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• Netflix’s notes for screenwriters reveal the flaws in its viewership reports
• Have you heard? MrBeast vs. ‘Squid Game’, Meta vs. Congress, and YouTube vs. Russia

  Hannah Witton is helping burned-out creators, Anthony Fantano is supporting striking Amazon workers, and Kara Swisher wants to support WaPo.

  
• The Sidemen say they’ve hit “the ceiling” of what they can do on YouTube. So they’re going to Netflix.

  The Sidemen have signed the second U.K.-based season of their Big Brother-style influencer reality show, Inside, over to Netflix. The streaming service has also commissioned the first season of a U.S.-based version of Inside, the BBC reports. Both those seasons will air only on Netflix—not on YouTube.

  
• Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson peaked at 65 million concurrent viewers for Netflix. Was it a success?

  The boxing match between Jake Paul and Mike Tyson drew huge viewership for Netflix, but various issues plagued the broadcast.

  
• Netflix now has 70 million subscribers watching its ads
• 42% of Gen Z watches anime weekly. Streaming services are taking note.
• What if there was a new way to measure how TV shows perform on streaming services?
• As YouTube dominates streaming, Netflix and Roku stop reporting subscriber counts
• Netflix’s “clip that” feature will let fandoms to drive word-of-mouth marketing
• Netflix just closed its AAA game studio
• Ted Sarandos says Netflix is the home of storytellers. YouTube creators might not agree.
• Netflix wants to make live TV work. So it’s getting John Mulaney to host its next show.