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• Donald Trump has (somehow) become a staunch TikTok defender
• MrBeast’s snack brand drops its NBA sponsorship after just one season

  MrBeast's Feastables brand will no longer be a jersey sponsor for its local NBA basketball franchise, the Charlotte Hornets.

  
• Creators need stronger protections to combat an “evolving problem:” unauthorized AI training

  Tech companies like Apple and Nvidia have trained AI models on YouTube transcripts despite objects from creators like Marques Brownlee.

  
• ‘Parasite’ distributor snags rights for YouTube critic Chris Stuckmann’s horror film

  'Shelby Oaks', a horror film from YouTube film critic Chris Stuckmann, has landed a distribution deal with Neon.

  
• Is TikTok pushing young voters towards the far-right?
• PBS embraces live edutainment on Twitch
• Top 5 Branded Videos of the Week: A genre grab bag
• Ibai’s fourth influencer boxing event set a new Twitch record with 3.85 million concurrent viewers
• MrBeast crosses 300 million YouTube subscribers. He gets 50 of the top creators in the world to compete for $1 million to (kinda) celebrate.
• Creators made $741 million on Roblox last year. New analytics tools will push that number even higher.
• Nickelodeon taps Aquarium Info to build Bikini Bottom replica for Kids’ Choice Awards
• Alex Cooper heads to Peacock, where her Gen Z fanbase will “watch us watch the Olympics”