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Los Angeles, CA, - Producer, actor and investor Robert Downey Jr. announced the launch of ESG-focused FootPrint Coalition Ventures, a series of ambitious, rolling venture capital funds focused on sustainable technology, while participating in World Economic Forum (WEF) Digital Davos Agenda on a High Level Panel. FootPrint Coalition Ventures’ mission is to accelerate groundbreaking technologies that are addressing the world’s largest environmental challenges. “ Having spent the last 18 mon...

Mr. Kate finds a home at Maker Studios The Disney-owned MCN signs the YouTube lifestyle and D.I.Y. expert (real name: Kate Albrecht), whose first book is due in June. April 8, 2015 Disney-owned Maker Studios announced on Tuesday it has signed lifestyle and do-it-yourself expert Kate Albrecht, a.k.a. Mr. Kate, to its multi-channel network. Albrecht’s YouTube channel has racked up more than 314,000 subscribers and 22.4  million views. Her programming has ranged from branded Style Challenge v...

Night Media Taps Digital Veteran Andrew Pelosi As Head Of Business Development (Exclusive) Night Media, the management company that represents top YouTubers like MrBeast (51 million subscribers), Andrew Pelosi as a talent manager and its new head of business development. Pelosi got his start in digital at Maker Studios in 2010. He was one of the multichannel network’s first 30 employees, and its first director of sales; he went on to serve as its VP of agency strategy and development throu...

Remember Bebo? What happened to New Zealands most popular social network Newshub 12/12/2020 © Image - DigiDownload / Etsy; Video - Bebo / YouTube Watch: Bebos relaunch video in 2013. A decade-and-a-half ago - before TikTok, Instagram and Snapchat, before Facebook took over the world - there was Bebo. And for a few short years, Bebo ruled New Zealands social media. Launched in 2005 by husband-and-wife team Michael and Xochi Birch in their San Francisco home, Bebo was a worldwide alternative...