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• YouTube tells moderators to ease up on political, social, and cultural content

  YouTube is advising its human moderators to let more videos stay up if they flaunt guidelines in categories like news and politics.

  
• Have you heard? The Padres embrace egirls, $100K Beast Games tours, and a Disney fail

  The Stokes Twins have a new CEO, Kesha is launching a music platform, and Grant Horvat is inspiring pro golfers.

  
• Starbucks wants two creators on its payroll for a 12-month, round-the-world content gig

  The international café brand just opened a new position: Global Coffee Creator. It's a 12-month job that will send two people--one an established Starbucks employee, one an external hire--around the world to "Milan, Tokyo, Colombia, Dubai, Costa Rica, and more," where they'll make content that captures "the local culture, community and atmosphere surrounding each Starbucks location."

  

• Content creators can now speak directly to Congress. What will that accomplish?
• MrBeast taps former YouTube, TikTok, and Meta exec to get him more brand and media partnerships
• Democrats are spending $20 million trying to get Joe Rogan listeners to like them
• The Try Guys tried making their own streaming service–and it’s working, with Vimeo’s tools