Steven Asarch

FaZe Clan Influencers Exit Over Contract Dispute With New Owner The future of the popular influencer group FaZe Clan is in flux once again after several members announced their departures this week following failed contract talks with new management.

Cecilia did the hard work already!

FaZe is a cultural juggernaut and has just lost every single one of its members over Christmas.

I swear, it really is a big deal!

MrBeast has a whole theme park now because big content creators can’t be cancelled anymore. @kattenbarge.bsky.social and @asarch.bsky.social explain:

The teaser for YouTuber MrBeast’s temporary theme park in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, a part of the government’s plan to improve its cultural reputation. A yellow arrow points to a rule in the theme park that says visitors must adhere to Saudi Arabian cultural rules and values

My friend @asarch.bsky.social and I are soft launching our livestream about theme parks and internet culture with MrBeast’s controversial new venture in Saudi Arabia—you can watch it live now! www.youtube.com/live/G_nzPIf...

X is down, now its BlueSky's time to shine!

You're right, getting old is a trend

Blog idea: both the Try Guys and Good Mythical Morning have announced they are ending their long-running podcasts this year. Has the market become so overestimated that it's just not worth it to sit down and chat as content?

Mrbeaat call me

Of course, time to book my flight to Riyadh

Creators in Fashion: Influencer show displays the future of the creator economy YouTubers strudded their stuff at an influencer show called Creators in Fashion.

Last year, the Theorists launched Creators in Fashion, a traditional runway show designed to highlight influencer clothing brands. This year, they flipped the format on its head and delivered a YouTube spirit with sketches, challenges, and more.

My latest for Mashable:

mashable.com/article/crea...

The Hasan story is destroying my sanity but I do appreciate a good meme

Trying to teach myself Capcut and when I went to export my entire computer crashed (and may be completely busted).

I know editing is tough but I didn't think I'd lose everything lol

Man it really sucks to work on a story for a year, only for it to get killed for reasons way out of your control.

I need more eegelords and memes here

Thanks #MrBeast and #MooseToys for the Hybrids Hyper Fusion Hybrid Lab! #journalism TikTok video by Internet Archeologist

Just posted my first TikTok, which is an absolutely completely normal unboxing of some MrBeast toys...
www.tiktok.com/t/ZTMjnrjrn/

The Legend of Ethan Klein | Aamon Animations YouTube video by Aamon Animations

Eat an edible and watch this m.youtube.com/watch?si=8ga...

So YouTube is actually broken.

According to ViewStats, these are the five Shorts that got the most views in August. One is AI slop, two are reposts and none look like they are from the original creator.

I consider this a massive compliment!

Governor Stein Announces NC Film and Entertainment Grant Program Awardees Today in Wilmington, Governor Stein joined small business owners and members of North Carolina’s TV and film industry to announce that three television-streaming series and four independent feature-le...

It slipped under the cracks, but last week North Carolina announced that the state would be giving $15 million of grant money to the Beast Games. That's way more than the state gave any other production.

Those lobbyists MrBeast pays for must be putting in work.

governor.nc.gov/news/press-r...

Ned Fulmer interviewing his ex-wife is the most painful video on YouTube to watch and the first one I've ever given a dislike.

Filmed for a documentary about an alleged child predator today, my expertise might be niche but every day becomes more mainstream.

Weird request: I'm looking for an international copyright lawyer willing to talk about AI memes.

Im working on scripting my first YouTube video right now, this shit is hard. Adapting to an entirely new medium requires a brand new set of skills.

A Geraldo Rivera tweet that reads: whether Tyler Robinson face is expiring squad in Utah for the murder of Charlie Kirk my guess is the accused killer will probably have been motivated more by halo and similar fantasy role-play by substantive political discord the game features grants versus elites I’m guessing nobody wants to be an elite

We need video game journalists at every outlet and on every cable news channel

I genuinely don't like to theorize on that stuff, especially since I don't think they are having a good time regardless.

I spent YEARS covering shooter manifestos, which are always coated in irony-pilled 4chan memes. They are supposed to be gibberish to the average person, but a very specific dog whistle to those in edgelord spaces.

If none of what's going on makes any sense to you, congrats you are normal!

weird to see the culture move from “video games cause violence” to “video games are the only Rosetta Stone we have for discerning the mind of violent people” in my lifetime

Today marks one year since this accident.

MrBeast or the production company he's worked with has not acknowledged it once.

Over on the other app, I have this MrBeast super fan who responds to nearly every one of my tweets, trash-talking me and my reporting for the past year

So I decided enough was enough, blocked him, and said I wouldn't respond anymore.

He is not taking it well.

I love having cats, but constantly having to fight off a small furry beast trying to eat and claw my feet for hours a day is really testing my fortitude.