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• VidCon’s new title sponsor is an AI-powered creator monetization platform
• Fitness instructors are the “rockstars” of their industry. That’s why Les Mills spent 3 years making a YouTube docuseries to put them in the spotlight.

  Anyone who argues going to the gym isn't a real sport will have a lot to hear from Phillip Mills, the founder and Managing Director of international fitness company Les Mills. Named after Phillip's Olympian father, Les Mills offers a vast variety of in-person and online fitness classes hosted--and this is crucial--by over 100,000 expert instructors from all around the world.

  
• Social media has political divides, but some feeds are more polarized than others

  A study published in the journal Nature found that Republican social feeds featured less negative content than Democrat feeds.

  
• Streamers are mogging each other, so Twitch changed its rules to accommodate them

  As Omoggle becomes a hot app in the world of looksmaxxing, Twitch is relaxing rules related to one-on-one video chats.

  
• Meta says its new age verification tech isn’t facial recognition. Can that solution manage meddling kids?
• It’s time for a Game Changer: Dropout raises $1.5 million (and counting) to develop board game
• TikTok adds to out-of-home push by letting brands “reformat and reimagine” ads for billboards
• Airlines are clamping down on in-flight filming. What does this mean for aviation YouTubers?
• YouTube is testing a tool that lets creators generate royalty-free music for their videos
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• You can now listen to Musk v Altman live on YouTube
• LIONS Creators 2026: Q&A with VP & Chief Growth Officer Ed Davidson
• Have you heard? Ludwig’s ‘GeoGuessr’ fame, Poland’s record-setting stream, and an NFL prank gone wrong.
• Roblox hikes developer earnings by 42%–but only if they make games aimed at adults
• After FaZe Clan’s epic collapse, it’s CORE members are reuniting with a new creator group
• TV production companies let creators use their game show formats. Then Squeezie flipped the script.
• Vine is back–and it has a zero-tolerance policy for creators using AI
• Spotify has a new use for “verified” check marks: They can identify human creators
• Instagram has a new penalty for unoriginal content aggregators: No recommendations
• Expedia buys into iShowSpeed’s world tours to sell vacations to Gen Z
• YouTube hits nearly $10 billion in Q1 ad revenue
• Kick gambling streamer N3on is spending millions on his army of clippers
• Australia limited teen access to social media. Now it’s trying to get a better deal for news media companies.