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• Want to know why ESPN hired Katie Feeney? Count the views.
• France’s Prime Minister wants support for his budget cuts, so he explained them on YouTube

  French Prime Minister François Bayrou has launched a YouTube series to explain the rationale behind his unpopular budgetary proposal.

  
• 20 years of YouTube: In 2019, MatPat delivered a eulogy for the MCN era

  The collapse of Defy Media signaled the end of YouTube's MCN era. MatPat delivered a breakdown that summed up the whole industry.

  
• Creators like the McCarty family are poised to take over Hollywood. Viral Nation wants to help them get there.

  
• Top 100 Most Subscribed U.S. YouTube Channels • July 2025
• Top 100 Most Subscribed YouTube Channels Worldwide • July 2025
• YouTube is giving some channels a Netflix makeover
• Will the WGA unionize the writers of YouTube?
• Another creator group is headed to the big screen? Dude, perfect!
• Amazon’s reshuffling from its podcast prime, putting more oomph into creator shows
• Top 50 Most Subscribed YouTube Channels Worldwide • Week Of 08/03/2025
• Top 50 Most Viewed YouTube Channels Worldwide • Week Of 08/03/2025
• YouTube might card you to prove you’re over 18. VTubers are worried.
• Have you heard? LoFi Girl graduates, FaZe Clan CEO departs, and Blippi hits the road
• MrBeast and Mark Rober cleaned up oceans and forests. Now they’re addressing the global water crisis.
• As YouTube ages, its defunct channels are becoming hot commodities
• TikTok wants its fact-checking to be user-generated, too
• One of the world’s biggest production companies has its sights set on YouTube
• On a new European app, TikTok tips the scales in favor of “joyful and entertaining content”
• Swearing’s back on the YouTube menu, boys
• Ryan Trahan, Haley Pham’s 50-state trek raises $11.5 million for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
• Samsung TV Plus’ plan to get creators in the FAST lane involves original content from Dhar Mann
• 20 years of YouTube: In 2018, many creators needed breaks. Elle Mills took a memorable one.
• Gen Alpha turns on the TV and heads to YouTube