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Today we talk with Rafi Fine and Marc Hustvedt. They lead one of the most successful studios creating entertainment for YouTube. Rafi, and his brother Benny are the founders of Fine Brothers Entertainment, which operates three successful channels: “TheFineBros”, “TheFineBros2” and “React”. FBE currently produces fifteen serialized shows every week for over 30 million subscribers. Marc Hustvedt is FBE’s recently appointed CEO and an internet video veteran in his own right. Marc has an impressive track record of establishing and managing other digital-first companies, such as Tubefilter, the Streamy Awards, and Supergravity Pictures.
Empower's Andrea Book and Evan Dulaney ring in the co-founder of FBE, Rafi Fine, to chat about Rafi and brother Benny's pioneering into online video content, FBE's blossoming YouTube community (with nearly 30 million subscribers), their über popular "React" series and the future of FBE's content machine. Then, in honor of Empower's "Make It Personal" value, FBE's Greg Trani joins to talk his personal journey towards FBE and how brands and agencies can team up with them.
Rafi Fine, best known for his work with brother Benny as the Fine Bros., tells about his travels from Brooklyn to 10 billion video views on YouTube, with their FBE production company on an extended Talking Tech.
Tommy Edison talks about how a blind person is able to watch movies, TV shows, and YouTube videos. This video is a response to questions in the comments of the recent episodes of YouTubers React in which Tommy is featured. Big thanks to Benny and Rafi Fine for inviting Tommy on the latest episode of YouTubers React and allowing us to film behind-the-scenes.
Benny and Rafi Fine, known best for their successful "Kids React" series and multiple spinoffs, sit down with Rhett & Link to discuss growing up as Orthodox Jews in Brooklyn, a near death experience at Disney World, their crucial role in the formation of Maker studios and why they parted ways, and what they want to do when they settle down.