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Here's the round-up for today.
HoloPro
>Hololive EN's bickering over Coffee vs Tea comes to a head, with The Great Debate. The viewer jury found a perfect 50/50 split in favor of neither drink.
>Amelia Watson announces the AmeSame Spelling Bee, taking place on 7/26. Kiara, Bijou, and Mori confirm they will be present as well.
Other Corpos
>Rosa Nagashi, freelance mixer & audio engineer, releases a Google Doc detailing their time working with Idol, stating that they were routinely commissioned for last-minute work (including getting a commission for Voice Pack mixing of the Christmas Voice Packs on Christmas Eve, and being told they needed done in less than 24 hours), and were frequently not paid on time (if at all), with the company paying over half of Rosa's invoices late, and not having paid for their work on 6/13. Since posting the document on Twitter, Idol has reached out to Rosa to pay their outstanding invoices.
>Rin Penrose of idolEN goes over management's head, posting on Twitter that they would like anybody with unpaid invoices to contact her.
>STPR, a JP 2.5D group, will have 5 of their songs added to Polaris Code, a JP Rhythm game.
>Popona, the SEGA vTuber, releases merch showing how she appears in IDOLA.
>HimeHina begin selling merch in Brave group's pop-up Brave Stores in Shanghai.
>Mashu Hinata of 774inc will unveil a new outfit on 7/23.
>774inc opens sales of their Summer Voice Pack from 7/20 to 8/20.
>Kemomimi Refre will celebrate their 3rd anniversary with a 3D Debut Showcase on 8/10.
>Hasunozora Girls' Academy School Idol Club announces "FESxReC:LIVE ~first crossing~", a 3D Live event. Lottery applications for ticket pre-order open 7/20 and close 8/4.
>Socks Vtubing Agency debuts its first wave of 3 talents on 7/20. Notably, Camizole announces she is 39 years of age, confirming her hag status live on stream. Oh and also a merch drop, which includes the typical acrylic standees, but also custom socks for each girl.
>Vee-Sensei, a manager for V4Mirai, will make her 3D Debut on 7/27.
Indies
>Aeri, an alien vTuber, details the process of recovering her channel after another creator (who is not mentioned by name) and their fans review-spammed the channel, causing it to be terminated. As part of the revelations in this process, the lawyer confirms that a significant portion of Youtube's legal process has been automated. As of time of writing (7/20), all of her channels were returned, except for one, as she had been granted access to somebody else's channel instead by mistake.
>P-Maru's English Vocabulary Drill book reaches #1 Bestseller status on Amazon JP.
>Natori Sana confirms the previously-teased collab with Zone Energy.
>Rie Kasumi, in collaboration with Kadokawa, will host a Mahjong Soul tournament, the Hazeless Moon Cup 2024, from 7/19 to 8/7.
>Kurumizawa Momo, a JP chuuba, announces that she has a song as part of Doubtmen's Sound Book Vol. 1, to be released on 8/15 at Live Doubtmen.
>BriAtCookiebox announces a Marbles On Stream vTuber Tournament, to take place on 7/28.
Other
>GALLERIA, a previously-reported on PC Gaming brand, adds additional vtubers to its sponsorship program.
>A "women-only" GTA JP RP server, "Babugra" will be held starting 8/3.
Local
>Clara leads the PhaseCar Championship runnings as of Round 12, with 247 pts. Memory (242) and Muyu (221) round out the possible podium.
>PhaseCar's season finale will take place on 7/21 @ 11a ET.
>/doog/, /who/, /stars/, /jidf/, and /pyon/ are all penalized 5 points each in the first round of VGTC, due to not submitting liveries in time.
Obituaries
>Kawashima Minori, EN vSinger, is declared deceased as of 7/19, after losing a battle with cancer that has been ongoing since at least February. Her brother will manager her accounts as per her wishes, and her last cover, "escape", has been posted.
>The IRL mother of Miyu, /wvt/ sloth vTuber, has passed away.
Corrections
>Previous reporting listed YuNi as a vTuber. While this is correct, she is also a vSinger.
