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☆ One reason the Vision Pro might be so expensive: 'mimetic desire'
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-20 | by ( Aaron Mok | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Rooted in philosophical thought, mimetic desire refers to the notion that people desire the same things that their role models want. In the context of the Vision Pro, that theory could mean consumers may be more likely to purchase the device because celebrities or influencers they admire own it. "If these people are models to you—which they are for many young people—mimetic desire kicks in and you subconsciously want a Vision Pro too." If you have an Apple Vision Pro, some photography tips. After all, the Oculus founder, who did not respond to BI's request for comment, said he believes the Vision Pro will eventually be cheaper for the masses.

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☆ MrBeast is asking for trouble by calling his employees 'friends of friends' instead of giving them job titles, HR experts say
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-19 | by ( Lindsay Dodgson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Read previewYouTube megastar MrBeast doesn't like traditional job titles. Instead, he prefers to call his employees "friends of friends," or "FOFs." Experts say leaning away from traditional work structures, like disregarding job titles, may give the illusion of an employer providing a better culture, but in reality, these frameworks persist because they are important. "Get job titles defined and what someone's actually in charge of, and everyone will be able to hold each other to account about whether all the wheels are turning neatly." A cautionary taleTravis Lindemoen, the founder and CEO of the recruitment startup Enjoy Mondays, told BI that "friends of friends" set off "alarm bells" for him.

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☆ I quit my job at 30 to make comedy skits on YouTube. 2 years later, I have millions of followers and worked with Disney.
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-08 | by ( Amanda Perelli | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Read previewThis as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Corey Tonge, a 32-year-old content creator who makes comedy skit videos for YouTube and TikTok. I've always been a gamer, but I never thought I could build a following by making skits about video games. But I transitioned to YouTube quickly because, for me and most creators, YouTube is the golden platform of sustainability. After I work with a brand, I'll add the people I worked with on LinkedIn. Aside from Disney, I've now worked with Amazon Prime, Netflix, and PlayStation on paid deals, and every single person that I've worked with or pretty much spoken to I've later added on LinkedIn.

Persons: —, Corey Tonge, I've, Guy, I'd, It's Organizations: Service, YouTube, Business, Disney, Apple, LinkedIn, Amazon Prime, Netflix, PlayStation Locations: TikTok

☆ Creator+ is looking to sell parts of its business as it winds down after raising $12 million to make movies starring influencers
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-06 | by ( Dan Whateley | Amanda Perelli | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The company began winding down operations at the end of last year, a source familiar with the matter told BI. This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Creator+'s business launched in 2021 and aimed to produce six feature films that year that would begin airing in 2022, cofounder Jonathan Shambroom previously told BI. "The company reviewed acquisition offers for various aspects of its business — completed films, films in development, technology, brand IP, etc. Investors and industry professionals told BI that creators are better served as a vehicle to launch a separate business in areas like e-commerce rather than as a product or customer on their own.

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☆ People are turning to TikTok and YouTube tutorials to plan increasingly complicated Disney trips
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-03 | by ( Rebecca Rommen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

YouTubers, influencers, and bloggers are tapping into a new market — Disney park planning. AdvertisementPeople are turning to YouTube videos and TikToks to plan increasingly complicated Disney trips, The Washington Post reported. But for the less organized, Disney trips might seem like a nightmarish experience. Hart shares Disney planning trips for taking toddlers or preschoolers to the parks on her YouTube channel, where she has more than 19,000 subscribers. The site has racked up hundreds of thousands of views sharing a variety of "tips, tricks and tutorials" on visiting Disney parks.

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☆ A Lead Scare Strikes Stanley Tumblers, but You Don’t Need to Worry
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-30 | by ( Sopan Deb | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

They’ve become a fashion accessory, especially since the company that makes the cups, Stanley 1913, has made use of influencer culture to target women and make the tumbler’s sales skyrocket. The reach of the bottles has been amplified by social media users. But social media giveth and social media taketh away. Some Stanley owners, hoping to check the claims, started to use home lead-testing kits, which experts say are not reliable. A sendup of the Stanley cup phenomenon on “Saturday Night Live” over the weekend — a sketch called “Big Dumb Cups” — even mentioned the lead in passing.

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☆ At Sundance, a reckoning with our digital selves
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-29 | by ( Thomas Page | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

Harper that premiered at this month’s Sundance Film Festival, rapper Kemba enters an electronics store. Sundance is a broad church, but one throughline this year was a reckoning with our digital selves. Courtesy of Sundance InstituteIn the game Steen could be whatever he wanted to be, do whatever he wanted to do. The Sundance Film Festival concluded on January 28. Documentary Competition)“Sujo” (World Cinema Dramatic Competition)“A New Kind of Wilderness” (World Cinema Documentary Competition)Audience Favorite Awards“Daughters” (U.S.

