Substack wants to have its HBO moment. Here are its plans to crack TV.

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Hamish McKenzie at Substack forum in New York
Substack cofounder Hamish McKenzie envisions people watching and commenting on shows on the platform.

Jeremy Cohen; Courtesy of Substack

Substack cofounder says it's making 'fast progress' on tools for larger publishers, following The Ankler's defection

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Substack cofounder Hamish McKenzie.
Substack's Hamish McKenzie is working on tools to keep big publishers happy.

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Top YouTubers back a new $3,750 program to train aspiring creators

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Jordan Matter, Michelle Khare, Samir Chaudry
L-R: Jordan Matter, Michelle Khare, and Samir Chaudry are advisors in Bedford, a new educational platform for creators.

Matter: Frank Micelotta/Disney via Getty Images; Khare, Chaudry: JP Yim/Getty Images for The Asian American Foundation (TAAF)

Dumb phones, smart business: Meet the 28-year-old entrepreneur selling retro tech to Gen Z

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London Jackson is the CEO of Kickback
London Jackson is the CEO of Kickback.

Courtesy of London Jackson; Photoworks SF

Read 47 pitch decks that creator-economy startups used to raise millions of dollars

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Flick pitchdeck
Flick, an AI filmmaking startup, included a YouTube sizzle reel in its seed round pitch deck.

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X is cracking down on content thieves

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A graphic depicting a thief in a file folder
X is reallocating impressions from reposts to the original creators to crackdown on aggregators.

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There's a new type of VC in Silicon Valley: the creator-investor

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Claire Zau, partner, Lightspeed Venture Partners
Claire Zau wants to use her social media acumen to help Lightspeed get an edge with founders.

Lightspeed

After trying to buy TikTok, adtech giant AppLovin launches its own social media challenger

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AppLovin's new app, Gist
AppLovin just launched a new social media app called Gist.

Screenshot/Apple App Store

TikTok's middle class is gaining power

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TikTok
Micro creators on TikTok are having a moment.

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The hottest party in NYC this week was the premiere of a new YouTube show from the 'Subway Takes' creator

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Kareem Rahma
Kareem Rahma is the creator and host of "Keep the Meter Running."

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