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• 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.

  Khaby Lame is an ambassador for the Youth Olympic Games, ZHC has a new Warheads collab, and Marcel Vos is up to his usual nonsense.

  
• The “future of the creator economy is now,” and you can learn about it at the Scalable Summit

  The Scalable Summit will bring a top creator economy podcast into the real world through panels, keynotes, and discussions.

  
• 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
• Alex Cooper’s reality competition series is ‘The Traitors’ for YouTube
• Top 5 Branded Videos of the Week: We truly have it all
• True Crime can have some grisly content. So how does Law&Crime get its sponsors?
• With star-studded show ‘The Marketers’, Adobe buys into the branded web series renaissance
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• Have you heard? GothamChess teaches Jynxzi, 100 eps of ‘Last Meals’, and fruity ‘Love Island’
• Netflix’s “Opening Night” MLB coverage was a swing and a miss