News

• Nickelodeon takes on CoComelon with first original animated series on YouTube
• Capital One Shopping hit with class action suit over alleged Honey-like practices
• Have you heard? Shroud frags for his dad, and chess gets a rules update
• Substack pledges $20 million to creators who bring their followers its way
• Creators are getting thousands of new followers by posting Trial Reels. Was that Instagram’s plan all along?
• Even Tumblr is taking a stab at replacing TikTok
• Creator-made islands accounted for 1/3 of ‘Fortnite’ game time in 2024–and earned their developers $352 million
• The holidays have become the peak viewing period on streaming platforms
• Rival apps X, Bluesky are both launching their own takes on TikTok
• Trump’s inauguration stream shows that his YouTube presence could play a bigger role during his second term
• Instagram is reportedly offering TikTokers up to $50,000 per month to post on Reels
• The Paul x Tyson fight helped Netflix drive record account growth–just before it stops reporting subscriber counts