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• YouTube eclipses TV to become the top news source in the U.S.
• A YouTube test brought creator analytics directly into brands’ YouTube Studio dashboards

  Some observers have noticed a test that put publicly-available creator analytics into brands' YouTube Studio dashboards.

  
• OpenAI brought in Patreon’s Co-Founder. Here’s what he has planned.

  To kick off his stint as OpenAI's creator chief, Patreon Co-Founder Sam Yam is teaming up with 'Office Drama' podcaster Chloe Shih.

  
• AI-generated videos get labels. The European Union is applying the same standards to text.

  The European Union wants LLMs to include labels that identify AI-generated text. ChatGPT will be the first guinea pig.

  
• Meta’s smart glasses are innovative. Are they a security threat?
• In the war to control social media feeds, VPNs are a battleground. A “day of action” defended them.
• Some TikTok users trust medical influencers more than their own doctors
• Mark Rober’s Class Crunchlabs gets an ‘A’ with $2.5 million grant from YouTube and Google.org
• Twitch has streaming deals in its new Shopping category
• TikTok is using a global placement network and agentic AI to plan a big ad push in 2027
• Top 5 Branded Videos of the Week: Flippin’ robotics
• TikTok’s 2025 economic impact included support for 410,000 jobs in the U.S.