News

• TikTok’s Showbiz List highlights creators who are ready for their close-up
• Want to loop a YouTube video or skip to its most-watched moments? Now you can.

  There are new features coming to the YouTube player, including the ability to skip to the parts of videos that have been replayed most often.

  
• YouTube looks to snag more TV dollars as CEO Susan Wojcicki says her company “is the mainstream”

  During its annual Brandcast, which was held adjacent to TV upfronts, YouTube hyped MrBeast and other creators who can "tell a good story"

  
• Can a random gamer plucked from obscurity beat one of YouTube’s top stars in ‘Fortnite’? SypherPK found out.

  SypherPK worked with Lenovo to discover 'Fornite' gamer FishaGG, who took on YouTube star Typical Gamer in a 1 v. 1 battle.

  
• Top 50 Most Viewed U.S. YouTube Channels • Week Of 05/15/2022
• Candle Media has acquired ATTN for roughly $100 million. How will the media company use the news-oriented brand?
• Kevin Lin co-founded Twitch. Now he’s raising a $24 million funding round to create pop culture franchises in the metaverse.
• Top 50 Most Viewed YouTube Channels Worldwide • Week Of 05/15/2022
• Doctor Mike outlasts iDubbbz in Creator Clash main card in front of sold-out crowd and 100,000 paying viewers
• Lilly Singh, Moonbug headline latest slate of YouTube Kids originals
• Netflix wants its employees to be more frugal (and wants more shows like ‘Emily in Paris’)
• Dan Howell left YouTube for two years. He returned to examine the “runaway train” of content creation.