Sam Gutelle

• With 200 billion views per day on Facebook and Instagram, Meta’s Reels are gaining on TikTok
• YouTube execs, Veritasium host support educational creators through EduTuber Accelerator

  Changer Studios, Electrify Video Partners, and YouTube have teamed up to launch the EduTuber Accelerator, a program for educational creators.

  
• JoinBrands arrives on TikTok to facilitate influencer marketing partnerships

  There's now another influencer-brand matchmaking service active on TikTok thanks to JoinBrands' integration with the Spark ad format.

  
• The U.S. Senate proposed the Restrict Act as a TikTok ban, but the bill may see some changes

  Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA) is behind a plan to amend the Restrict Act, which served as the Senate's first attempt to ban TikTok

  
• Barbiemania brings millions of views to YouTube music videos (including one from 1997)
• Former Twitter Blue head sounds off on Elon Musk: “X is run by a mercurial leader”
• Snap stock plummets as its investors prepare for a rocky future
• YouTube’s first season of NFL Sunday Ticket will be free for some Verizon customers
• Who owns TikTok memes? Anthony Fantano and Activision are debating that question.
• Alphabet sees green in earnings report as YouTube’s quarterly ad revenue hits $7.7 billion
• Creators are pushing drugs like Ozempic as weight-loss solutions. Now TikTok is cracking down.
• Top 50 Most Viewed U.S. YouTube Channels • Week Of 07/23/2023