James Hale

• The NHL wants to capitalize on Heated Rivalry’s fandom success
• MrBeast’s former Head of Creative files suit against his company, alleging “boy’s club” culture of sexual harassment

  MrBeast's former Head of Creative has filed suit against his company, alleging she was sexually harassed by coworkers and clients, expected to work during her set period of maternity leave, and was fired after returning from leave.

  
• Iron Lung made $50M. Should be easy for Markiplier to put it up for sale on YouTube, right?

  When Markiplier's self-made (and self-funded) Iron Lung adaptation cranked $50+ million in theaters, it was easy to assume he'd eventually put a digital version of the movie up for sale on YouTube. After all, he's been on the platform for 14 years, has nearly 40 million subscribers, and is one of the most recognizable faces in our industry. He also owns the rights to the movie, so he can put it wherever he wants. Meanwhile YouTube has thousands of movies and TV shows for rent and sale, so the infrastructure is there.

  
• The Indian government says it wants to crack down on fake news. Critics worry it wants to censor content creators–and everyone else.

  Basically, the proposal boils down to this: If passed, it would allow the Indian government (specifically its Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology) to have control over social media posts it deemed to be about "news and current affairs." If a person's post was judged to be inaccurate or unethical, it would be removed--and the platform they posted on could also face consequences.

  
• Top 5 Branded Videos of the Week: Two-hit wonders
• Minecraft is bringing life-sized biomes to TwitchCon Rotterdam–plus a Tubbo competition, community hangout, and more
• deviantART says artists made $23 million on its platform last year, boasts that it was “100% right” to embrace generative AI
• Reed Hastings leaves Netflix, which says it “really built our M&A muscle” during failed deal with Warner Bros. Discovery
• Nas Daily’s AI ecom biz just closed a $27 million round led by Vinod Khosla
• Northernlion is holding a 6-day fan “supercruise.” But he’s not the only creator traveling with viewers.
• YouTube is actually giving viewers fewer ads on livestreams
• Jacksepticeye is making a Bloodborne movie