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• Good Good CEO says he’s fired the people responsible for driver ad, and he’s mad at Callaway, too
• Have you heard? 20 years of Super Simple Songs, AMP in the Club, and Shyamalan’s next twist.

  Super Simple Songs turned 20, AMP made an ad for Club, and M. Night Shyamalan launched his own YouTube channel.

  
• Schrodinger’s platform: YouTube is TV, and it isn’t

  At a lecture in the U.K., YouTube exec Pedro Pina argued against measures that would provide more visibility to broadcaster channels.

  
• Hank Green says he wants to “put families back in control” with new kids’ STEAM content app ClockwiseTV

  “I have a nine year old son and I am a YouTuber, so I do find myself being OK with him watching YouTube,” Green said in a statement. “I think watching videos is absolutely fine for kids, but I want my kid to do it in a way that feels good for both of us and doesn’t create a bunch of extra conflict. And I have to say, when the time is up and the app just turns off and my son puts it away and we get on with our day, it feels like a magic trick.”

  
• As Netflix brings YouTube’s creators aboard, is it losing YouTube’s viewers?
• Korean exports will become a $30 billion industry on TikTok by 2030. Welcome to “K-culture 4.0.”
• Answer engine optimization adds value to chatbot responses. Its catching on with creator marketers.
• YouTube and Amazon partner to let creators sell a “curated catalog of highly requested and trending products”
• Instagram wants you to turn on your TV and throw a Reels watch party
• As Bluesky adds more videos, YouTube adds more Bluesky-style custom feeds
• As OnlyFans celebrates its tenth birthday, it counts more than 5,000 seven-figure earners
• Meta is paying over $17 billion to settle social media lawsuits. What changes can users expect?