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• Reed Hastings leaves Netflix, which says it “really built our M&A muscle” during failed deal with Warner Bros. Discovery
• TikTok is turning ByteDance’s AI video generator into a brand’s best friend

  Seedance 2.0, the state-of-the-art AI video generator put out by ByteDance, is now included in the TikTok Symphony suite.

  
• Former OnlyFans CEO’s new platform goes softcore to become “the HBO of social media”

  Ami Gan, the former CEO of OnlyFans, is the Co-Founder of Vylit, a new platform dubbed "the HBO of social media."

  
• Nas Daily’s AI ecom biz just closed a $27 million round led by Vinod Khosla

  He's raised a $27 million Series A for Nas.com, a platform he says will let "solopreneurs" turn a single product image into an ecommerce business, complete with a brand name and logo, digital storefront, and generated ads to spam out on social media.

  
• Sick of slop? YouTube now has a workaround that effectively turns off Shorts.
• Courts and governments say social platforms harm teens’ mental health. Here’s what the teens think.
• Want to know why streamers are hungry for live sports? Check out NBC’s Olympics viewership.
• RedNote goes west with U.S. hires, creator outreach, and its version of TikTok Shop
• Northernlion is holding a 6-day fan “supercruise.” But he’s not the only creator traveling with viewers.
• At Coachella, Justin Bieber flipped the camera — and reminded us how YouTube changed everything
• With The Overlap’s acquisition of Mark Goldbridge’s channels, the soccer world bets on YouTube
• YouTube joins Peacock with official live coverage of Eurovision in the U.S.