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• Pinterest opens up a Thrift Shop for Gen Z
• Bean there, done that: Hank Green’s focus aid soars to top of App Store charts

  Hank Green created an app that uses a cute bean-shaped characters to improve focus. It reached the top of the App Store charts.

  
• YouTube’s new Effect Maker puts it in competition with TikTok and Snapchat

  YouTube's Effect Maker is rolling out widely, and it offers Shorts' answer to Snapchat's Lens Studio and TikTok's Effect House.

  
• The White House is bringing MAGA memes to TikTok

  The White House has launched an official TikTok account, where memes featuring President Donald Trump are being proliferated.

  
• 20 years of YouTube: In 2020, a mass reckoning came to the creator world
• ESPN is hiring creators. It will feature them on an in-app, TikTok-style feed.
• TikTok’s college-centric update is a nod to OG Facebook
• Netflix’s continued creator push brings Mark Rober on board
• Top 5 Branded Videos of the Week: MrBeast, Dave Ramsey, a battery, and an otamatone walk into a bar
• And the Oscars broadcast goes to…YouTube?
• Have you heard? Super Simple Songs throws “surprise party,” JeromeASF makes money moves, and Jake Shane gets cast.
• YouTube has more challengers than ever, but it’s just getting bigger