James Hale

• Creators who upload long-form content to TikTok are growing 5x faster than those who don’t
• xQc’s YouTube channel terminated for copyright claims

  YouTube terminated the channel Nov. 25, and according to xQc, it was because of multiple copyright infringement claims hitting at the same time.

  
• Kanga Coolers just won Shopify’s ad spot in MrBeast’s next video

  Back in September, Shopify put out a call: It would give up its ad slot in one upcoming MrBeast video (which, on average, are watched by 145 million people within their first 90 days on the platform) to a small business that could use the exposure.

  
• Former Twitch CEO Emmett Shear is now leading OpenAI

  
• Colleen Ballinger says her ukulele video was “really embarrassing”
• Millionaires: Kenz Lawrén is putting on a New Face
• Creators on the Rise: Lyanna Kea is starring in her own Screen Australia-funded series
• Hank Green “accidentally” bought 10% of a mobile game
• Streamers on the Rise: Kahlief Adams on spawning our industry’s latest awards show
• YouTube will require creators to label AI content as “synthetic”
• Pokimane is getting into podcasts
• TikTok users walk out after creator it promoted is convicted of rape