Amazon

• Top 5 Branded Videos of the Week: Chicken Shorts and Kill Tony, with bonus Prime Day
• Amazon is doubling creator commissions for Prime Day

  “Amazon offers a variety of creator incentives during and around Prime Day, as well as during other key shopping moments throughout the year,” an Amazon spokesperson said in a statement. “Some of these incentives include increases on the standard rate card, bounties, and gift cards. Creators work hard in the lead-up to Prime Day, and these are just some of the ways we can reward their commitment.”

  
• ‘Amazing Digital Circus’ maker Glitch gets another big–and non-exclusive–streaming deal

  Just like with the Netflix x TADC deal, Glitch will keep Murder Drones on YouTube in full. It's just that all eight episodes of the show are now also live on Prime Video.

  
• Trump gave TikTok 75 more days to find a buyer in the U.S. Here’s a rundown of the suitors.

  Now that TikTok has 75 more days to make a deal in the U.S. Here are some of the suitors who could emerge as potential buyers.

  
• As an “economic blackout” targets Amazon, Twitch gets caught in the middle
• Amazon shutters TikTok-style feed as it seeks new direction in ecommerce business
• Advertisers can now see if their Amazon ads drive sales at Walmart, Best Buy, and Target. Does that give them an edge?
• Miss an episode of your favorite show? Amazon Prime Video’s AI recaps will catch you up.
• Amazon invests in Spotter, giving creators a path to bigger ecom
• Amazon brought ads to Prime so it could fill them with shoppable links
• Markiplier starred in a Prime Video exclusive. Why isn’t Amazon promoting it?
• Brands give Amazon $1.8 billion as it challenges YouTube and Netflix for video ad budgets