James Hale

• FaZe Clan has gone public
• Google said Instagram was cutting into its Search and Maps traffic. Now Instagram’s debuting a searchable map.

  
• YouTube cuts Content ID appeal period from 30 days to seven

  
• YouTube’s new Shopify integration lets creators place products across their channels

  
• Instagram now lets you shop in DMs
• WEBTOON says it’s paid comic creators $27 million since 2020
• TikTok’s security chief is stepping back
• Trend raises $3 million to arrange “simple, contract-free” branded content deals
• Kids are spending 91 minutes a day on TikTok–and 56 minutes on YouTube
• Instagram’s bulking up creator subscriptions
• TikTok isn’t just challenging YouTube for views. It’s impacting Google search traffic, too.
• YouTube will pay $4.3 million to settle content moderator’s lawsuit