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    9 months ago

    Machinima, maybe?

    #14 YouTube channel in 2014.

    #1 in gaming.

    Gone in 2019.

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        9 months ago

        Some company AT&T owns bought them and was going to integrate them into their business but just ghosted them.

        Basically what’s happening to Bandcamp, I think.

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      A lot of YouTube channels I watch have a ‘how I got out of a shitty Machinima contract’ story. Ross Scott is the main guy that comes to mind.