Top YouTuber MrBeast has acquired a startup that aims to be the LinkedIn for the creator economy

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Vouch, creator hiring platform
Vouch, which was acquired by MrBeast, matches creators with potential job candidates.

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'Your Rich BFF' creator has struck a new deal with Vox Media as the influencer podcasting space heats up

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Vivian Tu, known as "Your Rich BFF" online, is partnering with Vox Media and PS to launch season two of the "Networth & Chill" podcast

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Amazon's Wondery is launching a new toy line as it aims to build the next big franchises from podcasts

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Guy Raz co-hosts "Wow in the World," which is launching a toy line with Wondery.

Guy Raz

Bonobos cofounder Andy Dunn has a new IRL social startup. Read the 31-page pitch deck it used to raise $11.5 million.

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Employees of Pie, an IRL social startup including Andy Dunn
The team behind Pie, an IRL-social startup founded by Andy Dunn, is based in Chicago.

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You probably can't make more than $1 million a year on Substack. But Matthew Yglesias does.

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Matt Ygelsias, who co-founded Vox.com and left four years ago to start Slow Boring, his own Substack.
Matthew Yglesias co-founded Vox.com, but left four years ago to start his own Substack. It's turned out be a very profitable decision.

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New York mag has hired a top law firm to investigate the Olivia Nuzzi-RFK Jr. relationship

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Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and Olivia Nuzzi
New York mag has hired a top media law firm to investigate the relationship between Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and its reporter Olivia Nuzzi.

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New York mag's Olivia Nuzzi accuses her ex-fiancé of blackmail amid the RFK Jr. scandal

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WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 29: (L-R) Olivia Nuzzi and Ryan Lizza attend the CBS News White House Correspondents' Dinner After Party on April 29, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images for CBS News)
Olivia Nuzzi and Ryan Lizza at a White House Correspondents' Dinner after party.

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DirecTV's CEO says its Dish acquisition 'isn't so much about bullying' media giants — but it's definitely about playing hardball

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DirecTV and Dish hope that they're stronger together than they were on their own.

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Amazon is jumping into news as it closes in on a deal with Brian Williams

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Then-NBC News Anchor Brian Williams speaks onstage at The New York Comedy Festival and The Bob Woodruff Foundation present the 8th Annual Stand Up For Heroes Event at The Theater at Madison Square Garden on November 5, 2014, in New York City. (Photo by Monica Schipper/Getty Images for New York Comedy Festival)
Brian Williams is nearing a deal to host an election-night special on Amazon Prime Video.

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You don't need a QR code to get the facts checked at Tuesday's VP debate

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Sign for CBS's vice presidential debate
CBS News will play host to the vice presidential debate. It will also be fact-checking, which it's promoting by QR code. But you don't really need to use that.

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