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• Ninja conquered Twitch. Now he’s sharing his strategies in a MasterClass.
• Top 50 Most Viewed U.S. YouTube Channels • Week Of 03/06/2022

  Doctor Ricky, also known as the 'TikTok doc,' is now making moves on YouTube Shorts and in our U.S. Top 50 charts.

  
• Netflix wants to know if it’s cake. Takes slice from viral TikTok trend.

  Is It Cake? will pit nine bakers against one another in an eight-episode, unscripted competition where whoever makes the most deceptive dessert will be crowned the winner.

  
• Instagram’s newest feature tells you who really invented the latest dance craze

  Enhanced tags on Instagram are designed to help Black and underrepresented creators who aren't credited for the trends they launch.

  
• Russians can’t watch Netflix and can’t post new TikToks (for now)
• Top 50 Most Viewed YouTube Channels Worldwide • Week Of 03/06/2022
• YouTube to podcasters: Give us videos and we’ll give you up to $300K
• Is Snoop Dogg becoming a member of FaZe Clan? Fo shizzle.
• QR code campaign drives 150,000 connected TV viewers to Neiman Marcus website
• D’Amelio family will invest $25 million through new VC firm
• OnlyFans opens Creator Fund contest for aspiring fashionistas
• Creators to concoct menus as Popchew raises $3.6 million from Jake Paul’s Anti-Fund and others
• Facebook’s collegiate platform didn’t even last two school years
• YouTube Millionaires: Matty Benedetto’s fake inventions are helping him build a very real company
• Meta, Rolling Stone team up to spotlight creators
• Under new leader Parag Agrawal, Twitter eyes decentralized social media
• Does TikTok harm the mental health of minors? A group of attorneys general want to find out.
• On The Podcast: Television. Advertising. Dollars.
• Twitter is trying to delegate fact-checking to volunteer users. So, uh, how’s that working out?
• Epic Games to make some music with Bandcamp acquisition
• Netflix acquires second studio to build free video games for its subscribers
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• Creators On The Rise: Brady Brandwood jailbroke a grocery store lobster. Now Leon is charming the internet.
• With Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen in attendance, President Biden’s State of the Union takes on social media