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• Samsung TV Plus’ plan to get creators in the FAST lane involves original content from Dhar Mann
• 20 years of YouTube: In 2018, many creators needed breaks. Elle Mills took a memorable one.

  Gen Z creators like Elle Mills, Emma Chamberlain, and The Dolan Twins discussed the effects of burnout and helped normalize YouTube hiatuses.

  
• Gen Alpha turns on the TV and heads to YouTube

  A U.K. survey of Generation Alpha has revealed YouTube as that cohort's most common destination on TV screens.

  
• TikTok’s latest overture to the music industry is its take on ‘American Idol’

  TikTok is continuing to up its credibility in the music world by teaming with iHeartRadio for a competition called 'Up Next: Live Music'.

  
• Australia reverses course, will restrict YouTube as part of teen social media ban
• YouTube is the platform with the most AI chatbot referrals. Competitors want to catch up.
• Top 5 Branded Videos of the Week: MrBeast, Druski, Daddy
• Ibai KOs his own Twitch record with nearly 10 million concurrent viewers
• Have you heard? RIP Papa Jake, ‘New Yorker’ cartoons become sponcon, and VivziePop goes vinyl
• CBS said ‘The Late Show’ had declined. YouTube viewership paints a different picture.
• Substack survey shows deep creator divides on the subject of generative AI
• Trump rep says the current TikTok ban reprieve will be the last, no takesies backsies