News

• Golf creators are teeing off on YouTube. A new network is ready to be their caddy.
• NASA is broadcasting history live on YouTube

  
• Meta says “the era of link in bio is over.” Here’s what’s replacing it.

  Meta believes that product tags on Instagram Reels will bring an end to the link-in-bio era that flourished in the early 2020s.

  
• Top 5 Branded Videos of the Week: Just get a yacht, ez gg

  This week MrBeast and Tucker Carlson split the stage, plus Ryan Trahan gets sweet and a yacht company is hoping to find its ultra-luxe audience on YouTube.

  
• Top 50 Most Subscribed YouTube Channels Worldwide • Week Of 04/05/2026
• Top 50 Most Viewed YouTube Channels Worldwide • Week Of 04/05/2026
• When networks turned him down, Xavier Mortimer made his own show on YouTube. Now, with over 30 million followers, he’s ready to try TV again.
• MrBeast breaks into streaming with one million concurrent viewers on streamer challenge
• YouTube’s new TV features are the antithesis of Netflix’s second screen problem
• Have you heard? Khaby Lame’s Olympic gig, ZHC’s sour candy, and a never-ending roller coaster.
• The “future of the creator economy is now,” and you can learn about it at the Scalable Summit
• HarperCollins is turning authors’ books into AI YouTube Shorts
• BTS agency HYBE appoints Disney, TikTok vet Kevin Mayer to advise westward push
• TBPN makes millions by covering Silicon Valley like ‘SportsCenter’. OpenAI just scooped it up.
• YouTube animator Luke Humphris raises $400K in 2 days for his homebrewed TTRPG ‘Dam Nation’
• YouTube’s 2026 Coachella coverage includes its answer to FAST platforms
• With a move into podcast hosting, beehiiv adds another popular format for its creators
• Is TikTok trying to leverage #FinTok success to become an accredited lender?
• 200 experts tell YouTube to stop recommending AI slop to kids
• YouTube and TikTok draw music lovers, but Meta says that Instagram is the home of superfans
• On May 13, YouTube will use its Brandcast presentation to explain why it’s “the future of media”
• Cameo is trying for a comeback with its new TikTok integration
• Many leaders have banned TikTok on government devices. Zohran Mamdani is moving NYC in the other direction.
• Bent Pixels’ $23 million acquisition of Sunny State Agency begets multiformat creator powerhouse