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☆ Top YouTuber MrBeast has acquired a startup that aims to be the LinkedIn for the creator economy
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-03 | by ( Amanda Perelli | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

MrBeast has acquired a startup called Vouch, which aids creators in hiring and job postings. Vouch uses AI for job matching and was backed by VCs like Seven Seven Six and other investors. AdvertisementYouTube's top creator, MrBeast, has expanded his estimated $700 million a year business empire by acquiring the startup Vouch. Pesis brought on Patrick Dudek, also a former Cameo employee, to the Vouch team to help scale the platform. AdvertisementVouch was backed by Seven Seven Six, Liquid 2 Ventures, Shrug Capital, Niche Capital, WorkPlay Ventures, and angel investors including Andreas Klinger and Siqi Chen.

Persons: MrBeast, VCs, —, Marty Pesis, they've, Pesis, Jimmy Donaldson, Donaldson, Safiya Nygaard, Danny Duncan, Goldman Sachs, we're, Kara McCloud, Patrick Dudek, Hayden Hillier, Smith, Andreas Klinger, Siqi Chen Organizations: Service, LinkedIn, YouTube, Business, Stokes Twins, AMP, Cameo, Seven Seven, Shrug, Niche, WorkPlay Ventures

Analyst Oliver Chen also maintained his buy rating for Ulta stock, simultaneously lifting his price target to $580 from $570. Deutsche Bank: Reiterate buy rating and $450 price target, implying 10% upside. Kallo's price target of $300 implies that Tesla stock could rally more than 56% from its Tuesday closing price. Citi analyst Christopher Danely also stood by his buy rating on the stock while lifting his price target to $192 from $136. Analyst Jeffrey Adelson downgraded the company to underweight from equal weight and cut his price target to $6.50 from $7.

Persons: Morgan Stanley, TD Cowen, Ulta, Oliver Chen, ULTA, Chen, — Lisa Kailai Han, Goldman Sachs, Kash Rangan, Baird, Tesla, Ben Kallo, Elon Musk's, Toshiya Hari, Hari, Christopher Danely, Vivek Arya, Danely, Arya, Harlan Sur, Kannan Venkateshwar, Venkateshwar, Eric Sheridan, Sheridan, Justin Post, Ross Sandler, Sandler, Ronald Josey, Josey, Morgan Stanley downgrades, Jeffrey Adelson, Adelson, SOFI, SoFi, Fred Imbert Organizations: CNBC, Google, Microsoft, SoFi Technologies, Deutsche Bank, Citi, Barclays, Tesla, Devices, Wall Street, AMD, Bank of America, Barclays downgrades Verizon Barclays, Verizon, Venkateshwar, Bulls, Morgan Stanley downgrades SoFi Locations: Ulta

☆ 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.

Persons: Goldman Sachs, —, Instagram, Taylor Lorenz, influencers, There's, Shannae Ingleton Smith, Selena, MrBeast, Forbes, Carmen Sognonvi Organizations: Service, YouTube, Intelligence, Grey Agency, Oxford Economics, Netflix

☆ Find me a zebra and you can have the job: What it's like to work for top YouTube stars, according to 17 current and former staffers of creators like MrBeast and Kai Cenat
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-01 | by ( Marta Biino | Amanda Perelli | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

Cenat, who is a top Twitch streamer and YouTube creator with millions of subscribers across multiple platforms, was looking for an assistant. Cenat responded to her message, writing that she could have the job if she could get one task done. There's even a job board dedicated to finding work with a YouTube creator: YT Jobs . The staffers ranged from full-time employees to contractors, and they described days filled with unimaginable stunts, inconsistent work hours, varying salaries, and frequent pivoting. "It's like the old adage of, 'If you love what you do, you never work a day in your life.'"

