News

• Fortnite’s new developer-made item sales: Loot boxes yes, outfits and emotes no
• Demand for hi-tech Ray Bans is soaring, but supply issues are slowing Meta down

  Meta claimed that there is high demand for its wearable Ray Bans in the United States, but supply issues will delay the global rollout.

  
• FIFA hopes official TikTok broadcasts will bring “relatable perspectives” to World Cup coverage

  FIFA will bring World Cup fans "closer to the action" with TikTok streams that will include some live coverage of soccer matches.

  
• Roblox’s new ads promote brands and top creators on the homepage

  Sam's Club is one of the first users for a homepage ad format Roblox announced during a presentation at CES.

  
• Elon Musk is suing his biggest AI rival over its “ill-gotten gains”
• Discord is going public
• A $50 million+ fund will bring a bigger slice of the creator economy to Abu Dhabi
• Spotify is slashing monetization requirements for video podcasters
• Fox sates its appetite for creator content with division headlined by Gordon Ramsay
• The current reality of rights management and Content ID on YouTube
• Can Paramount use “secret screenings” for TikTokers to get Gen Z into movie theaters?
• TikTok puts key dates on the calendar to give brands a heads up (and promote its ad products)
• With 210 brands active on Roblox, top games have become the hot new IP
• For almost a decade, Veritasium was a one-man show. Then it got an investment.
• Adam Mosseri is warning Instagram users about AI. Will he help us tell real from fake?
• A $25 million goodbye to Stranger Things
• It’s happening: An AI is now the most subscribed to “streamer” on Twitch
• Starbucks is doing an official MrBeast drink (and sponsoring his Amazon show too)
• Have you heard? Instagram hits TV screens, audio ads rule the podcast biz, and Grok stirs up controversy
• Is Instagram’s TV app ready to compete with YouTube, or is it the next IGTV?
• When it comes to podcasts, are ads better heard than seen?
• Top 5 Branded Videos of the Week: MrBeast brings the Starbucks, Leo Gonzalez brings the tequila
• Streaming viewers have clear preferences: They want to watch older shows for free
• Doomscrollr wants to return to the internet that existed before all those algorithms