The NYU Girls, stars of the Clubhouse comedy show NYU Girls Roasting Tech Guys, have signed with WME
Bianchi's Poetry NFT for George Floyd, Spotify buying Locker Room, Billboard on Twitter Spaces, authoritarian countries using social audio platforms for free speech, Instagram Live, Peanut app
Welcome to this week's news, commentary, discussion and upcoming events on Clubhouse and elsewhere.
News & Commentary
The Hollywood Reporter features Clubhouse 'NYU Girls Roasting Tech Guys' Stars and exclusive news that they have signed with WME to help build their businesses across brands and endorsements, digital content, podcasts, live events, books, and TV and film.
Forbes breaks down David Bianchi's conversation on Clubhouse about his NFT that helped bring justice to George Floyd
Bloomberg: Spotify plans hiring spree in a bid to challenge Clubhouse after agreeing to buy Locker Room app
Billboard will be hosting a live discussion about the 2021 Billboard Music Awards finalists on Twitter Spaces
The New York Times: How Clubhouse creates an open space for talks in the Middle East and their authoritarian countries about taboo topics
Slate talks about how Cubans Are Using Twitter’s New Live Audio Platform to Slip Past Government Censors
TechCrunch addresses how Instagram Live is trying to compete with Clubhouse with options to mute and turn off the video
TechCrunch: Social networking app for women, Peanut, adds live audio rooms. Peanut began with a focus on motherhood and has expanded over the years to support women through all life stages, including pregnancy, marriage and even menopause.
Clubhouse Release Notes & Town Hall Updates
Two releases took place this week on Thursday, April 29 and Sunday, May 3. On Thursday's release, they fixed some of the bugs that users have been reporting such as the "Add members" screen on club pages so you can see your recent followers, adding club admins so that you don't accidentally remove them, inviting people to clubs without a scheduled event, and visibility setting for events. On Sunday's release, they announced small features they have changed like better prompts to follow your club, start of Android BETA testing, improved discovery, notification quality and abuse prevention, and improvements to VoiceOver accessibility support. Read the full release notes here.
During Sunday’s town hall, some of the key takeaways were: Android is now being tested outside of Clubhouse employee testers and Creator Program finalists were already notified & will be announced Wednesday, May 5. Some key features takeaways that they announced are: A clubhouse internal DM feature, bell icon for events, red bar will show up for someone who has bad signal, and allowing moderators to bring up to 1000 different people to their events using a link and have them automatically join the club and skip the waitlist. Read the full town hall notes here.
Video of the week
How to guides, tools, tips & tricks
Host customer-facing audio townhalls, voice AMAs with your users, and then publish post-event podcast recaps with Space - A Clubhouse style social audio for business.
Roundtable.audio is an open-source web app that enables real-time audio discussions. Live audio chat rooms to discuss anything on the internet.
Use Alpe Audio for Audio courses to master new topics on the go.
Ping allows for spontaneous, drop-in audio chats with your team. Ad hoc meetings don't need scheduling and copy-pasted Zoom links.
You can find the full list of social audio tools compiled so far here
Notable people who joined Clubhouse this week
Bill Burr (@billfordburr): American stand-up comedian, actor and podcaster. He created and stars in the Netflix animated sitcom F Is for Family, played Patrick Kuby in the AMC crime drama series Breaking Bad, and Migs Mayfeld in the Star Wars television series The Mandalorian.
Eminem (@eminem): American rapper, songwriter, and record producer.
Vinod Khosla (@vinodkhosla): Indian-American billionaire businessman and venture capitalist. He is a co-founder of Sun Microsystems and the founder of Khosla Ventures.
Anthony Fauci (@dranthonyfauci): American physician-scientist and immunologist who serves as the director of the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and the chief medical advisor to the president.
Recommended events coming up on Clubhouse
We realize that it's impossible to curate events on Clubhouse as every user has their own preferences. Additionally some of the best events are not scheduled and are created ad-hoc. With all that said, the list below includes what stood out for us and should appeal to a wide range of people. If there's anything you think we missed out, feel free to contact us.
MON May 3, 10:30 AM (PST)
Expert Monday: Restaurant Food Photography
From THE FOOD BLOGGER CLUB
w/ Kristen Doyle, Irvin Lin, Brian Samuels
Join Irvin and Kristen as we welcome acclaimed professional food photographer Brian Samuels (A Thought for Food) to discuss all things food photography!
MON May 3, 7 PM (PST)
From VIDEO MARKETING TRENDS
w/ TAMARA THOMPSON, Cassandra Bankson, Caleb Roberts, Ken Walls, Maayan Gordon, Delice Lewis
Join us as we dive in video marketing techniques to help grow, market and scale your brand online.
