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Lin-Manuel Miranda has launched a merchandise site called Tee-Rico that will sell fan art inspired by his work. (AP)

WHAT

Among Miranda’s latest endeavors is the merchandising venture launched this week at teerico.com for Miranda-related, and not completely “Hamilton”-centric, items. (WaPo)

“I’m opening a merch line of Hamilton-inspired art. I don’t want to stop artists from making things they love. That doesn’t feel right to me. So I’m joining them. This morning we launched TeeRico.com.

“I’m not selling Hamilton merch. Hamilton merch is Hamilton merch… But I sought out people who were making Hamilton art that I really liked… and said ‘Come work for me.’ I’ve hired them to make tee Lin-inspired stuff, they share in the proceeds. It’s a totally family-owned business. My brother-in-law is running Tee-Rico. There’s Heights merch, stuff based on my tweets, it’s really crazy…To quote Heights, it’s our ‘mom-and-pop Stop-&-Shop.”’ (Deadline.com)

OH.

WELL THIS IS GREAT

Interesting?

huh.  That’s an interesting wrinkle in the evolution of creator-fan relationships.