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Happy Thursday, fam. If you’re stressing about your weekend movie-and-TV-watching plans, then we have a little stat to fuel the fire. According to European Commission official Lucia Recalde, it would take someone a total of 350 years to watch all the combined titles available on streaming platforms. The question “Are you still watching?” has never seemed more absurd.

In other news… creators get accredited, LIFE Magazine finds new life, and SBF trades the crypto exchange for the ball and chain.

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63.6% of you voted Yes in yesterday’s poll: Do you have any interest in learning AI skills for work?

“All employees should understand the rudimentary aspects of AI and how it impacts and potentially betters their work.”

“In case I need to travel back in time to defeat it.”

“I’m retired.”

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.CREATOR ECONOMY.

Digital creators get their own IMDb

The Future. The Creators Guild of America (CGA) hopes to piece together the potentially millions of people involved in making some of the biggest hit videos on the internet with a new platform called “Mosaic.” Once the database becomes populated, it may become a key tool for BTS talent to score jobs outside of their personal network.

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Influencers are getting a new kind of “verified” check mark.

• Mosaic will allow creators to register and verify their work, recognizing distinct titles such as “Creator,” “Writer,” “Videographer,” “Editor,” and “Producer.” (Registrants can select up to three).

• Once a person registers their participation on a project, the CGA will reach out to other members of the team to verify — a process the CGA says will take a couple of days.

• Eligible videos for accreditation must be paid work from a platform, brand, agency, or subscriber base and must be distributed on an approved list of apps.

• Creators must also have 10,000 or more combined impressions, downloads, or registered users to be verified. Oh, and forget about videos that violate copyright as being eligible.

Why the hard work to give everyone the credit they deserve? Daniel Abas, founder and president of the Creators Guild, told Fast Company that the time has come because “this is turning into a serious profession.”

No kidding.

• Watch: The battle between Fanatics and Panini is a MasterClass in how companies fight for market dominance in niche industries.

• Read: Insider reports that YouTube alone could be worth $400 billion… and we’re all sleeping on its economic dominance.

• Listen: Marc Evans, the former head of film at Paramount Pictures, chats with Don’t Kill the Messenger on what it takes to run a major Hollywood studio.

.MEDIA.

Karlie Kloss revives LIFE

The Future. Bedford Media, the company run by Karlie Kloss and her billionaire husband Joshua Kushner, are reviving LIFE Magazine for the modern era. Coupled with its acquisition of fashion-centric i-D Magazine last fall, Bedford may be trying to build a magazine empire that defines mainstream culture amid one that’s become fractured due to social media.

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Physical magazines are making a comeback.

• Kloss and Kushner’s Bedford Media struck a deal with Dotdash Meredith to relaunch the weekly edition of the historic LIFE Magazine.

• Beford will run operations, including “editorial strategy, revenue, and media initiatives,” per Variety.

• Meanwhile, Dotdash Meredith will continue to own the brand’s iconic photo library and continue publishing the special issues centered around single topics (you know, the ones that always catch your eye at the grocery store).

Bedford, which lists “shared cultural resonance” as a focus, views LIFE “as an uplifting and unifying voice in a chaotic media landscape.”

In a world where everything’s digital, maybe going back to something tangible is the best way to break through the noise.

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