Here's what we covered today:

• Follow Jim Louderback on LinkedIn!
• Subscribe to Jim's newsletter, Inside the Creator Economy, here!
• Kick signs $100 million deal with xQc, signs Amouranth, gets one million new users - Tubefilter
• MrBeast “moving on” from Beast Burger restaurants after just two years - Dexerto
• Check out all the goings on with VidCon here!
• Cannes Lion is also this week -- check out all updates here