 2025 | likeandsubscribenews.substack.com | Natalie Jarvey

I write about content creators, digital platforms and the $250B global industry they power. I earlier covered the intersection of entertainment and tech at Vanity Fair, The Hollywood Reporter and Business Insider. Email me tips, story ideas and memes you can’t keep to yourself at [email protected] the Saturday night before the Super Bowl, a crowd gathered at New Orleans’ Ernest N. Morial Convention Center for a contest with way lower stakes than the Big Game, but no shortage of intrigue.