Channels

• Brace yourself. The YouTube Shorts ads are coming.
• TikTok star Ari Elkins is building playlists on Spotify Live. Then he’s releasing them through a new podcast.

  TikTok star Ari Elkins, known for assembling playlists, is the star of the Spotify podcast 'Soundtrack Your Day,' which uses Live Rooms.

  
• Want to loop a YouTube video or skip to its most-watched moments? Now you can.

  There are new features coming to the YouTube player, including the ability to skip to the parts of videos that have been replayed most often.

  
• YouTube looks to snag more TV dollars as CEO Susan Wojcicki says her company “is the mainstream”

  During its annual Brandcast, which was held adjacent to TV upfronts, YouTube hyped MrBeast and other creators who can "tell a good story"

  
• Top 50 Most Viewed U.S. YouTube Channels • Week Of 05/15/2022
• YouTube greenlights more ‘Retro Tech,’ ‘Recipe for Change’ in new Black Voices slate
• Lilly Singh, Moonbug headline latest slate of YouTube Kids originals
• Netflix wants its employees to be more frugal (and wants more shows like ‘Emily in Paris’)
• Twitch streamers are making big bucks. BMO wants to help them spend wisely.
• YouTube’s live stream memberships can now be given away as gifts
• Top 50 Most Viewed U.S. YouTube Channels • Week Of 05/08/2022
• Instagram thinks the future of memes has “infinite possibilities.” That’s why it’s holding an official MemeCon.