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On January 30, 2025, controversial Rumble streamer Herschel "Dr DisRespect's" YouTube account was reportedly remonetized. This happened roughly five months after his channel was demonetized amid accusations of him having sent controversial messages to a minor back in 2020.
Furthermore, on the same day, Midnight Society — the game studio Herschel co-founded and seemingly left after the scandal — announced its closure, putting an end to the development of Deadrop.
After Twitch banned the Doc permanently in 2020, YouTube became his platform of choice. However, his channel was demonetized, as revealed by the streamer in a broadcast on September 6, 2024. As such, he could no longer generate money through ads, the main source of income for a lot of YouTube content creators.
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While Herschel had announced that he would be re-applying for the remonetization, it seems to have taken till January 30, 2025, for YT to fulfill his request.
In a post on X, Dr DisRespect wrote:
"YouTube Monetization... is back!"
Dr DisRespect's former game studio Midnight Society is "closing its doors"
After Dr DisRespect's Twitch-messaging scandal made headlines, multiple entities and brand sponsorships started cutting their ties with the streamer. In a social media post on June 24, 2024, the game studio he co-founded in 2021 effectively distanced itself from him and terminated its relationship with the YouTuber.
While the streamer's YouTube channel may have been remonetized, the game studio has seemingly been having a hard time. In a public statement on X dated January 30, 2025, Midnight Society announced that it was shutting down:
"Today we are announcing Midnight Society will be closing its doors after three incredible years, with an amazing team of over 55 developers contributing to our new IP DEADROP."
The studio further acknowledged that its employees were seeking opportunities at other companies and encouraged people to help them:
"We are actively seeking other game studios that would be interested in offering employment opportunities to our talented team members. If you know anyone who's hiring, please forward this message to them or DM us for direct intros."
Midnight Society also thanked its supporters and lamented not having reached its "ultimate goal":
"We express our sincere gratitude to each and every one of your community members and deeply sorry we were unable to reach our ultimate goal."
While YouTube may have remonetized Dr DisRespect, he has been using other platforms in the meantime to release content regularly. In December 2024, he announced an exclusive behind-the-scenes show for X named Behind the Shades.
