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• 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

  With the U.S. law forcing ByteDance to divest or ban TikTok set to take effect, Shou Zi Chew is appealing to President-elect Donald Trump.

  
• YouTube will let creators consent to AI training (and opt them out by default)

  YouTube is letting creators choose whether their content is used to train AI models like Google's Veo. By default, consent will not be given.

  
• India to get big influencer boxing moment with Logan Paul/Conor McGregor fight

  Former UFC star Conor McGregor said that he has agreed to fight Logan Paul in a boxing match that will take place in India.

  
• 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
• 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
• Instagram gives creators a trial run for their Reels
• ‘Hot Ones’ host First We Feast gets new owners (including Sean Evans himself) in $82.5 million deal
• 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