Here's what we covered today:

• Follow Alex Barinka across socials @alexbarinka and check her out here on Bloomberg!
• A Draft Of TikTok’s Plan To Avoid A Ban Gives The U.S. Government Unprecedented Oversight Power - Forbes
• A leaked draft of TikTok's U.S. government agreement shows unprecedented federal oversight - Tubefilter
• TikTok Ban in US Hinges on Split From China, ByteDance - Bloomberg (Alex wrote this!)
• Google and YouTube are trying to have it both ways with AI and copyright - The Verge
• YouTube is figuring out its AI strategy by working with music labels - The Verge 
• TikTok will sunset its Shopify storefronts in September - Tubefilter

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• Watch The Streamy Awards LIVE on August 27!
• Gospel Stats
• Mom BECOMES GAMER for (selectively) MUTE SON | Dhar Mann
• YouTube's new Samples feed makes music short-form - Tubefilter
• Linear TV Falls Below 50 Percent of Viewing for First Time
• Visa’s new head of fintech talks partnerships, venture and creators as an addressable market | TechCrunch

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• Kai Cenat charged with inciting a riot after thousands show up to NYC giveaway - Tubefilter
• How NYC Responded to Kai Cenat’s Chaotic Giveaway at Union Square - The New York Times
• MrBeast’s burger company is suing him for $100 million - The Verge 
• Host of 'Call Her Daddy' podcast taps TikTokers Alix Earle, Madeline Argy for new media company - Tubefilter
• How Dave Portnoy bought back Barstool Sports

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• Mark your calendars for the Streamys, airing Sunday 8/27!
• This is Dream Con, where Josh spent last weekend!
• MrBeast files lawsuit against the company behind his burger chain - Tubefilter 
• Defendant in MrBeast's burger chain lawsuit responds, calls claims "ill-advised and meritless" - Tubefilter
• In challenge to TikTok, YouTube Shorts gains new creation tools like Collab and Q&As | TechCrunch 
• YouTube is adding a slew of new TikTok-like features to Shorts - The Verge 
• YouTube is bringing a "mobile-first vertical live experience" to its two billion Shorts users - Tubefilter 
• ​​With 200 billion views per day on Facebook and Instagram, Meta's Reels are gaining on TikTok - Tubefilter
• People Are Hiring D-List Celebrities to Deliver Their Bad News 

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• Follow Peter Hollens on LinkedIn! (Or on YouTube, like a few million others do.)
• Who owns TikTok memes? Anthony Fantano and Activision are debating that question. - Tubefilter
• Alphabet sees green in earnings report as YouTube's quarterly ad revenue hits $7.7 billion - Tubefilter
• TikTok wants to do $20 billion in retail this year - Tubefilter
  • TikTok invites users to share "stories, poems, lyrics, and other written content" with text posts - Tubefilter
• Karl Jacobs gets his kicks with Dream SMP-inspired Vans at Journeys - Tubefilter

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• Influencers Have Their Own Guidelines to Follow for the SAG Strike | Vanity Fair
• Influencers Walk a Fine Line as Hollywood Strikes — The Information
• SAG-AFTRA Approves 39 Indie Projects to Shoot During Strike, Including Two A24 Films
• TikTok wants to Elevate up-and-coming internet music stars - Tubefilter
• Karat Financial upgrades its creator credit card business with $70 million Series B - Tubefilter
• Twitter says its first creator payouts total $5 million - Tubefilter
• Twitter tweaks its new revenue-sharing policy for creators to expand access, increase rate limits | TechCrunch 

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• Follow Tara Walpert Levy on LinkedIn here!
• Instagram’s Threads: everything you need to know about the new Twitter competitor - The Verge
• Instagram’s Threads surpasses 100 million users - The Verge 
• Zuck's ripped? And training with MMA superstars
• Twitch is launching a discovery feed and other short-form video features | TechCrunch
• Logan Paul and KSI's Prime energy drinks are drawing scrutiny from U.S. regulators - Tubefilter

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• Meta launching threads on Thursday – WSJ
• Meta plans to let people in the EU download apps through Facebook - The Verge 
• Heads up, creators: The FTC says "#ad" in your video description is not enough disclosure. - Tubefilter
• An Unfiltered Conversation with MrBeast - Colin and Samir

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• 6 Top Takeaways From VidCon 2023 Creator Economy Conference in Anaheim 
• YouTube will let creators test 3 thumbnails per video - Tubefilter
• YouTube is reportedly testing a gaming platform called Playables - Tubefilter
• TikTok is opening its own online U.S. store | Semafor
• V Pappas is leaving TikTok - Tubefilter

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• Follow Jim Louderback on LinkedIn!
• Subscribe to Jim's newsletter, Inside the Creator Economy, here!
• Kick signs $100 million deal with xQc, signs Amouranth, gets one million new users - Tubefilter
• MrBeast “moving on” from Beast Burger restaurants after just two years - Dexerto
• Check out all the goings on with VidCon here!
• Cannes Lion is also this week -- check out all updates here

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