Disney’s suing YouTube to keep it from poaching a key exec. Will that actually work?

11 months ago

Yesterday, YouTube revealed it had successfully poached longtime Disney exec Justin Connolly, and has set him up to manage its…

Google’s Veo 3 AI model is scary good at generating videos. Creators and viewers should be prepared.

11 months ago

If you get a good chuckle out of unrealistic videos generated by contemporary AI models, you might want to get…

Creator-investor Caspar Lee levels up his venture capital firm with $45 million fund

11 months ago

An influential YouTube star from the mid-2010s has become a prominent figure in the creator economy. Caspar Lee and his cousin Sasha Kaletsky have…

For the first time, brands are spending the biggest chunk of their budgets on YouTube’s connected TV ads

11 months ago

At YouTube's Brandcast presentation earlier this month, it reminded the world yet again that it wants to dominate TV screens.…

Dubai wants more creators. So it’s offering to get them Golden Visas.

11 months ago

Creators HQ, the $40.8 million United Arab Emirates-based government initiative to bring 10,000 content creators to Dubai, is promising a…

Want recipes from one of the internet’s favorite chefs? Step into Nick DiGiovanni’s kitchen.

11 months ago

Nick DiGiovanni has already become one of the most prominent video creators in the internet's cooking community, but he's not stopping…

Top streaming platforms premiered 116 fewer original shows in 2024 compared to 2022

11 months ago

Have we reached the end of Peak TV? That’s the question Digital i is answering with its latest report, and…

Publicis Groupe entered the creator space with a $500M Influential acquisition. Now it’s picking up Captiv8 too.

11 months ago

Last July, multinational ad agency Publicis Groupe joined the growing number of companies acquiring a stake in the creator industry.…

Visional Pop is the newest firm turning kid-friendly animated YouTube channels into franchises

11 months ago

A newly launched company has its eyes trained on the world of animated YouTube content, and it is announcing its…

20 years of YouTube: In 2009, a ‘New Moon’ ushered in the next phase of movie marketing

11 months ago

In 2008, the internet chose between Barack Obama and John McCain. A year later, a different dichotomy divided the web:…