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• 20 years of YouTube: In 2010, we hid our kids and our wives (but not our excitement)
• CAA taps longtime creator operative Brent Weinstein to “lead multiple business areas”

  Brent Weinstein, who spent more than a decade in the digital division at UTA, is heading to rival talent agency CAA.

  
• CoComelon caper: Disney nabs the rights to the world’s biggest kids show at Netflix’s expense

  CoComelon is the biggest children's media property on the internet, and it will soon be available on Disney+ rather than Netflix.

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