News

• Horror video games inspired Molly Moon’s TikToks. Now she’s making one herself.
• YouTube Co-Founder Chad Hurley has a new company based around AI-generated video scripts

  YouTube Co-Founder Chad Hurley is back with a new startup called EyeTell, which has raised a seed round create AI-generated video scripts.

  
• Streamers on the Rise: Kahlief Adams on spawning our industry’s latest awards show

  Xaryu has been on Twitch for over a decade, but this last year, he says, has been his best one ever. A lot has changed for him in the 11 years since he started streaming. He originally found a passion for Twitch "from probably playing too many video games as a kid" and then getting really, really good at World of Warcraft, he says.

  
• TikTok hopes to reach its “full potential” with a reorganization of its operations division

  After former TikTok exec V Pappas stepped down from their role as COO, the video app has restructured its operations division.

  
• YouTube will require creators to label AI content as “synthetic”
• TikTok celebrates as short-form stars like Miley Cyrus, Ice Spice, and Troye Sivan earn Grammy nods
• TikTok Live is launching a global campaign that will span more than 50 countries and regions
• Top 50 Most Viewed U.S. YouTube Channels • Week Of 11/12/2023
• Top 50 Most Viewed YouTube Channels Worldwide • Week Of 11/12/2023
• Top 5 Branded Videos of the Week: MrBeast balances self-promotion with philanthropy
• Pokimane is getting into podcasts
• TikTok users walk out after creator it promoted is convicted of rape
• Omegle shuts down after settling $22 million child sex abuse lawsuit
• Twitch will “deprecate” the Hype Chat monetization feature five months after introducing it
• The E.U. is probing TikTok and YouTube over child safety, and it could challenge ad blocker bans
• Unilever is continuing its #CleanTok campaign with a literal “soap opera”
• Chef Matty Matheson worked with WeTransfer to release a free cookbook as a downloadable file
• YouTube has added videos “For You” to channel pages
• The WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes showed creators where they stand in the entertainment world
• Millionaires: Austin John plays Pokémon
• The first annual VTuber Awards are happening Dec. 16
• After visiting more than 80 streamers across 15 cities, Twitch CEO Dan Clancy shares his findings
• Instagram continues ‘Creators Of Tomorrow’ tradition with new list of culture drivers
• YouTube Premium subscribers can test two AI-driven features (including a chatbot)