Future of TV Briefing: The investment landscape for creator-owned businesses

This week’s Future of TV Briefing features a Q&A with YouTube creator Jonathan Katz-Moses and Slow Ventures’ Billy Parks on the investment market for creators operating standalone businesses.

• The rise of the CEO-creator
• NFL+ESPN, Disney-Hulu, “Paramount, a Skydance Corporation” and more

Over the past decade, Jonathan Katz-Moses has built up a YouTube audience of 591,000 subscribers. Impressive, but there’s an even more impressive number attached to that platform presence. On the back of that YouTube channel, he has erected a profitable woodworking tools business that did nearly $6 million in revenue last year – and that just landed its first investment deal. 

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