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The team behind livestreaming platform Kick is launching Club, an app letting creators earn direct payments and build fan communities, positioned as an antidote to bot- and AI-slop-filled social feeds.
Kick founders Bijan Tehrani and Ed Craven officially launched Club, a superfan platform bundling subscriptions, tipping, paywalled content and an in-app currency. It exits beta with 100,000 members and paid $10 million for the Club.com domain.