Persons: Brianna Lewis yearned, Kai Cenat's, Cenat, Lewis, She's, Jimmy Donaldson, Preston Arsement, YT, Britt Carter, Kai Cenat, Brianna Lewis, Carter, Drake, Peter Sanjur, Sanjur, Zi Yuan, Yuan, Jason Russak, YouTuber Jesse Riedel, Russak Organizations: Instagram DMs, YouTube, Research, Oxford Economics Locations: Georgia, Charlotte , North Carolina, Atlanta , Georgia, Greenville , North Carolina, Smoky, Japan, Tokyo

☆ IPG Mediabrands 'privacy alert' says clients should 'consider' a pause on Google ads product
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-17 | by ( Lara O'Reilly | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +18 min

Google has disputed the Adalytics report, with a spokesperson describing it in a statement to Insider as "deeply flawed and misleading." An IPG Mediabrands spokeswoman said it was not accurate to say the agency was recommending a pause on any Google product. "What worries me about this Adalytics report is that Performance Max campaigns have allegedly been observed to run on made-for children inventory," Schreurs said. The article also refers to research undertaken by 3rd party (Adalytics) and the Adalytics report also mentions the following IPG/MB clients: 1. GAF For several of the above clients, the Adalytics report references that IPG/Matterkind placed the ad.

Persons: Max, IPG Mediabrands, Adalytics, wasn't, IPG, Ruben Schreurs, Schreurs, Edward J, Markey, Marsha Blackburn, Dyson, Matterkind, Biden's Organizations: Google, YouTube, The New York Times, Federal Trade Commission, COPPA, Republican, New York Times, Brand, Adalytics, NY Times, BMO, BMW, Nike, Intuit, Honda, FTC, United States, Association, MFK Locations: Massachusetts, Tennessee, United, MFK

☆ Here are Tuesday's biggest analyst calls: Apple, Disney, Costco, Nike, Imax, Walmart, Meta & more
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-25 | by ( Michael Bloom | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +8 min

Here are Tuesday's biggest calls on Wall Street: UBS reiterates Nike as buy UBS said it's getting incrementally bullish on the stock and that it could double. " BTIG upgrades Zscaler to buy from neutral BTIG said its checks on the IT stock have been "consistently positive." Morgan Stanley reiterates Apple as overweight Morgan Stanley said it's standing by its overweight rating heading into Apple earnings next week. Goldman Sachs reiterates Apple as buy Goldman said it's standing by its buy rating heading into earnings next week. Morgan Stanley names Elevance a top pick Morgan Stanley named the health insurance provider as a top pick and said it sees further earnings per share growth.

Persons: it's, Morgan Stanley, Apple, Piper Sandler, Wells, Goldman Sachs, Goldman, Mizuho, Oppenheimer, TSCO, Citi downgrades Goldman Sachs, TD Cowen, Wolfe, Baird, HWM, Elevance, Comm, Flywire Organizations: UBS, Nike, Apple, Walmart, Piper, Signet, Superior Unit, Costco, Citi, adv, 2Q, Meta, Digital Ad, Bank of America downgrades, Supply, Bank of America, HSBC, Zynga, Disney, Mizuho, Howmet Aerospace, Airbus Locations: Wells Fargo, 2Q23

☆ Faraday Future starts EV production of FF 91 after months-long delay
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-30 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

March 29 (Reuters) - Faraday Future Intelligent Electric Inc (FFIE.O) said on Wednesday it has started production of its much-delayed first luxury electric car, FF 91 Futurist, at its California factory. "This shows that FF has entered a new phase under the governance and operation of the new board and management," founder YT Jia said in a statement. The FF 91 Futurist is expected to be offered in both the U.S. and China markets, with initial 2023 sales to begin in Los Angeles, San Francisco, New York, Shanghai and Beijing, the company said. Deliveries in the U.S. will begin at the end of April 2023, a spokesperson for Faraday Future told Reuters, but did not give details on who the first customers would be. Reporting by Yana Gaur and Jyoti Narayan in Bengaluru; Editing by Sherry Jacob-Phillips and Uttaresh VenkateshwaranOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ I made $55,000 editing YouTube videos as a high-school student. Here's how I did it.
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-22 | by ( Marta Biino | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

He also works as a video editor for other YouTubers, which has made him $55,000 since May 2021. This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Ammon Runger, an 18-year-old Roblox YouTube creator and video editor from California. A common misconception about creating YouTube videos is that it's incredibly easy. I realized in 2021 this could evolve into a career, when I began editing videos for other creators. When I started searching for clients, I went on Twitter every day and typed phrases like "looking for a YouTube editor" or "hiring a YouTube editor" in the search bar.