TUE May 4, 9 AM (PST)
NYC Election 2021 - Brad Hoylman for Manhattan BP
From NEW YORK POWER & POLITICS
w/ Gregory Kirsopp, Ahsia Badi, Brad Hoylman
Join us as we sit down with Senator Brad Hoylman, running for Manhattan Borough President. We'll discuss the incredible work he's done while in the Senate and his plan for Manhattan if elected!
TUE May 4, 9 AM (PST)
Hootsuite VP Corp Dev/Strategy Richard Hungerford
From VANCOUVER TECH
w/ William Johnson, Ray Walia, Chris Hobbs, James Matthews, Casey Lau, Richard Hungerford, Dan Burgar, Annika Lewis
Every Tuesday at 9 am, Vancouver tech leaders and special guests discuss the top tech stories and issues of the week. Special guest: Richard Hungerford, VP, Corporate Development & Strategy, Hootsuite
TUE May 4, 4 PM (PST)
Does Racial Inequality Equal Economic Inequity?
From DISTINGUISHED GENTLEMEN
w/ Tevis Verrett, Jason Betts
I posted a FB article about $500/mo payments to every American. The post was flooded with comments about freeloaders partying & wasteful spending. Were they talking about black & brown people?
WED May 5, 9 AM (PST)
This week in Customer Design Thinking
From CUSTOMER DESIGN THINKING
w/ Dave Frankland, Timothy Myers, Carl Doty, mike giambattista
A weekly dive into some of the stories from the past week relating to how firms recognize and align with customer expectations and experiences.
WED May 5, 12 PM (PST)
⚖️ WOMEN LAWYERS: Overcoming Barriers to Moving Up 💪🏽
From THE LEADER MINDSHIFT
w/ Amii Barnard-Bahn, Rebecca Hughes Parker, Mojdeh Pourmahram, Sharon Melnick,PhD
Moving up, we have a unique set of challenges and obstacles. Been told you’re too bossy? Not assertive enough? And what about balancing family? Join us for a powerful interactive discussion as we share personal stories, life hacks and strategies for overcoming obstacles & harnessing your full potential 🔥
THU May 6, 8 AM (PST)
Online Marketing For Travel Businesses ✈️ 🌎
From GIRLS LOVE TRAVEL
w/ Nikita Brown, Jack Wardale, Nicole Barrett
Marketing tips for travel industry pros - travel advisors, influencers, tour operators, boutique hotels. We’ll share our best tips and open the floor for Q&A. 🌴
THU May 6, 11 AM (PST)
Advice and Encouragement for Your Business
From KARMA CLUB
w/ Dr. Francine Hardaway, Geoff Cook
We've sold our businesses and we are here to help. Come talk to us about your problems and issues. We've got big networks and lots of information.
THU May 6, 5 PM (PST)
Social Media for Marketing - What Helps / What Doesn’t?
From WOMENXWORK
w/ Meg Button, Shannon Hunter, CASIE (KC), Marie Nicola, Jennifer Francis, Amanda-Marie Quintino
SM as a marketing tool for you & your business. Let’s chat what works, what doesn’t & what you should be doing! Shan is a Social Strategist with a decade + of experience working with global brands.
FRI May 7, 9 AM (PST)
💫🚀 Fireside Chat with Karen Brun
From ASTRONAUT ANALOGUES
w/ Yvette Gonzalez, Karen Brun
Join us as we learn from Karen Brun. 💫 She shares insights on how her path from Trinidad & Tobago 🇹🇹, to the NASA HERA analog, to aviation, to suborbit training makes for an incredibly meaningful life.
FRI May 7, 12 PM (PST)
Leveraging Human Nature for Fun and Profit
From THE HUMAN LAYER
w/ Laudon Williams, Jonathan Younie, Bobby Stoskopf, Zlata Pavlova, Perry Carpenter
Humans don’t always act I their own best interests. When cybersec is involved, it can have far-reaching impact. Let’s talk about the incentives for both the attacker and defender sides. (Hint - $$$)
SAT May 8, 10 AM (PST)
010: Getting into UX / Product Design
From UX/UI TALKS
w/ Noah Conk, Ameer Suhayb Carter, Natasha Anwar, alex fe, Leighton McDonald
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SAT May 8, 8:30 PM (PST)
🎤Elon Musk LIVE SNL Watch Party📺
From TESLA UNIVERSE
w/ Gary Mark, Nick M., Kaushik VR, Shawn Bissell, Paul Horton, Jhonny Onasis, Michael Hsu
Saturday Night Live with host Elon Musk and musical guest Miley Cyrus. Watch party with NBC livestream.
SUN May 9, 10 AM (PST)
From FACIAL RECOGNITION COMEDY
w/ Fizaa Dosani, Ashwyn Singh, Zahra Ali, Pallavi Gunalan, Tehran Von Ghasri, Solmaz, Shanni Suissa, Laura Laham, Suk Fung — Hosted by Ashwyn Singh
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