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• Top 5 Branded Videos of the Week: In solitary confinement, MrBeast had Cirkul on his side
• Slow Ventures invests in creator companies. Up next: A literary hub led by a BookTube star.

  Slow Ventures is investing in the creator economy by backing entrepreneurs, including BookTube star and Bookshelved founder John Fish.

  
• Top 50 Most Viewed U.S. YouTube Channels • Week Of 01/07/2024

  Maddie Joy is teaching short-form viewers how to kiss, which is bringing in traffic on YouTube Shorts. She trails MrBeast in the U.S. Top 50.

  
• Peloton sees stock market bump after announcing TikTok fitness hub

  Peloton is trying to expand beyond its proprietary hardware by offering a branded hub of short-form fitness videos on TikTok.

  
• Sexual predators are using Twitch’s Clips feature to prey on underage streamers
• Amouranth’s “AI girlfriend” earned $34,000 in revenue during its first 24 hours of sales
• TikTok will take a bigger cut from its Shop as it seeks $17.5 billion in annual U.S. ecommerce revenue
• The kids (and adults) of Recess Therapy will interview stars on the Golden Globes red carpet
• YouTube’s legal battle against unionized contractors looks as if it’s headed to federal court
• GroupM forms coalition with Disney, YouTube, Roku, NBCUniversal to standardize streaming ads
• Atmosfy to support its community of travel influencers with $500,000 creator fund
• Peloton levels up its Entertainment Hub with YouTube TV addition