☆ YouTube and Twitter are blocking links and videos sharing a BBC documentary in India about its prime minister
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-25 | by ( Britney Nguyen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

YouTube and Twitter blocked links to a BBC documentary about Indian PM Narendra Modi in India. Kanchan Gupta, a senior adviser to the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, tweeted on Saturday that the office "issued directions for blocking multiple" YouTube videos showing the first episode of the documentary. The ministry also ordered Twitter to block "over 50 tweets with links to these YT videos," he said. A YouTube spokesperson told Insider in a statement that, "The video in question has been blocked from appearing by the BBC due to a copyright claim." A spokesperson for the BBC said it "has not asked Twitter to remove any content relating to the documentary.

☆ In Nepal Crash, Black Box Is Recovered From Yeti Airlines Plane
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-17 | by ( Krishna Pokharel | Stacy Meichtry | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Nepalese authorities have recovered flight recorders from a plane crash that killed 69 people, a key step in their probe into what brought down the Yeti Airlines flight. Gen. Krishna Prasad Bhandari, the spokesman for the Nepalese army, said search teams located the black box of flight YT-691 on Monday, a day after it crashed into the gorge of the Seti River as it was approaching the international airport at Pokhara, Nepal’s second-most-populous city after Kathmandu.

☆ Nepal Recovers Black Box From Yeti Airlines Plane Crash
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-16 | by ( Krishna Pokharel | Stacy Meichtry | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Rescuers on Monday were searching for three people still unaccounted for in the plane crash in Pokhara, Nepal. Nepalese authorities have recovered flight recorders from a plane crash that killed 69 people, a key step in their probe into what brought down the Yeti Airlines flight. Gen. Krishna Prasad Bhandari, the spokesman for the Nepalese army, said search teams located the black box of flight YT-691 on Monday, a day after it crashed into the gorge of the Seti River as it was approaching Pokhara International Airport.

But the door knockers didn't explain where to vote or promote a candidate, the usual work of canvassers ahead of a big election. At another, they listed names of registered voters and demanded to know if they still lived at the address. In at least one state, Michigan, they plan to use their list of alleged irregularities to challenge voters in the Nov. 8 election. Reuters identified at least 23 state-wide or local efforts where canvassers may have crossed the line into intimidation, according to election officials and voting rights lawyers. This August, people affiliated with USEIP were also canvassing in La Plata County, according to the county clerk.

☆ Un vlogger român a instigat la viol. S-a lăsat cu revolte, contracte pierdute și anchetă penală — Moldova.org
▼ + stars: | 2020-06-03 | by ( Georgeta Carasiucenco | Diana Preașcă | ) www.moldova.org time to read: +5 min

Băiatul a instigat public la violarea unei minore, astfel a promovat și consolidat o deja existentă cultură a violenței împotriva femeilor. Doar din monetizarea pe YT Alexandru Bălan a luat peste 1600 de euro în luna februarie. După scandal și după ce mai mulți parteneri au anulat contractele cu el, Alexandru a șters videoclipul și a publicat un video în care-și cere scuze. Și Centrul Filia, care promovează drepturile femeilor și egalitatea de gen, a scris că declarațiile scandaloase nu sunt acte izolate. Centrul a primit numeroase clipuri în care Alexandru Bălan avea un limbaj mai mult decât jignitor și periculos la adresa femeilor.

Persons: Băiatul, România Alexandru Bălan, Videoul, Bălan ., Alexandru Bălan, Bălan, Tânărul, Alexandra Anghel, Alexandru Organizations: Poliţie, Mediafax, Facebook, Vloggerul Locations: România, București

„Astăzi vreau să fac ceva ce n-a făcut niciun influencer din Republica Moldova. Pentru urmăritorii mei, vreau să ofer o motivație că totul este posibil. În ultimul timp, am primit o sumedenie de mesaje: „Pune-mi și mie 100 lei pe cont”, „Am nevoie de 500 lei”. Fără mașină, fără bani”, a spus tânărul. Un tânăr din Moldova şi-a incendiat maşina şi a publicat filmuleţul pe YouTube / Sursa:YTInstagram / Sursa:InstagramÎn octombrie 2020, un vlogger din Rusia, de asemenea a recurs la acest gest.

Organizations: YouTube, Mercedes Locations: Republica Moldova, Moldova, Rusia

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