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• Dan Howell left YouTube for two years. He returned to examine the “runaway train” of content creation.
• Can Texas ban censorship on major social media platforms? It’s going to try.

  HB 20, a Texas law that bans censorship on major social media platforms, has been upheld in federal appeals court. Is the Supreme Court next?

  
• Twitch streamers are making big bucks. BMO wants to help them spend wisely.

  The bank BMO is giving financial advice via a Twitch stream. Meanwhile, on TikTok, financial firms Fidelity and BlackRock are making moves.

  
• YouTube Millionaires: ZHC says if you’re a YouTuber and you’re not making Shorts content, you should start “right now”

  Hsieh's bottom line: If you're a YouTuber and you're not making Shorts content, you should be.

  
• A lawsuit is alleging that TikTok’s For You page recommended a deadly challenge
• TikTok is starting to look more like a record label
• Rich Paul is LeBron’s agent. Now he and UTA will represent gamer FaZe Swagg.
• YouTube’s live stream memberships can now be given away as gifts
• Former YouTube exec Alex Piper will build Night Studios “one great idea at a time”
• This year, TikTok’s total watch time will surpass YouTube’s
• iDubbbz signed himself up to get punched in the face. Why would he do such a thing?
• Creators On The Rise: The animators behind The Land of Boggs gave up trying to make it on YouTube. Then their channel got 300 million views.
• Feeling peckish while watching Twitch? Hop over to Jack in the Box’s virtual drive-thru.
• Top 50 Most Viewed U.S. YouTube Channels • Week Of 05/08/2022
• Top 50 Most Viewed YouTube Channels Worldwide • Week Of 05/08/2022
• Instagram thinks the future of memes has “infinite possibilities.” That’s why it’s holding an official MemeCon.
• Whatnot wanted eyes on its ecommerce site. So it made 80,000 viewers work together to win $400,000 in Pokémon prizes.
• NFTs are coming to Instagram
• U.S. podcasts will rake in $2 billion this year, and $4 billion by 2024
• TikTok is replacing its Discover tab with Friends
• Shoutable taps Charli and Dixie D’Amelio to boost its buy-a-billboard debut
• Facebook’s giving up on podcasts, its Clubhouse copycat, and apparently audio as a whole
• Creator-owned Nebula just built its own MasterClass for creators
• Cameo cuts 25% of staff, citing COVID boom slowdown