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• YouTube wants to bring back old-school discovery and let you “Play Anything”
• Nearly half of all streaming subscriptions are now supported by ads

  A report from market data firm Antenna revealed that 43% of streaming service subscriptions are ad-supported, a 15% increase over two years.

  
• Top 5 Branded Videos of the Week: Supersonic Nerf darts and a homemade Porsche

  In this week's Gospel Stats Weekly Brand Report, creators are building supersonic Nerf guns, insulated tiny homes, and homemade sportscars.

  
• Is the Honey influencer marketing scam an isolated incident or a sign of a bigger problem?

  After MegaLag exposed Honey's shady affiliate link practices, the reverberations are spreading across the influencer marketing industry.

  
• Right-leaning streaming hub Rumble heads to crypto land to secure $775 million investment
• Have you heard? Nick DiGiovanni set a delicious record and we learned the truth about ‘Hot Ones’
• ‘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.
• MrBeast has been on a promotional tour ahead of the ‘Beast Games’ premiere. Here’s where he went.
• Flipboard’s new app unites Bluesky, Threads, and other decentralized social networks
• 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