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I had an absolute blast sitting down with Jake from Joke WRLD, the guy who’s turning comedy coverage into something as big and bold as ESPN. In this episode, Jake opens up about his journey from playing D3 sports in Ohio to building a media platform with hundreds of thousands of fans, and what it really means to create a “Sports Center for Comedy.” We get into everything from fair use battles and YouTube pitfalls, to the future of live streaming, privacy in the digital age, and why authenticity always wins. This is a story about building something real from scratch, and doing it with heart
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Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/joke.wrld/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@JokeWRLD/
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@jokewrld
00:00 Introduction
04:30 The Clickbait Era & Honest Reporting
10:55 Rise of Content Creators & YouTube Growth
18:00 Navigating Negativity and Conspiracy in Online Content
27:00 Monetization: Ad Revenue, Patreon, and Fair Use
32:00 Team Structure & Expanding the Business
38:00 Internet Lore: “Big Balls” and Viral Moments
45:00 South Park, Trump, and Viral Comedy
52:00 Patreon, Community, and Revenue Streams
53:09: Listen to the Full Episode in Supercast
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