Creators

After being acquired by the board game crowdfunding platform Gamefound earlier this year, Indiegogo is getting a redesign and switching over to Gamefound’s infrastructure.

From now on, whenever I get an email from a company raising its subscription prices (which happens approximately 40 times a week), I’m just going to reply with a link to this TikTok.

Embrace looks like Elgato’s answer to Herman Miller’s Embody gaming chair. It has a five-step recline with adjustable tilt tension, a headrest, a mesh back, lumbar support, and arm rests that move up, down, forward, back, in, and out. It will be priced at $499.99, and Elgato is aiming to ship Embrace before the Christmas holiday period.

The News Creator Corps, led by longtime journalism professor Jay Rosen, is trying. Content creators will be paid a $5,000 stipend as they “hear from experts in fact checking, sourcing, AI, interviewing, and more.” Trust in media is at historic lows — but people do trust influencers and individuals, the thinking goes:

Unionized employees are striking for a codified four-day work week and more money for the lowest paid employees, Kickstarter United announced. Importantly, the union isn’t asking for a boycott of the crowdfunding platform — instead, they’re asking creators to complain about issues they run into, use the union logo in projects, and to send letters of support to management.

The free iOS app is now available to download worldwide today, following its announcement earlier this month, bringing Premiere Pro editing features to mobile devices. An Android version is also in development, but Adobe hasn’t said when it will arrive.

MrBeast is the face of the content creator industry; he’s the exception, not the rule, going from being a guy online to a household name. His business is also increasingly not in YouTube videos but in chocolate bars, snack boxes, and more.

Fun tidbits here, including that if all the proposed acquisitions and mergers go through, “portfolio and power could exceed those of fabled predecessors like Hearst and Pulitzer.” This is to say nothing of the broader family’s holdings.

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt told Fox News that six of the seven board seats will be held by Americans, ByteDance retain less than a 20-percent stake, and that Americans’ data will be stored in the US with no access give to China.

As he has ever since taking office, Donald Trump again ordered the DOJ to ignore enforcing the TikTok ban law, this time until December 16th.