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• ‘Fortnite’ creators want to know the rubric Epic Games uses for its promotions
• Former Twitch CEO Emmett Shear has a new AI startup. Here’s what we know.

  Former Twitch CEO Emmett Shear is launching a new startup called Stem AI, which has received backing from Andreessen Horowitz.

  
• MrBeast has been on a promotional tour ahead of the ‘Beast Games’ premiere. Here’s where he went.

  MrBeast has showed up on podcasts, across YouTube channels, and in ads as he prepares to launch his Amazon Prime Video original 'Beast Games'

  
• Flipboard’s new app unites Bluesky, Threads, and other decentralized social networks

  Flipboard has launched Surf, an app that allows users to combine feeds from across decentralized social networks like Bluesky and Threads.

  
• YouTube’s clickbait crackdown begins in India
• How big was Kai Cenat in 2024? He got more watch time than the next two most-watched streamers combined
• Making events for streamers is a difficult business. Ludwig’s Offbrand learned that the hard way.
• TikTok CEO meets Trump at Mar-a-Lago in last-ditch effort to thwart U.S. ban
• YouTube will let creators consent to AI training (and opt them out by default)
• India to get big influencer boxing moment with Logan Paul/Conor McGregor fight
• Top 5 Branded Videos of the Week: Mark Rober, Matthew Beem, and Moriah Elizabeth
• Have you heard? More FaZe drama, LegalEagle’s big lawsuit, and AMP’s favorite bear