News

• YouTube’s 2026 Coachella coverage includes its answer to FAST platforms
• With a move into podcast hosting, beehiiv adds another popular format for its creators

  Newsletter platform beehiiv is expanding into podcasts with a platform that lets creators host and monetize their audiovisual shows.

  
• Is TikTok trying to leverage #FinTok success to become an accredited lender?

  TikTok has reportedly applied for licenses in Brazil that would allow it to operate as an accredited financial lender.

  
• 200 experts tell YouTube to stop recommending AI slop to kids

  
• YouTube and TikTok draw music lovers, but Meta says that Instagram is the home of superfans
• On May 13, YouTube will use its Brandcast presentation to explain why it’s “the future of media”
• Cameo is trying for a comeback with its new TikTok integration
• Many leaders have banned TikTok on government devices. Zohran Mamdani is moving NYC in the other direction.
• Bent Pixels’ $23 million acquisition of Sunny State Agency begets multiformat creator powerhouse
• Alex Cooper’s reality competition series is ‘The Traitors’ for YouTube
• Top 5 Branded Videos of the Week: We truly have it all
• True Crime can have some grisly content. So how does Law&Crime get its sponsors?
• With star-studded show ‘The Marketers’, Adobe buys into the branded web series renaissance
• Top 50 Most Subscribed YouTube Channels Worldwide • Week Of 03/29/2026
• Top 50 Most Viewed YouTube Channels Worldwide • Week Of 03/29/2026
• Have you heard? GothamChess teaches Jynxzi, 100 eps of ‘Last Meals’, and fruity ‘Love Island’
• Netflix’s “Opening Night” MLB coverage was a swing and a miss
• Connected TV shopping got the full limelight at NewFronts
• Snapchat hops onto the “full-funnel” bandwagon with ad formats that command attention
• YouTube’s NewFronts presentation tells brands to “bring, build, and boost” their ads with creators and AI
• Top 5 Branded Videos of the Week: Love and hate
• Creators are getting their own version of the Clio Awards because they represent the “future of storytelling”
• Meta, like TikTok, is putting advertisers in the middle of the cultural moments that consume your feed
• This program brings an iconic game show to a new audience. What is YouTube Jeopardy?