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Creators React to Dr Disrespect Allegations
Guy Beahm admits to inappropriate messages to a minor
Good morning. Shoutout to everyone who came to The Lighthouse Venice yesterday for our IRL drop! If you couldnât make it yesterday, donât worryâkeep reading for photos and more details on how to get a copy of the secret project for yourself.
Dr Disrespect Addresses 'Inappropriateâ Messages to Minor
Streamer Guy "Dr Disrespect" Beahm confirms he sent inappropriate messages to a minor / Kevin Sabitus
Guy Beahm, aka Dr Disrespect, released a statement on X yesterday confirming claims from former Twitch employees that the streamer was banned from the platform for sending inappropriate messages to a minor.
Backstory: Beahm was banned from Twitch in 2020, and Discord removed him as a partner soon after. Neither platform offered their reasoning for dropping Beahm at the time.
Last week, ex-Twitch employees suggested these messages were the reason for Beahmâs ban. And on Monday, Midnight Society, the game company Beahm co-founded, announced it was ending its relationship with Beahm.
Which brings us to now: In a lengthy statement, Beahm confirmed that he had conversations with a minor âthat sometimes leaned too much in the direction of being inappropriate.â He added that âno criminal charges have ever been brought against [him].â
Beahm said he went through an arbitration process with Twitch about the ban before the civil dispute was resolved in a settlement. Twitch has not commented publicly on the issue.
What creators are saying:
Nickmercs, who made videos with Beahm, said on X, âThereâs no excuse for something like that. I canât support it, I canât defend it.â
TimTheTatman, another Beahm collaborator, said in a video, âIf he knew that was a minor and those were the messages being sent, I cannot support that.â
Ludwig, who made videos outlining the Beahm situation, resurfaced a Tweet from May 2022 in which Beahm told Ludwig he only had two more years of relevance.
Try Guysâ YouTube Duds Find Success on Streaming
The Try Guys share a look inside their streaming service, one month in / JD Renes
One month into the launch of their streaming service, 2nd Try, comedy creators The Try Guys shared an update on how itâs going â
The results? âOur #1 and #5 top watched episodes on the app are our two worst performing YouTube videos in the last 3 months,â Try Guys member Zach Kornfeld wrote on Instagram.
Context: Kornfeld told us in May that a) the unforgiving YouTube algorithm and b) the risks of demonetization pushed them to start 2nd Try.
âWe always feel that YouTube forces this dilution of content that pushes us to make what we never intended to do in the first place,â he said.
The goal for 2nd Try was to support videos focused less on reaching maximum viewership and more on catering to The Try Guysâ core audience.
And so far, that appears to be working. Kornfeld also shared that the groupâs newest episode of âEscape the Kitchenâ earned over 50% of its views from TV screens.
Zoom out: The membership-based streaming service trend appears to be heating up. Creator groups including Dropout and Sidemen have turned to Vimeoâs white-label OTT platform to launch their own services in recent years, much in the style of 2nd Try.
Correction: An earlier version of this story listed Critical Role as also launching their streaming service with Vimeo OTT. This is incorrectâthey use Memberful.
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BuzzFeed Wants to Sell âHot Onesâ Parent Co for $70M
BuzzFeed is struggling to sell 'Hot Ones' and its parent company / Complex
BuzzFeed is trying to sell First We Feast (the company behind YouTube interview show Hot Ones) for $70 millionâa price tag interested buyers have balked at, according to Bloomberg.
The report indicated that Hot Ones drives the majority of First We Feastâs $30 million in annual revenue through brand and licensing deals.
This includes selling the showâs hot sauce in over 30,000 grocery stores.
Zoom out: The attempted sale comes as BuzzFeed tries to lower its debt load, which is currently north of $100 million.
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