James Hale

• YouTube Millionaires: Jiedel’s Channel Is A Grab Bag Of Gaming, Sports, Cooking, And Challenges—And Viewers Dig The Variety
• TikTok’s Recommendation Algorithm Is Even More Powerful—And Potentially Dangerous—Than YouTube’s (Report)

  A Wall Street Journal investigation found that TikTok’s recommendation algorithm can suss out new users’ interests in under two hours, and then drive them into ever-narrowing “rabbit holes” of content.

  
• Creators On The Rise: Jake Fellman’s YouTube Channel Was Supposed To Advertise His Animation Skills. 5 Billion Views Later, It’s His Career.

  Fellman, a longtime artist, originally started his freelance design business in 2018, shortly after expanding his 2D art skills to 3D modeling and animation. His productions skewed toward (as he puts it) "dry, explanatory content" about manufacturing and luxe electronics--a busy niche that he knew would easily amount to 40 hours a week once he was out of school. Despite that assurance, though, he wanted to pad his established client base to be sure his full-time work would stay full-time.

  
• YouTube Expands New ‘Super Thanks’ VOD Tipping Feature To Thousands Of Creators

  Super Thanks works a bit like Super Chat, in that it lets YouTube users give specific amounts of money directly to creators, with the option of attaching a personal message. However, unlike Super Chats, which are sent during live streams, Super Thanks is only for video-on-demand uploads.

  
• Vimeo, TikTok Partner To Offer Video Ad Creation, Distribution For Small Businesses
• YouTube Millionaires: Comedy-Focused Family ‘Tsuriki Show’ Shot To 3.5 Million Subscribers In 3 Months
• YouTube Adds Subscriber-Only Chats And Polls For Livestreamers, Expands ‘Clips’ Feature To More Gaming Creators
• Twitter Axes Fleets, Making More Room For Clubhouse Copycat Spaces
• Creators On The Rise: How DankScole’s 30-Day YouTube Shorts Experiment Became A Full-Time Career
• Instagram Will Let Creators Sell Merch Directly From Their Personal Profiles
• Digital Marketing Surged In 2020. BEN Says Brands Should Focus On These 3 Areas For The Future.
• YouTube Shorts Goes Global, Rolling Out In 100+ Countries