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• TikTok brings film-focused creators to Sundance for some Hollywood hobnobbing
• YouTube trained its AI using pop songs — and created new tensions with labels in the process

  YouTube may have reignited tensions with Big Three recording industry labels after using copyrighted music to train its generative AI.

  
• Twitch lifts the $100k cap on Partners’ 70/30 revenue split, admits it was a “disincentive”

  Twitch is adding a 60/40 revenue split for some streamers, and is lifting the $100k cap for streamers already on a 70/30 split as part of its Partner Plus monetization program.

  
• MrBeast action figures will be coming home for the holidays in 2024

  MrBeast will bring a line of action figures to major retailers thanks to a partnership with Moose Toys. The figures are due out in the fall.

  
• Streamers on the Rise: ChocoTaco decided to try Twitch for just one month
• YouTube AdBlitz has collected Super Bowl commercials for 18 years. It’s coming back for 2024.
• Custom experiences are coming to “metaverse-style games” thanks to GameSquare’s new unit
• BeReal is getting real about branded content
• Kai Cenat, Jynxzi lead nominations at 2024 Streamer Awards hosted by QTCinderella and Pokimane
• TikTok is testing a 30-minute maximum length for its uploads
• 17 months after suffering a mental health crisis, Gabbie Hanna reappears as a YMCA instructor
• Paris Hilton is helping her family’s hotel brand launch a rewards program in Roblox