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• SAG-AFTRA plans to invite influencers into its ranks
• YouTube’s 20th anniversary celebration will include a title sponsorship at VidCon Anaheim (Exclusive)

  During its 20th year of activity, YouTube is reclaiming its spot as the title sponsor of creator convention VidCon Anaheim.

  
• Top 5 Branded Videos of the Week: Beast Games, Saddam Hussein, JRE and DraftKings

  Attention: please sing the headline above to the tune of "We Didn't Start the Fire." Okay, that's all, thank you.

  
• Spotify’s payouts to creators and podcasters reached $100 million in Q1 2025 alone

  Spotify published a blog post in which it noted that payouts to creators and podcasters exceeded $100 million during Q1 2025.

  
• Have you heard? MrBeast’s baseball stats, CaseOh’s cat computer, and Trisha Paytas’ pope drama
• Why do we love Akinator? The company behind the celeb-guessing genie explains its “divinatory art.”
• YouTube’s quarterly ad revenue approaches $9 billion after double-digit year-over-year bump
• Meta is addressing the “unfortunate reality” of spammy content with new moderation tactics
• Twitch’s 2024 gaming data shows us why ‘Grand Theft Auto VI’ will be such a big deal
• Owl to e4: Duolingo is teaching chess
• The #SkinnyTok trend is drawing scrutiny from E.U. regulators
• Edits, Instagram’s answer to CapCut, surges up App Store charts after receiving wide rollout