News

• Through funding platform GigaStar, a gambler raised a $1.3 million investment from his fans
• IAB releases full schedule for 2025 NewFronts

  The IAB NewFronts are returning for another round of pitches that will occur in New York between May 5-8. Here's the schedule.

  
• Netflix’s CEO thinks YouTube is just a place to “kill time.” And yet it keeps tapping creators for deals.

  Netflix is obviously combing YouTube for budding talent. And some creators are willing to make deals with it. Like Tony Hinchcliffe, the comedian host of live-filmed conservative humor podcast Kill Tony.

  
• RHEI sends its AI agents into the music industry

  
• Instagram’s latest attempt to copy TikTok will bring improvements to its “content search”
• X isn’t as ad-hungry as it was before Trump’s re-election, so it’s playing nice with Twitch
• Twitch was making money off subscriptions to permabanned channels. Thanks to streamers getting loud about it, refunds are on the way.
• CoryxKenshin’s manga just sold 200,000 physical copies in a week
• Vimeo’s new product lets creators build and monetize their own streaming services
• Top 5 Branded Videos of the Week: 1 bunnygirl, 3 Shorts, 20 anti-vaxxers
• Trump gave TikTok 75 more days to find a buyer in the U.S. Here’s a rundown of the suitors.
• Nas Daily’s Dubai hotel has maker spaces for creators–and lets some share in its revenue
• Top 50 Most Viewed U.S. YouTube Channels • Week Of 04/06/2025
• Top 50 Most Viewed YouTube Channels Worldwide • Week Of 04/06/2025
• Top 100 Most Subscribed YouTube Channels Worldwide • March 2025
• Companies are tapping creators for their expertise. Doing Things wants Jake Krantz to lead its new era of original content.
• Top 100 Most Subscribed U.S. YouTube Channels • March 2025
• Have you heard? Adin Ross returns to Twitch and Technoblade never dies
• Get ready for real ads in virtual worlds, thanks to new Google-Roblox team-up
• YouTube’s removal of “gender identity” from hate speech rules has trans rights advocates concerned
• BTS label HYBE and Alan Chikin Chow are teaming up to create a K-pop supergroup in the U.S.
• YouTube wants to make Shorts the new CapCut
• A startup that dubs videos to help creators reach their “global potential” has raised $8.5 million
• Typical Gamer is the first “Fortnite Millionaire.” Here’s why that matters.