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☆ Some X users are convinced Elon Musk rigged the results of a MrBeast ad experiment where he earned $250,000
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-23 | by ( Lindsay Dodgson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

He tested how much ad revenue one video generated, and after three days, he said it earned $250,000. AdvertisementSome X users are convinced that Elon Musk rigged the results of MrBeast's ad revenue experiment to inflate his earnings to $250,000. "I'm curious how much ad revenue a video on X would make so I'm reuploading this to test it. Will share ad rev next week ❤️ pic.twitter.com/amSSmddFht — MrBeast (@MrBeast) January 15, 2024Donaldson, though pleased with the result, said it was "a bit of a facade." Musk seemed to respond to the claims he rigged the results in an X post on January 20.

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As 2024 kicks off, the creator economy is having an identity crisis. "The venture-scale generational companies are, yes, creator companies, but they're also typically fitting into another bucket." Why the creator economy has been 'disappointing'Once pitched as a rocket-ship opportunity, service companies in the creator economy that focus on products for influencers haven't delivered, investors and industry professionals told BI. Although the phrase already existed, the world needed a new way to describe this prospering industry, and thus, the term "creator economy" entered the mainstream. Lia Haberman, an influencer marketing expert and instructor at UCLA Extension, described influencer marketing as separate from the services arm of the creator industry that has faltered.

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☆ Elon Musk says 'rewards will increase significantly' for creators after YouTube star MrBeast rejected an offer to post his videos on X
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-11 | by ( Lindsay Dodgson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Elon Musk appeared to respond to MrBeast blowing off his entreaties to put his videos on X.Musk said "creator rewards will increase significantly" in 2024. Musk made the announcement on Tuesday, after a recent exchange in which MrBeast said X didn't pay enough to justify putting videos there. AdvertisementMusk's tweet came two weeks after MrBeast, one of YouTube's top creators, with 229 million subscribers, rejected Musk's offer to post videos on X. AdvertisementIn an exchange with Donaldson in October 2022, Musk promised "higher compensation for creators" than on YouTube, but Donaldson was skeptical. In August, Olajide Olatunji, better known as KSI, told his fellow YouTuber Logan Paul on his podcast, "Impaulsive," that he didn't think X "paid that much."

Persons: Elon Musk, Musk, —, could've, MrBeast, X, Jimmy Donaldson, Donaldson, He's, I'd, Olajide, YouTuber Logan Paul, he'd, Paul Organizations: Service, YouTube, Twitter

☆ Fresh from a murder sentence, Gypsy Rose Blanchard is becoming the internet's favorite influencer
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-10 | by ( Lindsay Dodgson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

The 32-year-old was recently released from prison after eight years for orchestrating the murder of her mother, Clauddine "Dee Dee" Blanchard. Where Gypsy Rose Blanchard's story beganDee Dee Blanchard and Gypsy Rose Blanchard. AdvertisementBehind closed doors Dee Dee was overbearing, but to the outside world, it was a different story. She was also a lot older than Dee Dee was telling people she was. In one with People after her release, she said killing Dee Dee was an act of "panic" and "desperation" because she was facing yet another surgery.

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☆ YouTube megastar MatPat of The Game Theorists is retiring, saying he wants more time with his son
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-10 | by ( Lindsay Dodgson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

The Game Theorists launched in 2011 with Patrick and his wife Stephanie Patrick. Patrick and Stephanie built up their legacy by playing video games and theorizing about the "lore" behind the story arcs. The couple's son, Ollie, is getting older, and Patrick said he wanted to spend more time with him. There are going to be nine more episodes on The Game Theorists, Patrick said, and he would be continuing to play games on GTLive for "the foreseeable future." Advertisement"As always, my friends remember, it's just a theory — a game theory," he said.

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☆ A YouTuber made a breakthrough in a decade-old case of a Navy veteran who vanished in the Ozarks
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-09 | by ( Lindsay Dodgson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Read previewA YouTuber has made a breakthrough discovery in a decade-long cold case that haunted him for months. According to Missouri-based TV station KY3, Erwin, 59, went missing on December 29, 2013. His sister Yvonne Erwin-Bowen told the station in 2022 he left to go buy cigarettes, then vanished "without a trace." AdvertisementThere are several other YouTube channels like Hinkle's where divers thoroughly search areas where people went missing and sometimes help with cases long-forgotten. In December 2021, a YouTuber called Jeremy Beau Sides found a car submerged in a Tennessee river while scuba diving, which contained the remains of Erin Foster and Jeremy Bechtel, who went missing in 2000.

