James Hale

• Wait, Twitch licenses emojis?
• Feel like you’re seeing more unskippable ads when you watch YouTube on a TV? You are. Here’s why.

  We here at Tubefilter noticed not just more unskippables, but longer unskippables rolling out earlier this month during our personal watch sessions, and we got reports from other folks that they were seeing the same thing. A source familiar with the matter told us YouTube is hitting up marketers, offering both 30-second and 60-second unskippable ads, with the minute-long ads specifically targeted for TVs.

  
• Marques Brownlee’s first app isn’t getting a warm welcome

  MrBeast, Logan Paul, and KSI's Lunchly isn't the only creator product getting a rough reception lately. After years of reviewing all sorts of tech, Marques Brownlee has launched his first app, where users pay $12 a month to access a curated selection of iOS and Android wallpapers that may or may not be AI-generated.

  
• Social shopping isn’t just popular with the youths–Millennials and Gen X are digging it, too

  
• 70% of creators say AI is a threat to their careers
• YouTube’s latest animation darling gets picked up by Netflix
• Top 5 Branded Videos of the Week: Gun swords, super-small houses, Scientology
• Will Fortnite players tee up for virtual golf?
• Twitch is finally bringing merged chats to multi-creator streams
• Discord wants to improve its ad game
• Should YouTube introduce revenue-sharing for reaction content?
• Creators’ viewers can be big spenders. LTK is driving $5 billion a year catering to them.