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• YouTube says it contributed $60 billion to the U.S. GDP in 2025
• A creator contest will find “Fresh Meat” for a theatrical horror anthology

  'Fresh Meat' is a contest launched by Dead Meat that will give horror creators the chance to be part of a theatrical anthology.

  
• Disney is using a glitzy L.A. premiere to court creators with Hollywood ambitions

  Disney and Jon Youshaei are teaming up for an event called Created in L.A. that will be both a premiere and a conference.

  
• Top 5 Branded Videos of the Week: Lifestyle swag

  This week's Gospel Stats Brand Report is four Shorts and a long (chosen by yours truly). If anything's a sign of the times, it's that. We've officially arrived at a time where brands are paying creators for punchy, 60-second content--and creators are using the same format to advertise their own products.

  
• At Kai Cenat’s Streamer University, the stars have aligned (and enrolled)
• Spotify is using AI to turn Wrapped into a year-round phenomenon
• YouTube has limited eating disorder videos, but there’s more work to do
• TikTok’s AI labels might not be effective, so the app is educating its users
• Creator recs are leading to sales, and more research has arrived to prove it
• Agentio’s AI-powered creator ads are coming to Facebook and Instagram
• Will Netflix’s $100 million Jay Shetty deal allow it to upstream YouTube?
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