A group of the most popular Minecraft gamers on the Internet are teaming up. Top creators SkyDoesMinecraft and JeromeASF are two of the people involved with Vision Squad, a new YouTube supergroup that will collaborate on gaming videos.
Vision Squad has taken over the YouTube channel formerly occupied by another Minecraft supergroup, Team Crafted. That project launched in 2013 but was poorly structured and eventually fell apart. The idea to revive it came out of conversations between Sky and digital media exec Michael Bienstock. Sky turned to several of his old Team Crafted pals and invited them to rejoin him for a new project, while Bienstock recruited digital media vet Rory Haines (formerly of the Tobuscus channel and NewMediaRockstars) to serve as Vision Squad’s COO.
The seven creators involved in Vision Squad include Sky, JeromeASF, TruMU, DeadloxMC, and Huskymudkipz, all of whom were part of the original Team Crafted collaboration.
Vision Squad has taken over the YouTube channel formerly occupied by another Minecraft supergroup, Team Crafted. That project launched in 2013 but was poorly structured and eventually fell apart. The idea to revive it came out of conversations between Sky and digital media exec Michael Bienstock. Sky turned to several of his old Team Crafted pals and invited them to rejoin him for a new project, while Bienstock recruited digital media vet Rory Haines (formerly of the Tobuscus channel and NewMediaRockstars) to serve as Vision Squad’s COO.
The seven creators involved in Vision Squad include Sky, JeromeASF, TruMU, DeadloxMC, and Huskymudkipz, all of whom were part of the original Team Crafted collaboration.
- 9/9/2016
- by Sam Gutelle
- Tubefilter.com
As a relatively novel career proposition, being a YouTuber presents new challenges and opportunities come tax time. And because the lines between everyday life and business expenses tend to blur among social media stars, it’s especially critical to be vigilant about what constitutes a deductible expense and what doesn’t.
With filing deadlines just around the corner, we spoke with the experts at Semaphore -- a tax and accounting firm that has been working with YouTube clients for roughly eight years, including bold-faced creators like Philip DeFranco -- for four of the most important things to keep in mind this tax season.
1. How you should file
If you had net earnings of more than $400 from YouTube-related work last year, says Semaphore CEO Michael Bienstock, then you’re legally required to file a tax return.
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With filing deadlines just around the corner, we spoke with the experts at Semaphore -- a tax and accounting firm that has been working with YouTube clients for roughly eight years, including bold-faced creators like Philip DeFranco -- for four of the most important things to keep in mind this tax season.
1. How you should file
If you had net earnings of more than $400 from YouTube-related work last year, says Semaphore CEO Michael Bienstock, then you’re legally required to file a tax return.
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- 3/11/2016
- by Geoff Weiss
- Tubefilter.com
One of the big online video trends of the past year has been the rise of third-party services that link influential online video personalities to brands that wish to find the right audience for their products. A Wednesday morning panel at Social Media Week Los Angeles will discuss this process through a discussion between three panelists. The first panelist is Michael Bienstock, the COO of Mozaic Branding. Mozaic, along with other companies like Niche and FameBit, is one of the new services that connects brands to creators. Bienstock himself has a reputation as a deal maker; he played a crucial role in the negotiations that brought Philip Defranco's creative portfolio under the Discovery network. The other two panelists also have direct roles in the creation of branded content. Liz Teschler, who manages the Smosh brand at Defy Media, will be able to speak from a network's point of view, while Austin Null,...
- 9/23/2014
- by Sam Gutelle
- Tubefilter.com
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