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• Creator media company pocket.watch is bringing Toys and Colors home for the holidays
• No Thankmas 2025: Jacksepticeye says he’s noticed fans’ financial struggles, plus wants to restructure for 2026 event

  For nearly a decade, Jacksepticeye's charity livestream Thankmas has been a creator industry institution. The 24-hour event happens annually, always around the time of winter holidays, and to date has raised almost $30 million for various charities, including Red Nose Day, New Story, Crisis Text Line, and World Central Kitchen.

  
• Reddit surges as generation gaps persist in annual survey of U.S. social media preferences

  The Pew Research Center's latest report on U.S. social media habits showed a significant year-over-year gain for Reddit.

  
• OpusClip is asking: Will AI replace creators?

  The goal is "highlighting where AI shines, where it falls short, and why human creativity still matters most," Ivan Slavitt, Head of Creator Partnerships at OpusClip, explains.

  
• Slow Ventures invests $1.1 million in physiotherapist Instagrammer Tayla Cannon’s mentorship app
• TV distributors turned YouTube into a home for reruns. Now it’s hosting unaired episodes, too.
• What happens when America’s largest injury law firm goes “all in” on YouTube? Just ask Morgan & Morgan.
• Can Netflix use a Warner Bros. Discovery acquisition to break into movie theaters?
• The creator economy is becoming a “must buy” — and a $37 billion industry in the U.S.
• YouTube responds to “top feature request” by testing direct messages
• Creators are becoming wrestlers, so the WWE is turning its stars into creators
• TikTok knows some users are fed up with AI content, so it’s letting them choose how much of it they see