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This asset is so unusual in Hollywood that it actually became controversial when Hart began to leverage it. Negotiations between the actor’s representatives and Sony Pictures Studios that leaked during the infamous Sony hacking scandal showed Hart’s ability to command higher paydays from the studio in exchange for his willingness to promote on his
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Caitlin • The rise of the online news hustlers
So, in the game of online writing, it’s not just that volume wins. It’s that timeless volume wins.
Nicolas Cole • The Art and Business of Online Writing: How to Beat the Game of Capturing and Keeping Attention
Yet meanwhile on the other hand, we seem to have also found ours... See more
Matt Klein • The Creator Paradox: Cultural Stasis Amidst Creative Surplus
“I see creators get frustrated with the algorithm; they’re assuming something’s wrong,” he said. “It’s a lot easier to blame the algorithm than to try to say, ‘My content isn’t that good.’ ”
Kyle Chayka • Filterworld
Casey Neistat was once an up-and-coming filmmaker destined to be the next go-to indie director. He’d created a successful show for HBO. He’d had a film at Sundance. He’d premiered two movies at Cannes. But he left that behind to distribute his work on YouTube. Why? Because the grind of making stuff and then hustling for funding and negotiating with
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The NY Times , by comparison, has just 9 million subscribers. That’s a drop in the bucket compared to MrBeast, who runs 18 YouTube channels with more than 200 million subscribers—and now has his videos translated into Spanish, Hindi, Portuguese, and Russian.