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• Will people Digg a new front page of the internet?
• It’s YouTube’s turn to crack down on the gamba meta

  The platform announced this week that it's no longer allowing content creators to direct users to "unapproved" gambling websites, and it's also age-restricting all videos that depict and/or promote online gambling sites, so no one under the age of 18 will be able to watch them.

  
• Ballen Studios is building a business that turns creators into career storytellers. Its next star? Nexpo.

  The debut episode of Late Nights with Nexpo dropped as a special video edition on Nexpo's channel, but future episodes will live (for now) as audio-only presentations on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and Amazon Music. In this episode (embedded above), Nexpo chronicles a 1993 hiking incident where seven people left home to adventure in the Khamar-Daban mountain range, and only one returned alive.

  
• Top 75 Most Subscribed U.S. YouTube Channels • February 2025

  YouTube Shorts may be a popular growth hack for creators, but programming long-form uploads are working for Jordan Matter and Druski.

  
• Top 100 Most Subscribed YouTube Channels Worldwide • February 2025
• Hey, can you turn down that ad?
• TikTok Live is projected to reach $77 billion in sales by 2027, but other shopping hubs want a piece
• YouTube wants to use its dominance on TV screens to sell more premium subscriptions
• Top 50 Most Viewed U.S. YouTube Channels • Week Of 03/02/2025
• Top 50 Most Viewed YouTube Channels Worldwide • Week Of 03/02/2025
• Top 5 Branded Videos of the Week: Netflix, TikTok, Google, and…Magnus Carlsen?
• Have you heard? Moist’s T-Pain prank, a major AI decision, and a New York Times pasta meme