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• CoComelon caper: Disney nabs the rights to the world’s biggest kids show at Netflix’s expense
• Top 5 Branded Videos of the Week: Forever chemicals, Kickstarter tech, court

  Our latest Gospel Stats Weekly Brand Report has it all: explosions, Ozempic, weird phones, the Mexico border, and a good old-fashioned history nerd dunking. As usual, MrBeast is #1, but there's some new faces in our top 5 this week--and an unusual lack of sicence content! But don't worry--our bonus vid has plenty of educational moments.

  
• Have you heard? Kai Cenat takes streamers to school, Joe Rogan gets knocked, and TED has its own TikTok

  Smosh is part of the revived Just For Laughs festival, drama is pushing iDubbbz away from the Creator Clash, and Mark Rober is making toys.

  
• Google’s Veo 3 AI model is scary good at generating videos. Creators and viewers should be prepared.

  As videos generated by Google's Veo 3 AI model captivate the internet, creators and viewers should prepare to double down on deepfake hunts.

  
• Creator-investor Caspar Lee levels up his venture capital firm with $45 million fund
• Want recipes from one of the internet’s favorite chefs? Step into Nick DiGiovanni’s kitchen.
• Top streaming platforms premiered 116 fewer original shows in 2024 compared to 2022
• Visional Pop is the newest firm turning kid-friendly animated YouTube channels into franchises
• 20 years of YouTube: In 2009, a ‘New Moon’ ushered in the next phase of movie marketing
• Airrack offers up $100,000 position through “YouTube’s greatest editor competition”
• Critical Role is the latest creator act filling movie theaters
• On the new streaming hub Shibuya, fans decide which stories continue on