News

• Dubai wants more creators. So it’s offering to get them Golden Visas.
• Want recipes from one of the internet’s favorite chefs? Step into Nick DiGiovanni’s kitchen.

  
• Top streaming platforms premiered 116 fewer original shows in 2024 compared to 2022

  As the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes took their toll, streaming platforms premiered fewer original shows in 2024 than in 2022.

  
• Publicis Groupe entered the creator space with a $500M Influential acquisition. Now it’s picking up Captiv8 too.

  Financial details of Captiv8's acquisition are not being released, but Publicis said the company (like Influential) will continue operating independently, but under the close umbrella of its Connected Media unit. Captiv8 CEO Krishna Subramanian will remain in charge.

  
• Visional Pop is the newest firm turning kid-friendly animated YouTube channels into franchises
• 20 years of YouTube: In 2009, a ‘New Moon’ ushered in the next phase of movie marketing
• Airrack offers up $100,000 position through “YouTube’s greatest editor competition”
• RHEI partners with the Professional Fighters League
• Althea Lim wants Gushcloud to be an all-in-one income growth ecosystem for creators
• Critical Role is the latest creator act filling movie theaters
• ‘Fortnite’ used AI to make Darth Vader’s voice. SAG-AFTRA is mad it didn’t call first.
• On the new streaming hub Shibuya, fans decide which stories continue on
• VRChat is loading into the creator economy with an avatar store
• Artistic AI startup Promise goes full speed ahead, lands Google investment and partnership
• ‘Amazing Digital Circus’ maker Glitch gets another big–and non-exclusive–streaming deal
• Top 50 Most Subscribed YouTube Channels • Week Of 05/18/2025
• Top 5 Branded Videos of the Week: MrBeast in Mexico, the Sidemen in streaming, and also the Met Gala
• Top 50 Most Viewed YouTube Channels Worldwide • Week Of 05/18/2025
• Here’s what YouTubers like Supercar Blondie, Dhar Mann, and Yes Theory get from joining Dubai’s Creators HQ
• Disney’s plan for pre-summer advertising? Get Blippi on board (literally).
• With worldwide push, MrBeast tests the power (and limits) of his famous name
• Have you heard? Michelle Khare gets into the Emmys, Jordan Howlett gets real with brands, and Dems get on Twitch
• Creator company Whalar soars to $400 million valuation with strategic investment
• Move over, Spotify and Apple. YouTube has its own podcast charts now.