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• Are Kai Cenat and iShowSpeed Hollywood’s new indie darlings? One director thinks so.
• YouTube wins gold with 40 billion minutes of Olympic watch time, compared to 23.5 billion for NBC

  YouTube won big with coverage of the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. The platform tallied 40 billion minutes of watch time across all events.

  
• Top 5 Branded Videos of the Week: Wipeout, Wukong, and an internet rabbit hole

  MrBeast brought AMP to the top of our Weekly Brand Report, while creators like theRadBrand and Packgod also made appearances.

  
• Instagram opens comments on Stories as a new way to soft-launch your relationship

  Instagram has added comments to its Stories format, giving users a new way to "soft launch" their relationships.

  
• Want a new For You Page? TikTok lets users adjust the topics that show up in recommendations.
• A new platform is giving creators 100% ownership over their data and distribution
• Twitch announces changes after its new “drop-ins” threaten to reveal VTuber identities
• Roblox generated $1.2 billion in the U.S. creator economy between 2017 and 2023
• Appeals court breaks from precedent, rules TikTok must face “blackout challenge” lawsuit
• MrBeast hires celebrity lawyer as he mulls legal action against former employee
• After seven years off YouTube, Every Frame A Painting returns to support its creators’ new film
• Research shows that the cure for boredom is to watch rather than swipe