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Colin covers three creator economy headlines with Publish Press writers Nate Graber-Lipperman and Hannah Doyle.

The TikTok ban, Ryan’s World and YouTube Shorts monetization

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Creator, author, and Vlogbrother John Green first broke out into the mainstream spotlight when the film adaptation of his best-selling book 'The Fault in Our Stars' grossed over $300 million at the box office in 2014.
Ten years (and two more adaptations) later, John's 'Turtles All the Ways Down' is releasing on Max. Ahead of the in-person premiere, Publish Press writer Nate Graber-Lipperman sat down with John to hear his thoughts on the "collision course" of YouTube and Hollywood—and how growing online communities too large can paradoxically make their impact lesser.
Plus: Stick to the end for Colin and Samir's thoughts on what creators can learn from John about how to make real impact in viewers' lives.

Inside John Green's Film Premiere

We've seen a lot of creators ask their audience to pay for content. Sometimes it goes well, and sometimes it doesn't. On this episode of the Colin and Samir Show, we break down a recent example of this going poorly and why.
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When YouTubers ask for money

On this episode of the show, we take you behind the scenes of our video with Mark Rober. We spent a full day with Mark to learn more about CrunchLabs.
Watch our full video with Mark Rober: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=piDuorC2Zm4 
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How Mark Rober built the perfect creator business

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We talked with MKBHD Marques Brownlee about his largely negative Humane AI pin and Fiskr Ocean reviews.

We asked MKBHD about his 'devastating' Humane AI pin review

Author and philosopher Ryan Holiday writes about Stoicism, which is the belief that we can’t control or rely on external events but we can control our ourselves and how we react to them.
Ryan is a prolific creator – he’s written 12 books in ten years, and he writes two daily emails and hosts a daily podcast. But he’s not a YouTube creator, and he thinks totally differently than we do. That’s why we found this conversation so valuable.

The TikTok ban, Ryan’s World and YouTube Shorts monetization

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