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AI Adoption Outpaced The PC & Internet: Dive Into The Stanford Report Data via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern

Stanford's 2026 AI Index covers 400+ pages of data. Here's what search professionals should take from the adoption numbers, reliability gaps, and transparency decline. The post AI Adoption Outpaced The PC & Internet: Dive Into The Stanford Report Data appeared first on Search Engine Journal.

Jesser makes moves off the court to turn his sports content empire into a business

A leading creator in the sports category is turning his channels and offline ventures into a full-fledged business. Jesse Riedel, the 27-year-old basketball aficionado known online as Jesser, has announced the formation of a holding company called JesserCo. The arms of JesserCo will include Jesser Media, which will encompass the titular creator's content business, and Bucketsquad, his rapidly growing apparel brand. Riedel himself will serve as the Founder and CEO of the overarching JesserCo company. Zach Miller, a Spotify and NBCUniversal vet who has worked with the Jesser brand since 2023, has been tapped as the holdco's President. Visit Tubefilter for more great stories.

YouTube reshuffles clipping by removing viewer options while bringing Clips to Shorts

YouTube still wants its users to keep things brief, but it's reimagining the tools that cut videos down to size. A feature called Clips, which gave viewers the power to pull short-form segments from their favorite videos, is being discontinued. In its place, creators will be able to generate clips via YouTube Studio. Thanks to the popularity of short-form feeds, clipping has become an important tactic for creators big and small. As a result, numerous third-party services have emerged to streamline and monetize clipping. The brands buying into that industry range from OpusClip to MrBeast. Visit Tubefilter for more great stories.

deviantART says artists made $23 million on its platform last year, boasts that it was “100% right” to embrace generative AI

Back in the very early 2000s, deviantART was a tentpole of digital fandom. All sorts of fans–from Fullmetal Alchemist enjoyers, Harry Potter lovers, and Star Trek enthusiasts to Transformers aficionados, Supernatural brethren, and even the early Marvel Cinematic Universe stans–gathered there to share, see, and discuss fanart (and sometimes fanfics, too, though those had more […] Visit Tubefilter for more great stories.

Have you heard? Sykkuno’s bad behavior, Mamdani’s Sidetalk inspo, and a Tax Day surprise.

Each week, we handpick a selection of stories to give you a snapshot of trends, updates, business moves, and more from around the creator industry. This week, a popular streamer was outed for past indiscretions, New York City's mayor kicked a shoutout to a creator operation, and Tax Day arrived -- whether you were ready for it or not. Creator commotion As shocking allegations fly, Sykkuno's past catches up to him. In his streams with the Offline TV crew, Sykkuno projected the persona of a shy, quiet introvert. But this week, several women told a different story when they accused Sykkuno of using his fame and status to manipulate them. In a statement, Sykkuno apologized -- most of all to his girlfriend -- for his "unfaithful" behavior. He has pledged to take an indefinite break from streaming. Visit Tubefilter for more great stories.

Sick of slop? YouTube now has a workaround that effectively turns off Shorts.

YouTube already lets its users put a hard stop on their watch time each day, and an update to that feature is giving viewers even more control over their feeds. Anyone who's sick of YouTube Shorts can now set their time limit for the format to zero, effectively removing it from their YouTube experience altogether. Users can put a cap on their Shorts time by navigating over to the time management tab in the YouTube app. That toggle first became available last year, but it now boasts a wider range than it did at launch. At the high end, users can cut off their Shorts viewership after two hours of activity. For the real haters, however, that cap can now be set at zero. Visit Tubefilter for more great stories.

Nas Daily’s AI ecom biz just closed a $27 million round led by Vinod Khosla

Nas Daily is jumping on the AI bandwagon. He’s raised a $27 million Series A for Nas.com, a platform he says will let “solopreneurs” turn a single product image into an ecommerce business, complete with a brand name and logo, digital storefront, and generated ads to spam out on social media. As Nas Daily–aka Nuseir […] Visit Tubefilter for more great stories.

Former OnlyFans CEO’s new platform goes softcore to become “the HBO of social media”

April is the Vylit hour in the world of social media. That's the name of a new platform co-founded by former OnlyFans CEO Amrapali "Ami" Gan and her business partner Kailey Madger.  True to Gan's work history, Vylit will be filled with adult content and will require all of its users to be at least 18 years old. Whereas OnlyFans embraces full-frontal nudity, however, Vylit takes a more subdued approach. Topless posts and "body-positive expression" are the forms of risqué content that are permitted on Gan and Madger's new platform. By keeping things softcore and tasteful, Vylit hopes to operate, per a press release, as "the HBO of social media." Visit Tubefilter for more great stories.

TikTok is turning ByteDance’s AI video generator into a brand’s best friend

As one AI-powered video generator bites the dust, another is being integrated into one of the world's biggest social video platforms. Seedance 2.0, a powerful engine developed by Beijing-based tech giant ByteDance, is now included in the generative AI toolkit known as TikTok Symphony. The Symphony suite, which TikTok first launched during the 2024 edition of its World conference, is filled with AI tools marketers can use to enhance their branded content on the app. Since then, TikTok has slowly but surely added new products to Symphony, and the latest addition is a big one: the Seedance integration will streamline video production for brands that want to reach audiences on the For You Page. Visit Tubefilter for more great stories.

Reed Hastings leaves Netflix, which says it “really built our M&A muscle” during failed deal with Warner Bros. Discovery

There’s just no winning with Netflix shareholders. After it reported 2025’s Q4 earnings in January, stock prices plummeted to a 52-week record low because Netflix projected thinner profit margins due to investment in new content–including an expected closure on its deal to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery. But, as you know, that deal ended up falling […] Visit Tubefilter for more great stories.

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V&A East marks new site opening with campaign starring East London’s makers

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Week of April 6 Morning News Ratings: Savannah Guthrie Returns

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The Next ANA CEO Will Have to Face Down The Threat of AI

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Week of April 6 Evening News Ratings: WNT Stays on Top

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Week of April 6 Cable News Ratings: Artemis II Coverage Lifts Cable Nets

Artemis II and Iran coverage led to viewership for cable.

Walmart continues aggressive store updates and expansion drive

The mass merchant plans to open around 20 stores over the next two years and remodel 650 supercenters and Neighborhood Market stores in 2026.

The Friday Checkout: Walmart’s biggest private brand is finally getting a makeover. Grocers should pay attention.

The retailer is modernizing its Great Value line for the first time in over 10 years after discovering that shoppers didn’t feel proud displaying the brand’s products.

The Weekly Closeout: Allbirds’ ‘AI-washing’ and Nike’s ongoing exec turnover

The footwear retailer announced a pivot no one saw coming, while another leader walked out the door at the sportswear giant.