Trouble in the Club(house)
Image: Clubhouse Hello, hello. Welcome to week two of Hot Pod under The Verge, although I should probably count this as the first official Tuesday Hot Pod, given that last week was all mission statement and little fun. Today, I go deeper into a story I published this morning about Clubhouse's sponsorship woes and look over some quick news. Let's get going.
EXCLUSIVE: Where are the sponsors? Inside Clubhouse's creator program
This morning, I published a story about Clubhouse's Creator First program, an initiative where Clubhouse offered creators a stipend to make 12 episodes of a live audio program. As part of the deal, the platform advertised that it would match these creators with sponsors so they could turn their idea into a profitable creative...