News

• The first ‘Beast Games’ trailer goes live as MrBeast addresses allegations in three-hour interview
• The 2024 holiday shopping season is a pivotal moment for ecommerce. Black Friday will play a big role.

  Platforms like YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, and Amazon are pulling out all the stops to go big on ecommerce during Black Friday.

  
• Threads follows Bluesky’s lead by showing more posts from accounts you follow

  Threads is responding to Bluesky's massive growth by showing users more content from accounts they actually follow.

  
• Want to know why YouTube hid dislikes? Ask a female creator.

  A study in Switzerland showed that female creators have ameliorated the gender feedback gap since YouTube hid dislikes.

  
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• Top 5 Branded Videos of the Week: SWAT clock, seitan turkey, and Shaq on stream
• As Spotify revamps its podcast creator program, it’s highlighting successful shows with a video edge
• The Sidemen Charity Match is one of the year’s biggest creator spectacles. Here’s how it comes together.
• TikTok is the new face at your local PTA
• This Dubai creator summit is promising to give $1 million to someone who makes “content for good”
• Portal A has spent $1 million trying to make premium short-form work. Is it?
• Have you heard? Keith Lee serves sushi drama, MrBallen is a bestseller, and Ro Pansino smokes her dad
• As seen on TikTok Shop: A new IRL store is selling your fave FYP finds
• “Send to YouTube”: A website where you can watch 5 million unnamed YouTube videos
• The Sidemen say they’ve hit “the ceiling” of what they can do on YouTube. So they’re going to Netflix.
• Cristiano Ronaldo wanted his MrBeast collab to “break the internet.” It did.
• Alan Chikin Chow, YouTube’s multiformat king, is opening a production studio
• Are brainrot memes the best way to educate Gen Alpha?
• AI avatars that resemble creators are arriving on the Chinese version of TikTok. Will they come to America?
• According to Visa, creators are now small businesses. Here’s why that matters.
• Despite gains among its rivals, Twitch still accounts for 82% of streaming hours
• Hollywood is cautious about AI-generated media. Two notable YouTube vets are going full speed ahead.
• X adds Twitch to lawsuit accusing advertisers of anticompetitive practices