Sam Gutelle

• Financial creators are the new money managers, and Yahoo! is buying in
• TikTok, Meta, Snap team up to protect teens (and themselves)

  A new coalition called Thrive counts Meta, TikTok, and Snap as founding members. It aims to improve teen mental health online.

  
• Have you heard? MrBeast’s critic walks it back, creators go south, and ‘Hawk Tuah’ gets a podcast

  Creators like MrBeast, Marques Brownlee, Nadeshot, and Alexandra Botez factor into this week's rundown of creator economy headlines.

  
• Elon Musk wants X’s gaming program to be the new Kick

  X Gaming is working with streamer partners like Dream, Sapnap, MrSavage, and Hikaru Nakamura to improve its live infrastructure.

  
• Taylor Swift’s Kamala Harris endorsement drove 400,000 people to vote.gov in 24 hours
• The shutdown of a Russia-backed media company raises new questions about political influencers
• International creators are crushing it on YouTube. Now they can use non-English handles.
• Want to comment on a trending YouTube Shorts clip? Now you can ‘Add Yours’ in response.
• Influencer marketing firms unite as gen.video acquires Bounty
• Marques Brownlee wins frisbee world title, returns to YouTube in time to cover the new iPhone
• MTV’s VMAs look to next generation with WhatsApp voting, TikToker cameos
• FX’s new ‘English Teacher’ got his start on YouTube