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Here's what we covered today:

• Check out everything happening at VidCon Baltimore 2023 this weekend!
  • Here's Lauren's profile and panel preview.
  • Here's Josh's profile and panel preview.
• Facebook and Instagram will soon get a slew of AI-powered creator tools - The Verge
• Meta filmed Mr Beast, Paris Hilton and 26 more to build celebrity AIs based on Llama 2 | TechCrunch
• Dream come true: RDCWorld attracts 20,000 fans to Black nerd convention Dream Con - Tubefilter
• Linktree shares statistics about the 200 million creators who are part of the "attention economy" - Tubefilter

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Here's what we covered today:

• Everything you need to know about Made On YouTube and yesterday's announcements.
• Electrify raises $85 million to invest in long-form YouTube content - Tubefilter
• Days after plummeting to its lowest stock price yet, FaZe Clan lets go of longtime CEO Lee Trink - Tubefilter
• TikTok fined $367 million for alleged child data privacy issues - Tubefilter

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Here's what we covered today:

• Read more from Taylor Lorenz on WaPo here.
• Go pre-order Taylor's book!
• TikTok Shop officially launches in the US | TechCrunch
• Sidemen raise £2.4 million, break YouTube viewership records with 2023 charity match - Tubefilter
• Zoe Sugg and Alfie Deyes are engaged | Daily Mail

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Here's what we covered this week:

• MrBeast just dropped a new YouTube face - The Verge
• Shorts are on the rise. Is YouTube's long-form content "dying out" as a result? - Tubefilter
• YouTube enables linking between Shorts and long-form videos
• Vlad and Niki reach 100 million subscribers with new podcast presented by Flintstones Vitamins - Tubefilter
• Donald Trump's election interference trial will be streamed on YouTube - Tubefilter

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Here's what we covered today:

• Streamy Awards 2023: Biggest Creators at Creators’ Biggest Night
• Colin and Samir host Streamys roundtable with winners like Ryan Trahan, Michelle Khare - Tubefilter
• YouTube will waive a creator’s content violation warning — if they attend a class - The Verge
• Have a Community Guidelines warning from YouTube? You can take a 15-minute course to get rid of it. - Tubefilter
• YouTube's latest Sunday Ticket promo stars MrBeast—and 1,000 QR codes - Tubefilter
• NFL pits creators against football stars in second season of 'Tuesday Night Gaming' - Tubefilter
• Rhett and Link's $5 million creator fund backs The Sorry Girls with "biggest investment to date" - Tubefilter
• A new creator’s guild aims to protect online content creators | TechCrunch

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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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Here's what we covered today:

• 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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Here's what we covered today:

• 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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Here's what we went over today:

• 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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Here's what we covered today:

• 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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