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• Rival apps X, Bluesky are both launching their own takes on TikTok
• Trump thinks he can broker a deal to keep TikTok running

  TikTok is back online after President Donald Trump signed an executive order giving ByteDance 75 days to make a deal with the US government.

  
• Netflix wants to keep pace with YouTube among toddlers, so it struck a deal with Ms. Rachel

  Ms. Rachel, who is popular with toddlers and their parents on YouTube, is coming to Netflix with four video compilations.

  
• As wildfires strike Los Angeles, YouTube vlogs offer personal perspectives

  Creators like Markiplier, Corridor Crew, and Colin & Samir have shared personal perspectives as wildfires rage across Los Angeles.

  
• Ruby Franke’s oldest daughter has authored a telling memoir — and a cautionary tale for family vloggers
• Investors deliver $265 million funding round to Whatnot as live shopping gets hotter
• TikTok CEO meets Trump at Mar-a-Lago in last-ditch effort to thwart U.S. ban
• YouTube will let creators consent to AI training (and opt them out by default)
• India to get big influencer boxing moment with Logan Paul/Conor McGregor fight
• Instagram turns creator-led channels into two-way streets
• Machinima Ceases All Consumer-Facing Operations, Lays Off Most Of Staff
• Machinima Signs ‘Mortal Kombat,’ ‘Resident Evil’ Screenwriter Greg Russo To Development Deal