The Brief – Monday 19 January – BBC & YouTube strike a deal, Goalhanger reaches milestone and more on Grok

🚫 The BBC is planning to produce tailored programming for YouTube. The shows would also be shown on BBC iPlayer and Sounds. The deal could allow the BBC to generate additional ad revenue from YouTube for viewers outside the UK. (FT)

📹 Goalhanger has reached 250,000 paying subscribers across its network of shows. It comes amid an editorial expansion: former Sunday Times journalist Emily Kent Smith has been appointed editorial director, with a remit to grow written and long-form content, including newsletters for members. (Goalhanger)

⚠️ Ashley St Clair, the mother of one of Elon Musk’s sons, is suing the X owner over chatbot Grok’s creation of nudes based on her images. Separately, reporters have found they are still able to get Grok to create such material on Grok’s website. (The Verge)

❗TikTok will begin rolling out a new age verification system in the EU in the coming weeks. The system has been quietly piloted in the market over the lsat year; it involves analysis of profile information, posted videos, and behavioural signals to predict whether an account could belong to a user under the age of 13. It comes as calls for an Australia-style social media ban have become popularised in Europe. (The Guardian)

📺 Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos has said the streaming giant will maintain a 45-day theatrical window for film releases if it completes its acquisition of Warner Bros. (New York Times)

🔀 Independent branding firm BBD Perfect Storm has made a majority equity investment in independent creative agency St Luke’s, bringing together two businesses to form a new UK-based agency group. (BBD Perfect Storm)