Persons: —, James Hinkle, Donnie Erwin, Yvonne Erwin, Bowen, he's, Hinkle, Erwin, Erwin's, Angela Hammond, I'd, Gabby Petito, Jeremy Beau Sides, Erin Foster, Jeremy Bechtel Organizations: Service, YouTube, Navy, Business, Sheriff's, Washington Post, Echo Locations: Ozark, Missouri, Erwin, Camden, Tennessee, Florida

Surprise: Not every YouTuber edits their own videos. Often a behind-the-scenes gig, the lives and career paths of YouTube editors aren't as public as the stories behind the platform's stars. But like freelance work in media more broadly, many YouTube editors are still figuring out how to structure their payment rates and hours. And unlike in Hollywood where unions often dictate labor terms, YouTube editors are often on their own. Business Insider connected with editors, creators, agents, managers, and other digital-media industry professionals to learn more about the work of editors on YouTube.

Persons: Nicholas Stanley Erhart, Brittany, Broski, Tomlinson, YouTubers, Tony Santos, Thomas Frank, Cam Peddle Organizations: Business, YouTube Locations: Hollywood

☆ Sony's Neal Manowitz: As AI advances, the creative community increasingly worries about authenticity
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-31 | by ( Josée Rose | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Read previewMost people are likely familiar with Sony Electronics products — they're used in music publishing, photography, movie creation, and gaming. Like many top execs, Manowitz has focused on AI this year. "There's the excitement and wonderful opportunity that we see, but there's also a fear of the unknown," Manowitz said. He added, "There's not a single hotter-button pressing the creative community than authenticity." Naturally, we're thinking about how we can use AI to be a tool for creators and how we protect their rights.

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☆ An influencer pilot who crashed his plane for his YouTube channel has been sentenced to 6 months in prison, prosecutors say
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-05 | by ( Matthew Loh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

YouTuber Trevor Jacob has been sentenced to six months in prison, prosecutors said. Jacob intentionally crashed a small plane in California on 2021 for a YouTube video. Two days later, Jacob informed the National Transportation Safety Board of the plane crash, and said he would help them locate the crashed plane, prosecutors said. When pleading guilty in June, Jacob said he'd agreed to advertise a sponsor's product — a wallet — in his YouTube video, prosecutors said. AdvertisementJacob did not address why he had pretended the plane lost power in his 2021 video and his aircraft accident incident report.

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☆ My corporate job and big-city life made me feel anxious and drained, so I left it all behind to move to a remote cottage in the woods
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-30 | by ( Aimee Pearcy | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Taylor Yates, 27, felt drained and burned out from living in a city and being surrounded by people. In 2021, she and her boyfriend decided to move to live in a rural cottage in the woods. I'm a very sensitive person, and constantly being surrounded by so many people and activities sapped my energy and made me feel exhausted. I was drained living in a city, and I felt like I always had to be doing something or I was missing out. I'd rather have the life I have now, and the ability to visit the city when I want to.

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☆ 'Community' is the latest trend that creator-economy startups and platforms are betting big on: 'Creators are the new priests'
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-17 | by ( Sydney Bradley | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

From product updates to startup rebrands, community has been at the forefront of press releases these past several months. Kajabi, a popular online course platform, recently announced that its creators had earned more than $6 billion using its platform. "We need a bit of everything," Amsellem said, adding that online communities and social platforms "are not going to solve loneliness" by themselves. For instance, Lennon's community on Kajabi hosts about 3,000 members — roughly the size of a small town in the US. Across all of Kajabi, the platform hosts more than 32,000 communities and over 2 million community members, per the company.

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☆ The creator economy is a $250 billion industry and it's here to stay
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-16 | by ( Amanda Perelli | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

The "creator economy" encompasses a large business ecosystem built around social-media stars. Goldman Sachs estimated this year that the creator economy could be a $480 billion industry by 2027. AdvertisementThe "creator economy" emerged with the rise of social-media stars like YouTubers and Instagram influencers, and describes the entire business ecosystem that has grown around them. AdvertisementEarlier this year, Goldman Sachs analysts estimated that the creator economy was a $250 billion industry , and could reach $480 billion by 2027. AI comes to the creator economyThe latest innovation driving the creator economy forward is artificial intelligence.

