News

• Snapchat is bringing ads to its short-form Spotlight format
• More ads are coming to YouTube Shorts

  
• On the Podcast: Do Originals even work?

  I don’t think the lay public would ever consider corporate lawyers for major music publishers or tech corporations particularly innovative or catalysts for massive technological change. I mean, I didn’t.

  
• Top 50 Most Viewed U.S. YouTube Channels • Week Of 04/30/2023

  A channel called DaFuq!?Boom! lives up to its name. Its weird toilet-themed videos are running up the U.S. Top 50 thanks to YouTube Shorts.

  
• Top 50 Most Viewed YouTube Channels Worldwide • Week Of 04/30/2023
• Twitch donates $40,000 to kick off St. Jude’s annual gamer fundraising month
• TikTok puts a spotlight on its #APIFamily of Asian and Pacific Islander creators
• VShojo loses 3 top VTubers, including one who says new contracts didn’t make “financial sense”
• Facebook Watch sunsets originals as Meta’s Head of Development and Programming departs
• Chipotle’s creator-inspired menu additions set sales records
• Podcasts are now live on YouTube Music — and background listening is available for free
• YouTube’s monthly newsletter invites readers to ‘Try A Trend’
• Team Whistle assembles short-form squad to publish original content on Reels, Shorts, and TikTok
• With Sunday Ticket on the horizon, YouTube is going deep at the NFL Draft
• Submissions are now open for the 2023 Streamy Awards
• MrBeast’s Feastables brand launches Karl Jacobs gummies that are out of this world
• YouTube Millionaires: Demir doesn’t fear ‘The Walking Dead.’ Especially not when it brings him 250 million views a month.
• MKBHD sneaks in a shoe collab with Atoms
• YouTube contractors in Texas have officially voted to unionize. Will Google recognize them?
• YouTube announces new ad products to help brands reach Gen Z through music
• In LinkedIn’s latest original series, business leaders remember the challenges they’ve faced
• Creators on the Rise: Uyen Ninh’s cross-cultural comedy is bringing her hundreds of millions of views
• Creator groups AMP and RDCWorld will go under center at the 2023 NFL Draft
• Despite YouTube’s ongoing slump, Alphabet bounced back to beat Q1 2023 earnings estimates