MrBeast’s empire of slop

MrBeast’s empire of slop

Listen up, terrestrials. We know that, even if you like to think of yourself as the sort of person who wishes BBC Four broadcast all day long and claims to prefer the radio, you probably spend as much time watching YouTube as you do watching TV. We know this for sure now: YouTube overtook the BBC in audience share last week, and the broadcaster will now make programmes specifically for the platform. From 2029, the Oscars ceremony will be exclusi…