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>News for March 22th, 2024

Hololive
>Hololive will hold a concert at DreamhackAU, on 4/27.
>Hololive issued a reminder in Japanese on 3/21 of their open auditions. Previous patterns of these reminders have led to speculation that a new gen will be announced soon.
>Marine announced to have a bit part in the JP Dub of the upcoming Ghostbusters movie.
>ABEMA, a 24-hr JP News Channel, announces an upcoming show featuring HoloPro talents, starting in April.

Nijisanji
>Anon did a breakdown of stream earnings of NiijEN talents on all monetized public streams since Elira's BSS. Evidence suggests that 30% of streams since then have failed to earn the livers more than $7.25/hr after cuts. Please keep in mind that this does not include information on other revenue streams (streamlabs, merch, memberships, sponsorships, ect). [Sources: 71926233; 71926931]
>Rosemi's 3D debut is scheduled for 3/22 @ 9p ET.
>Ticket Limits for NijiEN's Singapore concert have been lifted. A free gift has also been added to orders.
>Zipper, notable JP fashion magazine, features ChroNoiR on the cover of its issue releasing on 3/29.

Phase Connect
>Kaneko Lumi releases a new cover.

VShojo
>Fugi, notable artist of the vshojo fugis, announces that he is no longer a full-time employee at VShojo due to VStream's impending closure. Fugi intends to catch up on some vidya.

Small Corpos
>Amano Serafi of V&U was revealed to have been stealth suspended/graduated, after previously being claimed as "on hiatus for health reasons". Serafi's PL claims that she was not paid for 3 months, and instead was billed in excess of $450k to cover various services the company performed on her behalf. V&U commented on Twitter that they will be pursuing legal action against Serafi in regards to these comments and the damages.
>V&U issued a statement that Misma Ryzing will be taking a break due to "recent health issues", and states that she intends to return in April. If this story sounds familiar, look at the previous paragraph.
>V4Mirai teases more of their new gen of debuts, and announces the debut date of 4/6.
>VSPO announces their themed gaming keyboards will begin released in limited quantities beginning 3/29. They intend to have a second release wave in May.
>Varium, a JP corpo, announces that Louise Priere graduated from the company, effective 3/20.
>VEE, a JP corpo, announces that Akiyuki Kohaku will debut her 3D model on 3/22.
>REJECT, a JP esports corpo, announces an APEX viewer participation tournament. The viewers able to defeat dtto. and Mikami Kon will recieve a prize.
>Maria Paradisia, known cursed corpo killer with at least 4 corpo deaths to her name, retweeted V4Mirai's debut date announcement, leading to wild speculation. Please note that she has retweeted other corpo debuts and not killed the company.

Indies
>Nina Saotome announces that she will reveal a "new form" on 3/31, her birthday.
>Moriko "BatAtVideoGames" Kyoho reveals the details of her Neverending Challenge 4.0.
>Dasai Yuna, a JP indie, returns after a 22-day hiatus.
>Snuffy, notable /lig/ger and new Dragon's Dogma II pawn, returns from having moved. Oh yeah and she's partnered with Capcom. That's probably important.
>Saurei and girl_DM return from vacation visiting Onigiri in Japan.
>A number of new partner applications were approved by Twitch, leading to a non-insignificant chunk of indies getting partner status soon.
>Merryweather, notable artist coordinator and vtuber, hosts an indie Fall Guys tournament 3/22.
>Filian, notable /lig/ger, hosts a vtuber date night collab among a bunch of indies, which will take place in VRChat on 3/22.
>Soyu Game Field, a JP crane arcade, announces that it will be distributing TsukuNui plushies in its machines, to be won as prizes.

Other
>Vite Ramen claims that issues exist with some email domains, and has opened a livechat service temporarily to address the orders for Copium Merch.
>Japan's Central Bank raised interest rates for the first time since 2007. Impact this will have on vtubing yet to be seen.
>/lig/ autist outed as being two bots run by one guy to reply to themselves and anybody that posts about people they don't like. He eats a rangeban for his troubles.
>Pippa's recent NovelAI stream has inspired a number of FlaVR hopefuls, but none have debuted/streamed yet.

Sports
>Fighting Idols dev shows off some of Mumei's kit. Sources say "she got some stanky bird feet".
>a local /choc/-/hfz/ chuuba, announces the return of VTuber Fight Night, a Soul Calibur AI event on 4/5 & 4/6 @ 5p ET.
>/vt/ League 6 viewer voting concludes. /vtwbg/ wins almost every category, with the exception of the "Best Aesthetics" category, won by /hfz/.

Markets
>AZKi spike has Pioneers in a frenzy.

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