James Hale

• Companies like Shein are pausing creator partnerships thanks to Trump’s tariffs
• YouTube and Spotify want to be video podcast kings. But they might have a new challenger: Netflix.

  According to four people familiar with the matter who spoke to Business Insider, Netflix is exploring potential video deals with podcasters. This interest is spurred by YouTube's consistent rise to not just podcast, but TV dominance (again, as CEO Neal Mohan mentioned in this morning's letter to users).

  
• What if TikTok, but Wikipedia?

  All people have to do is go to https://wikitok.vercel.app, and they'll be greeted with a new Wikipedia page every time they scroll. The articles pop up with full-screen images and short text excerpts; if users are interested in reading the full article, they just have to click "Read More" to be taken to the actual Wikipedia archive.

  
• Neal Mohan says YouTube is the new TV–and creators are the new Hollywood

  In his 2025 letter to creators, the CEO of the internet's biggest video site pointed out that this year will bring YouTube's 20th anniversary. And a lot has happened in those two decades--including a major push from YouTube to challenge not only streaming services like Netflix, but also top TV networks.

  
• Top 5 Branded Videos of the Week: Podcasts, super glue, and NASA’s big plans
• Are minidrama studios using TikTok to do what Quibi couldn’t?
• Roblox paid creators almost $1 billion in 2024
• NASA is taking Twitch viewers into space–and maybe to the moon?
• Creators HQ wants to bring 10,000 content creators to live in Dubai
• Rooster Teeth is back–with original co-founder Burnie Burns at the helm
• YouTube wants creators and fans closer than ever with its new Communities update
• Creators are paying way more at tax time than they should be. Here’s how to fix that.