Articles

• Sidemen soccer match raises £6.2 million, draws 2.2 million concurrent viewers during 20-goal thriller
• Have you heard? Sykkuno’s bad behavior, Mamdani’s Sidetalk inspo, and a Tax Day surprise.

  Sykkuno's streaming career fell into disgrace, Zohran Mamdani gave Sidetalk a shout-out, and Yonna learned when Tax Day is.

  
• YouTube reshuffles clipping by removing viewer options while bringing Clips to Shorts

  YouTube is phasing out a viewer-facing Clips feature with a new clipping tool that will be integrated into YouTube Shorts.

  
• Jesser makes moves off the court to turn his sports content empire into a business

  Jesser is organizing his business through the formation of a holding company, and he has hired Eric Wise to oversee one part of it.

  
• TikTok is turning ByteDance’s AI video generator into a brand’s best friend
• Former OnlyFans CEO’s new platform goes softcore to become “the HBO of social media”
• Sick of slop? YouTube now has a workaround that effectively turns off Shorts.
• Courts and governments say social platforms harm teens’ mental health. Here’s what the teens think.
• Want to know why streamers are hungry for live sports? Check out NBC’s Olympics viewership.
• RedNote goes west with U.S. hires, creator outreach, and its version of TikTok Shop
• At Coachella, Justin Bieber flipped the camera — and reminded us how YouTube changed everything
• With The Overlap’s acquisition of Mark Goldbridge’s channels, the soccer world bets on YouTube