James Hale

• Trump’s X interview had 1.3 million concurrent listeners and 20+ false claims
• YouTube wants you to fact check its videos

  Just in time for the election and not long after Poynter called out YouTube as a major source of misinformation online, the platform is rolling out its own version of Twitter's Community Notes, asking users to give creators' content the ol' sniff test and see if it smells factual.

  
• Hollywood turns to TikTok to fill seats in empty theaters—and it seems like it’s working

  TikTok says it "has the power to breathe new life into past programming, just as effectively as the latest blockbuster hit." It might be right.

  
• VTubers want to hold IRL events with fans, too. Hololive is making it happen.

  In-person appearances have long been a staple of our industry--a tangible, IRL link between creator and fan that can be fulfilling for both parties. But how do you make an in-person appearance when no one can know who you are? That's the question facing more and more VTubers, who want fans to see them entirely as their virtual avatars, but also want to make that IRL connection with their millions of audience members.

  
• Prime gets hit with $68 million lawsuit–its biggest one yet
• Roblox bets on ecommerce by selling tickets to ‘Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice’
• YouTuber launches first-of-its-kind class action lawsuit against OpenAI
• Podcasters are making hundreds of millions of dollars on Patreon
• Jake Paul raises $14 million for body care brand W as more investors buy into creator products
• MrBeast’s team blames ‘Beast Games’ filming issues on weather and CrowdStrike incident, says it wants to “learn from this experience”
• Twitch lost 10% of market share to YouTube and Kick
• MrBeast apologizes for past “inappropriate language,” has yet to address alleged safety issues on ‘Beast Games’