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• Top 5 Branded Videos of the Week: 10 years in the making
• As Netflix snatches up gobs of creator content, its long-running show ‘Somebody Feed Phil’ is jumping ship to YouTube

  
• In the midst of Slopageddon, Facebook says it wants to promote original content and protect creators from impersonation

  In late 2024, Meta's VP of Product for Generative AI publicly envisioned a future where human creators share the spotlight with AI content mills. "They’ll have bios and profile pictures and be able to generate and share content powered by AI on the platform…that’s where we see all of this going," he said.

  
• Have you heard? Noah Beck becomes a ‘Baywatch’ heartthrob while tic-tac-toe becomes an esport.

  Noah Beck got cast in a 'Baywatch' reboot, Jake Paul got a Trump endorsement, and tic-tac-toe got elevated to esport status.

  
• Newgrounds was the epicenter of web video. Now you can travel back in time to experience its heyday.
• TikTok and iHeartMedia are launching a radio station and a podcast network. Here’s the initial creator lineup.
• Johnny Harris is one of YouTube’s premier creator-journalists. He’s building Newpress to help others like him.
• Gotta gift ’em all? Twitch’s experimental feature gives Subscriptions to everyone.
• YouTube is giving advertisers direct access to “Top Podcasts” across five different categories
• Top 5 Branded Videos of the Week: Tiny lemon car death match, anyone?
• YouTube enters next phase of deepfake crackdown with likeness detection for celebs and journalists
• Roblox wants to cultivate more game developers with a pair of new programs
• Reign Maker Group brings in Noah Cohen’s North House Talent to join its “constellation” of creator companies
• TikTok’s new music streaming service is literally Apple Music
• Gen Z’s negative feelings about TikTok are starting to affect their usage habits
• FOX brings in veteran content exec Billy Parks to lead its new creator studio
• Colin and Samir are giving L.A.-based creators an event where they can meet up and Press Publish
• Firearms enthusiast Brandon Herrera has a great chance to become the first YouTuber in Congress
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• KreekCraft has spent over $100,000 making a Roblox game. What’s the ROI for developers?
• Top 50 Most Viewed YouTube Channels Worldwide • Week Of 03/08/2026
• Have you heard? Valkyrae introduces Squeex’s NYU scholarship while Indonesia adds to teen social media bans.
• DoorDash wants to go viral once a month. So it hired Duolingo’s former social media head.
• X is putting up paywalls to turn your multi-tweet posts into “Exclusive Threads”