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• Hasbro, Animaj team up to pair contextual kids’ ads with premium IP
• MIP LONDON’s spotlight on the creator economy: Executives from YouTube, Snap, Spotify, and Sidemen Productions

  After introducing an "ambitious new focus" in 2025 that put digital content creators at the heart of its iconic France event, organizers of the MIPCOM CANNES global TV and streaming gathering are starting 2026 by expanding creator programming for its three-day gathering MIP LONDON. 

  
• Syracuse University’s first-of-its-kind creator economy program takes shape

  Syracuse University is promoting new programs and academic initiatives as it builds its new Center for the Creator Economy.

  
• YouTube dominates TV screens, but are those viewers paying attention?

  A report from TVision claims that premium streamers like Netflix command more attention on TV screens than YouTube does.

  
• Moose Toys brings in Mark Rober, Salish Matter
• A “Familee Day” in New Orleans will turn the “Keith Lee effect” into a brand-building tool
• Ad breaks during your breaks: Twitch is testing pause ads
• Little Dot’s new data digs into YouTube viewer habits across video lengths (and what happens when the algorithm changes)
• Cowabunga! In YouTube’s ‘kidslop’ era, ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ could be a perfect fit.
• U.S. TikTok has a “Local Feed” that can harness your precise user data (if you want)
• The 2026 NBA All-Star Weekend is in the “creator capitol of the world.” Here’s what’s going on.
• YouTube reveals its answer to the Spotify Daylist with AI-generated playlists for Premium users