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The Associated Press (AP) — YouTube is rolling out new rules for AI content, including a requirement that creators reveal whether they've used generative artificial intelligence to make realistic looking videos. In a blog post Tuesday outlining a number of AI-related policy updates, YouTube said creators that don't disclose whether they've used AI tools to make “altered or synthetic” videos face penalties including having their content removed or suspension from the platform's revenue sharing program. Viewers will be alerted to altered videos with labels, including prominent ones on the YouTube video player for sensitive topics. YouTube’s privacy complaint process will be updated to allow requests for the removal of an AI-generated video that simulates an identifiable person, including their face or voice. YouTube music partners such as record labels or distributors will be able to request the takedown of AI-generated music content “that mimics an artist’s unique singing or rapping voice.”

Persons: ” Jennifer Flannery O’Connor, Emily Moxley, YouTubers, ” O'Connor, Moxley, ” Organizations: Associated Press, YouTube, Google

☆ YouTube threatens to suspend creators who fail to disclose AI-generated videos
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-14 | by ( Associated Press | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

YouTube is cracking down on creators who use AI tools to make "altered or synthetic" videos. The platform may impose penalties or remove undisclosed AI-generated content. AdvertisementYouTube is rolling out new rules for AI content, including a requirement that creators reveal whether they've used generative artificial intelligence to make realistic-looking videos. Viewers will be alerted to altered videos with labels, including prominent ones on the YouTube video player for sensitive topics. AdvertisementYouTube's privacy complaint process will be updated to allow requests for the removal of an AI-generated video that simulates an identifiable person, including their face or voice.

Persons: —, Jennifer Flannery O'Connor, Emily Moxley, YouTubers, " O'Connor, Moxley Organizations: Google, Service, YouTube

☆ I went to Logan Paul and KSI's Prime pop-up, where everything was gold and fans lined up down the block to try to win a $500,000 bottle
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-13 | by ( Marta Biino | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

To celebrate the sale of its billionth bottle, Prime opened two limited stores in London and NYC. The stores was gold themed, and included the chance to win a $500,000 gold Prime bottle. In New York, where Logan Paul was running operations at the local Prime store, the matching gold bottle was recorded melting, as there could only be one winner. For example, visitors of the Prime London store received a gold bottle with a custom flavor and the words "London 1,000,000,000" printed on it. Now, the gold Prime bottle can be found for sale on the Central Sweet Supply website for £139.99 (about $171).

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☆ Omegle shuts down after its founder acknowledges 'unspeakably heinous crimes'
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-09 | by ( Jordan Hart | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Founder Leif K-Brooks acknowledged "lowlights" of the random chat site in a letter to users. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementAdvertisementOmegle — the site that matched random strangers and served as entertainment for some Gen Z sleepovers, but also had a disturbing side — will shut down. When he launched Omegle as in 2009, then-18-year-old founder Leif K-Brooks saw the internet as a "global village," he said in a long post Thursday. "There can be no honest accounting of Omegle without acknowledging that some people misused it, including to commit unspeakably heinous crimes," K-Brooks wrote.

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☆ Inside the early-morning line to see Sam Bankman-Fried’s trial.
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-02 | by ( David Yaffe-Bellany | More About David Yaffe-Bellany | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Sam Bankman-Fried’s criminal fraud trial was not the only high-stakes struggle that unfolded this past month at the federal courthouse in Manhattan. Over five weeks, the trial — with its mix of cryptocurrency intrigue and tabloid-worthy romance — attracted an unusually varied crew of reporters, crypto YouTubers, documentary filmmakers and aspiring influencers. Everyone wanted to sit in the gallery to see Mr. Bankman-Fried in the flesh. If someone lined up outside at 5 a.m., someone else would try to make it by 4 a.m. the next day. The following evening, a freelance journalist showed up just after 10:30 p.m. and huddled in the chill until the courthouse doors opened nine hours later.

Persons: Sam Bankman, Fried Locations: Manhattan, London, New York

☆ The biggest debate in tech
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-02 | by ( Dan Defrancesco | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

NEW LOOK Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. In today's big story, we're looking at the tech industry's debate over whether AI poses a real threat to humanity. The big storyBig Tech's big lieAP Photo/Julia Nikhinson; Arantza Pena Popo/InsiderWant to get someone in tech riled up? The private event, which had an exclusive guest list, has been criticized for favoring Big Tech executives over actual AI experts. "When big tech companies, big startups, and powerful VCs start calling for regulation of their hottest new technology, something is very wrong," Alistair Barr, Insider's global tech editor, told me.

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