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• YouTube is still the most familiar platform among America’s teens
• Everything’s going up for YouTube on TVs: Sports viewership, 4K uploads, and the price

  YouTube's numbers on TV screens continue to go up, but the price of the YouTube TV package is rising as well.

  
• Instagram gives creators a trial run for their Reels

  Instagram is helping creators take the guesswork out of Reels creation by letting them share trial uploads with non-followers.

  
• ‘Hot Ones’ host First We Feast gets new owners (including Sean Evans himself) in $82.5 million deal

  Sean Evans, Mythical, and Crooked Media are all participating in the acquisition of First We Feast from BuzzFeed.

  
• Trisha Paytas is following up her ‘SNL’ cameo with a one-night-only Broadway show
• YouTube says hello, hola, and नमस्ते by expanding auto-dubbing to educational creators
• Podcasters influenced the 2024 election, so Spotify is setting up shop in D.C.
• Nearly two-thirds of sports content is consumed via streaming, but repetitive ads are frustrating fans
• YouTube’s gaming hub Playables is getting competitive
• Top 5 Branded Videos of the Week: Ronaldo, Ryan Trahan, robots
• U.S. TikTokers are preparing for a ban by promoting their YouTube and Instagram channels
• Have you heard? ‘Squid Game’ hits the Champs Elysees, Hawk Tuah has a crypto problem, and NPC Miles Morales gets real