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• PewDiePie was sick of suffering from “algo brain,” so he “fixed YouTube”
• Google is making microdramas

  
• YouTube is officially a “Preferred Platform” for the 2026 FIFA World Cup. Here’s what that entails.

  As a "Preferred Platform" for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, YouTube will get access to some full match broadcast rights for the tournament.

  
• Top 50 Most Subscribed YouTube Channels Worldwide • Week Of 03/15/2026

  MrBeast clones are popping up all over the world, so we took a deeper look at Pakistan's Huzzy Bhai and Argentina's Alejo Igoa.

  
• Kara Ward flipped her way out of debt thanks to DIY YouTube
• Top 50 Most Viewed YouTube Channels Worldwide • Week Of 03/15/2026
• Night Media, Theo Von, and David Spade made a movie. They’re putting it in theaters themselves.
• Top 5 Branded Videos of the Week: 10 years in the making
• As Netflix snatches up gobs of creator content, its long-running show ‘Somebody Feed Phil’ is jumping ship to YouTube
• In the midst of Slopageddon, Facebook says it wants to promote original content and protect creators from impersonation
• Have you heard? Noah Beck becomes a ‘Baywatch’ heartthrob while tic-tac-toe becomes an esport.
• Newgrounds was the epicenter of web video. Now you can travel back in time to experience its heyday.
• TikTok and iHeartMedia are launching a radio station and a podcast network. Here’s the initial creator lineup.
• Johnny Harris is one of YouTube’s premier creator-journalists. He’s building Newpress to help others like him.
• Gotta gift ’em all? Twitch’s experimental feature gives Subscriptions to everyone.
• YouTube is giving advertisers direct access to “Top Podcasts” across five different categories
• Top 5 Branded Videos of the Week: Tiny lemon car death match, anyone?
• YouTube enters next phase of deepfake crackdown with likeness detection for celebs and journalists
• Roblox wants to cultivate more game developers with a pair of new programs
• Reign Maker Group brings in Noah Cohen’s North House Talent to join its “constellation” of creator companies
• TikTok’s new music streaming service is literally Apple Music
• Gen Z’s negative feelings about TikTok are starting to affect their usage habits
• FOX brings in veteran content exec Billy Parks to lead its new creator studio
• Colin and Samir are giving L.A.-based creators an event where they can meet up and Press Publish