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• Are live sports worth $65 per month? YouTube TV is about to find out.
• Meta, TikTok, and Snap agree to be rated for teen safety

  As pressure mounts on social media platforms, Meta, TikTok, and Snap have agreed to let external parties rate how safe their feeds are.

  
• Top 5 Branded Videos of the Week: MrBeast goes to SpaceX

  MrBeast's reign continues: He's #1 and #2 this week, and in video #1, he presents the idea of a future where Elon Musk puts us all on Mars so we can watch his videos there, too.

  
• Lenovo’s new matchmaker network uses AI to pair creators for collaborations

  Among the first creators to join were photographer/social content creator Illumitati, artist and designer Isabella Lalonde, and visual artist/musician Osean. The three filmed a promo video for Make Space and Lenovo's AI tech; in it, Illumitati says she likes what Lenovo offers because it lets her "build on that tension between real and surreal."

  
• Will MrBeast’s latest acquisition form the foundation of his rumored financial services firm?
• Top 50 Most Subscribed YouTube Channels Worldwide • Week Of 02/08/2026
• Top 50 Most Viewed YouTube Channels Worldwide • Week Of 02/08/2026
• Have you heard? Maya Higa’s surprise emote, another Sidemen sellout, and TheBurntPeanut rises
• YouTube has 20 billion reasons why creators are taking over the Super Bowl
• Spotify is selling physical books (and syncing them up with your audiobook library)
• The video podcasting arms race is heating up, and Hulu is “Here To Help”
• Netflix just signed its biggest creator deal yet
• Whatnot’s Super Bowl Sunday plans include a $1 million MrBeast giveaway
• Alphabet reveals YouTube revenue for first time: The video platform generated $60 billion in 2025
• “YouTube has kind of this attitude, like, ‘You’re lucky to be on YouTube'”: Spotify’s Head of Talk Strategy dunks on YouTube after Netflix deal
• TikTok wants advertisers to buy into big events. At the Super Bowl, it will show what it can do.
• Hank and John Green are cultivating trust by turning their production company into a nonprofit
• Your local TV station wants to make the news look like YouTube
• The BBC is giving production companies £600,000 to make content for YouTube, TikTok, and Twitch
• Prediction markets like Kalshi and Polymarket are everywhere, but not at the Super Bowl
• YouTube is making people pay up for background play
• Youth social media bans are spreading across the world. Spain’s will be an important case study.
• Minecraft wants kids to get into good trouble with civil rights roleplays
• AI isn’t just changing where we search. It’s changing how we search.