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• YouTube’s legal battle against unionized contractors looks as if it’s headed to federal court
• GroupM forms coalition with Disney, YouTube, Roku, NBCUniversal to standardize streaming ads

  Disney, Roku, NBCUniversal, and YouTube join an ad consortium led by media buying giant GroupM. The goal is to standardize streaming ads.

  
• Disney is still copyright claiming creators for posting ‘Steamboat Willie’

  
• Atmosfy to support its community of travel influencers with $500,000 creator fund

  Atmosfy is equipping its community of travel influencers with an injection of capital through a $500,000 creator fund.

  
• Peloton levels up its Entertainment Hub with YouTube TV addition
• Top 100 Most Viewed U.S. YouTube Channels • December 2023
• Top 100 Most Viewed YouTube Channels Worldwide • December 2023
• Top 5 Branded Videos of the Week: Can you really make Purple Gold? Opera hopes you’ll want to find out.
• LeBron James’ interest in streaming has led to a bidding war between Twitch and Kick
• On the Rise: Sisa Quispe celebrates her Quechua and Aymara heritage
• MrBeast tells Elon Musk why he won’t upload videos to X
• After 10 years of teaching the internet, Tom Scott is taking a break
• Top 50 Most Viewed U.S. YouTube Channels • Week Of 12/31/2023
• Top 50 Most Viewed YouTube Channels Worldwide • Week Of 12/31/2023
• Revolt accused of “Ponzi-ish” scheme as its manager, Ryan Piasente, faces sexual assault allegations
• Kai Cenat was Twitch’s top streamer in 2023
• Gen Z trusts YouTube, according to recent survey. TikTok and Facebook? Not so much.
• Airrack will go for a Guinness World Record on New Year’s Eve, one slice at a time
• YouTube’s viewership among 2-to-11 year olds is up 4% — and Netflix’s share is declining
• Top 50 Most Viewed YouTube Channels Worldwide • Week Of 12/24/2023
• Spotify now has more than 100,000 video podcasts. How’s that working out for creators?
• Twitch’s “topless meta” is evolving with censor bars, bans, and criticism from streamers like xQc
• Yes Theory’s acclaimed documentary ‘Project Iceman’ is now available for free on YouTube
• ‘South Park’ skewers Logan Paul, Prime Hydration, and OnlyFans in Paramount+ special