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Fallen Media launches its first food show
Good morning.Ā LinkedIn, Spotify, and nowā¦UberEats? The food delivery app is testing its own TikTik copycat, a vertical video feed that lets restaurants promote specific dishes and give users an up-close look at texture and portion size.
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Fallen Media Launches Food Show with Olivia Tiedemann
The pilot episode of āBite Meā stars Olivia Tiedemann (left) building a burger with fellow creator Fabrizio Villalpando, a.k.a TheMoodyFoody (right)/ Bite Me
Fallen Media, the short-form video studio behind creator shows like Whatās Poppin? With Davis! and Street Hearts, recently launched Bite Me, a cooking show with food creator Olivia Tiedemann.Ā
Their goal? Create Gen Zās Food Network, complete with personality-driven content and smart sponsorships.
āA lot of cooking videos are āchop-chop, throw it in a bowlā with no story. Our other shows are entertaining and have a lot more meat to them, so we want to bring that to cooking,ā Fallen Media founder Sol Betesh told us.
Enter: Olivia Tiedemann. Her edgy, alt-rock soundtracked cooking videos make her personality the star of the show. When Fallen approached her last September, Tiedemann had fewer than 1 million followers across TikTok and Instagram. Now, sheās at 4 million.
Building a strong food vertical takes more than personality, though. Betesh said sponsorships are a crucial part of the business.
āFood brings a big opportunity for organic integrations more than other content types because thereās so many elements that make it easy for product placement,ā Betesh said.Ā
For example, ingredients, pots and pans, and guestsā drinks are all opportunities to show, not tell with branding.
Perspective:Ā Bite Me is Fallenās first foray into the food space. āIf you can be the best in a couple of key categories, you can build brand and community over the long-term,ā Betesh told us. āAnd when youāre working with brandsāwhich is most of the business model for short-form creatorsāyou have a much stronger hold.ā Already, Fallen has two more cooking shows in the works.
Inside MKBHDās Humane Ai Pin Review
Marques Brownlee says the Humane AI pin is āthe new worst product I think Iāve ever reviewedā / Marques Brownlee
On Sunday, Marques Brownlee released his review of tech company Humaneās buzzy, futuristic āAi Pin.ā
The result? āItās the new worst product I think Iāve ever reviewed,ā Brownlee said in the video.
An hour before his review dropped, we talked to Brownlee about the influence of his reviews, his teamās process, and selling his own products ā
Bad reviews donāt tank companies. Bad products do. Brownlee downplayed his individual influence on a companyās business performance (Context: Electric carmaker Fiskerās stock price fell after Brownlee released a critical video about its Ocean model in February). Brownlee instead pointed to the increasing number of tech creators and the cumulative impact of their videos.
āItād be weird if you had a good product come out, and then a bunch of bad reviews, and then that kills the companyā¦thereās still people going to the store and trying it,ā he said.
Brownleeās team uses a custom-built Notion template to ādial inā every review. As a video gets written, Brownlee and several co-workers are testing the product, comparing notes, and fact-checking the final script.
āEvery channel and every video [we create]ā¦has a pre-production and post-production vetting step,ā Brownlee told us.
Maintaining trust with his audience trumps all other prioritiesāincluding his own sales. Brownlee recently joined Ridge (known for their popular metal wallets) as Chief Creative Partner. He believes his equity stake isnāt a conflict of interest because a) Ridge doesnāt make products in categories he reviews and b) he plans to be honest if Ridge misses the mark.
āTrust is like the ultimate leverage I have as a product reviewer,ā Brownlee told us. āIf Iām the only one saying itās great, then everyone else [says] this thing is badā¦well, there goes trust.ā
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PRIME Sales Down 50% From Last Year
PRIME by Logan Paul (left) and KSI (second from left) released their latest flavor, strawberry banana, in February / PRIME
First-quarter sales of Logan Paul and KSIās PRIME sports drink fell 50% from the same time last year, according to consumer goods magazine The Grocer.
Driving this drop? Declining interest as PRIME becomes more widely available and the initial hype fades, one beverage industry analyst told Marketing Week.
ā[Paul and KSI] made a fortune out of itā¦[theyāll likely] move onto the next thing,ā the analyst predicted, adding that it takes āa lot of money and a lot of patienceā to make drink brands successful long-term.
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