#ForYou by Melissa Blum
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🎧 Algorithms are out, blogs are in (opens the original)
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This week’s tabs: Personal blogs are making a comeback with young women and CoStar is launching a dating app for book lovers.Subscribe nowTimestamps:💻 0:00 - The personal blog is back. Young women are reviving the early-2000s personal blog as a customizable alternative to social media. We’re unpacking creator fatigue, algorithm exhaustion, and why people are craving their own little corners of the internet.<a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/po
💎 Youth sports become a marketing channel, Gen Z goes pigeon-pilled, and microdramas take over (opens the original)
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🫠 If you’re a new parent online, you’re likely being bombarded with a never ending stream of products promising to solve all your problems. 🎥 Microdramas are a booming industry on YouTube, wracking up 6.5 billion views. <a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!LXdc!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep
🎧 We’re obsessed with an Olive Garden influencer (opens the original)
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This week’s tabs: Youth sports are becoming more expensive, competitive, and all-consuming, and we’re unpacking what that means for kids, parents, and the future of sports. Plus, how one Olive Garden superfan turned a Lifetime Pasta Pass into a niche internet community, and why YouTube is finally investing in the community features creators have been missing.Timestamps:⚾ 0:00 - Youth sports are becoming a full-time job. The cost of youth sports is rising, private club teams are becoming the norm
September trend roundup: brands need to bring more to the table (opens the original)
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our September trends in one placeWith September coming to an end soon, we’re rounding up all the trends we’ve shared throughout the month and putting them in one place.<img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="628" src="https://s
💎 Duolingo goes fashion, Lofi Girl goes after hours, and American Girl leans into nostalgia (opens the original)
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💎cultural gems💎💰 Private equity is coming for youth sports, driving up the costs of local leagues. 🧠 Is Alix Earle the next Kim Kardashian? Dirty Copy breaks down her new, genius marketing campaign.<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!uWkz!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:ste
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