YouTuber MrBeast teams up with Amazon's MGM Studios for 'biggest reality competition series ever'
Publishing timestamp: 2024-03-18 16:17:08
Summary
Jimmy Donaldson, also known as MrBeast, announced a new reality competition show called "Beast Games" in collaboration with Amazon MGM Studios. The show will feature 1000 contestants competing for a $5 million cash prize and aims to blur the lines between YouTube and traditional television. Donaldson's large-scale productions on YouTube have led to a deal estimated at $100 million with Amazon, allowing him to break free of algorithms and values that perform better on YouTube. This move is part of a trend of creators expanding their content beyond social media platforms to diversify revenue.
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