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• TikTok’s brand partners can now use audio clips recorded by prominent creators
• Top 5 Branded Videos of the Week: Giant cat robots and fish UFOs, oh my

  If there's one thing YouTube audiences like to do, it's learn. We've seen for years now that educational and DIY content are integral to the platform, and that's especially apparent in our latest Weekly Brand Report, where the list is absolutely dominated by videos (and sponsors) whose entire business is teaching you stuff.

  
• Pocket.watch appoints YouTube Kids exec Lauren Glaubach to its board

  Lauren Glaubach, a family programming expert whose experience includes a role at YouTube Kids, has joined the board at pocket.watch.

  
• China vehemently opposes a forced TikTok sale, but potential buyers are already lining up

  Former Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and former Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick are two potential TikTok buyers.

  
• Online video vet Will Keenan joins “business-in-a-box” platform for creators
• Twitch let users co-watch Prime Video during the pandemic. Now that feature is going away.
• Millionaires: Shelby Lattimore went viral for charging her students rent. Now she’s showing other teachers how to do it.
• The European Union has passed a sweeping law to regulate AI across the continent
• Marketing firm Open World launches new division to work alongside game publishers
• TikTok is helping creators generate ideas by sharing the most-searched topics on the app
• On the Rise: hammybanks is still a “baby creator,” but she’s ready to do it all
• Kajabi integrates its Creator Studio into Adobe Express to generate more AI insights