A new service will support creators and brands when working together, and help to increase transparency.
Hank Green is launching the Internet Creators Guild, a resource and support system for creators. This not-for-profit organisation will be funded by a $50,000 grant from VidCon combined with a $60 annual membership fee for all creators.
The aim of the Internet Creators Guild (ICG) is to create a bridge between creators and the wider world, helping to increase transparency and grow understanding. The ICG will offer advice on topics such as how to deal with copyright strikes, the right time to ban commenters, and the best way to collaborate with brands and multi-channel networks.
The ICG’s board of directors is comprised of YouTubers from four of the main genres of YouTube content: gaming, beauty, vlogging, and filmmaking. This board will include US YouTubers such as Ashley Mardell, known for her series The ABCs of LGBT, and filmmaker Anna Akana.
Hank Green will not be running the ICG himself, but he will be on the advisory board alongside Rooster Teeth founder Burnie Burns and UK YouTuber Louise Pentland.
Louise is the only UK YouTuber to have been announced as working directly with the ICG, but other UK creators such as Chai Cameron and Olly Lennard have expressed their excitement via Twitter:
I’m revved to see where the Internet Creators Guild goes, and revved to sign up!
And revved that I foresaw it!— Philospooky Tomb (@PhilosophyTube) June 15, 2016
This makes me so excited! Online creators getting a guild
If you're interested in online video def give this a read! https://t.co/8gCEiMlTwL— Pumpkin Spice Chai🎃 (@MyNamesChai) June 15, 2016
The ICG is set to open to creators in June. Anyone wishing to be notified when it launches can sign up to the mailing list.
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