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• In wake of Emiru scandal, Dan Clancy admits Twitch’s errors: “We failed”
• Create local, watch global: U.K. viewers travel the world when they log onto YouTube

  A study from Digital i has revealed that YouTube viewers in the U.K. watch more top channels outside of their home country.

  
• Have you heard? Twitch throws out VTuber gifts, Chipotle’s Boorito levels up, and ChatGPT gets brainrot.

  Twitch aliented VTuber fanbases, Chipotle added TikTok to its Boorito strategy, and ChatGPT complained of brainrot.

  
• Be very quiet: YouTube is hunting malware

  YouTube teamed up with cybersecurity firm Check Point to crack down on a so-called "Ghost Network" of malware videos.

  
• Is YouTube’s TV viewership plateauing, or is it just back-to-school season?
• Stuck in a Shorts rabbit hole? YouTube’s new timer puts a limit on your browsing session.
• Sponsorships are up 54% year-over-year on YouTube. We’re officially launching a tool to track them all.
• 20 years of YouTube: 2024 brought us the “influencer election” — and a vision of the future
• Consumers are picking up the AI “Vibes” Meta is putting down
• Ecommerce boom pushes ShopMy to $1.5 billion valuation as firm lands fresh funding
• Top 5 Branded Videos of the Week: Lost in lake
• An influencer boxing event established a new Kick record with 4.6 million concurrent viewers