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• For some pro athletes, Twitch is becoming part of the injury rehab routine
• Brainrot is officially a scientific phenomenon

  A study published by the American Psychological Association (APA) found links between social media feeds and negative mental health outcomes.

  
• ‘Tis the season for giving, and charitable contributions increasingly flow through creator channels

  According to Tiltify's Giving Season Report, an increasing percentage of charitable donations are flowing through creator-led campaigns.

  
• Have you heard? 20 years of Smosh, the Labubu movie, and iJustine hyperpop

  Smosh celebrated 20 years on YouTube, the Labubu craze is getting a big screen adaptation, and someone wrote a pop song about iJustine.

  
• Creator media company pocket.watch is bringing Toys and Colors home for the holidays
• Reddit surges as generation gaps persist in annual survey of U.S. social media preferences
• TV distributors turned YouTube into a home for reruns. Now it’s hosting unaired episodes, too.
• Can Netflix use a Warner Bros. Discovery acquisition to break into movie theaters?
• The creator economy is becoming a “must buy” — and a $37 billion industry in the U.S.
• YouTube responds to “top feature request” by testing direct messages
• Creators are becoming wrestlers, so the WWE is turning its stars into creators
• TikTok knows some users are fed up with AI content, so it’s letting them choose how much of it they see