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• Top 50 Most Viewed YouTube Channels Worldwide • Week Of 1/15/2023
• YouTube lets users subscribe to “Primetime Channels.” Now it’s mixing in ad-supported hubs.

  After launching a subscription store called Primetime Channels, YouTube is testing a hub stocked with ad-supported channels.

  
• Netflix will have a chance to promote its ad-supported tier at this year’s upfronts

  Netflix is expected to make a presentation to advertisers about its Basic With Ads tier on May 17, during upfronts week in New York City.

  
• Wafffler69, who tried odd foods on TikTok, has died

  Taylor LeJeune, who made TikTok food videos under the username Wafffler69, has died. The cause of death is a "presumed heart attack."

  
• A legal battle over the YouTube Shorts name just took a step forward
• TikTok’s plan to get more agency dollars includes cheap ads
• The Easy Company raises $14.2 million to create “an Instagram-like experience for NFTs”
• Dan Mace joins Beast Philanthropy team as Chief Creative Officer
• Twitter rips another page from TikTok’s book with its take on the For You Page
• Mobile users spent $5.6 billion on short-form video apps in 2022
• Roblox’s debut on Meta Quest could be a game-changer for the metaverse
• Fintech company Karat launched a podcast to fall in love with creators