James Hale

• The “creator economy” is booming. So why do 35% of creators think they’ll quit making content?
• Latina-founded Influur raises $5 million to connect digital creators with brand campaigns

  Influur says so far, it’s facilitated campaigns for a handful of companies, such as Hard Rock Cafe, Paramount Latin America, Boxy Charm, and Warner Music Latina.

  
• YouTube Millionaires: Vlad SlickBartender wants to be the most-subscribed-to cocktail-maker on YouTube–so watch out, Ryan Reynolds

  YouTube changed Milo's life--now he wants to use it to change others'.

  
• Spotify’s letting creators self-publish (and self-monetize) their video podcasts

  Why just listen to podcasts when you can watch them, too?

  
• Wait, Netflix is doing ads?
• Creators On The Rise: Doobydobap’s “don’t yuck my yum” approach to cooking celebrates down-home Korean dishes
• Dispo among those hit by “burdensome, overbroad, vexatious and harassing” subpeona from Meta
• YouTube Millionaires: Milo wanted to join gaming org SoaR. So he slid in its DMs.
• YouTube’s letting Shorts creators “remix” long-form videos
• TikTok is adding a dislike button to boo spammy comments
• SuperBam taps Wally Weilbaecher to lead its new creator content lab
• Creators On The Rise: For self-dubbed “bad animator” Devon St. Arnaud, YouTube is an archive of progress