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• Emma Chamblerlain is influential on YouTube even when she’s not posting new videos
• TikTok’s Cannes Film Festival partnership has hit some major speed bumps

  Rithy Panh has resigned as the jury president of the TikTok Short Film Festival at Cannes. Meanwhile, Meta is on the red carpet.

  
• 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.

  
• TikTok’s Showbiz List highlights creators who are ready for their close-up

  Creators like Cindy Chen and Julian Burzynski claimed spots on TikTok's inaugural Showbiz List, which is filled with Hollywood-ready artists.

  
• Want to loop a YouTube video or skip to its most-watched moments? Now you can.
• YouTube looks to snag more TV dollars as CEO Susan Wojcicki says her company “is the mainstream”
• Can a random gamer plucked from obscurity beat one of YouTube’s top stars in ‘Fortnite’? SypherPK found out.
• Candle Media has acquired ATTN for roughly $100 million. How will the media company use the news-oriented brand?
• Kevin Lin co-founded Twitch. Now he’s raising a $24 million funding round to create pop culture franchises in the metaverse.
• Doctor Mike outlasts iDubbbz in Creator Clash main card in front of sold-out crowd and 100,000 paying viewers
• 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’)