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• Instagram is testing a program that turns creators into AI chatbots
• Substack wants users to put more videos in Notes and share them “across the web”

  Substack celebrated the first birthday of its Notes format by adding more embedded content and more videos to it.

  
• YouTube accounted for 10% of all TV watch time in March

  
• T-Series calls for subscribers as MrBeast closes in on YouTube subscriber mark

  Indian record label T-Series has asked its fans to subscribe so that it can stop MrBeast from becoming YouTube's most subscribed channel.

  
• Animated YouTube channel Simple History gets 7-figure investment from Electrify Video Partners
• 17 creators sign open letter asking President Biden to reconsider the TikTok ban
• Top 50 Most Viewed U.S. YouTube Channels • Week Of 04/14/2024
• Top 5 Branded Videos of the Week: Incoming FaceTime from FaZe Rug
• Top 50 Most Viewed YouTube Channels Worldwide • Week Of 04/14/2024
• Yahoo Finance taps ‘Maconomics’ host Ross Mac as its first creator partner
• CDawgVA raises $1 million for the Immune Deficiency Foundation by biking 620 miles across Japan
• Millionaires: Yes, OuttPig will wear wigs
• YouTube lets creators group together their favorite items with shoppable Collections
• Uber Eats is the latest app to build its own For You Page
• BeReal heads to Coachella with a plan to depict “RealEvents”
• Taylor Swift’s music returns to TikTok amid Universal Music Group feud
• Odd Projects brings in managers Brian Sokolik and Joshua Cohen
• Creators on the Rise: Bri Macdonald goes with her gut
• YouTube’s new parental controls will let kids read comments that were previously turned off
• Paramount is reportedly considering a VidCon sale
• Deestroying earned a spot on a pro football roster. Then he landed on the injured reserve list.
• Storiaverse pairs writers and animators together to create multimedia stories. It’s partnering with one of TikTok’s biggest animators.
• Spotify’s Substack integration brings in more free and paywalled podcasts
• Fan investment platform GigaStar announces $1 million fund to back “established creators”