Tubefilter Staff

• Advertising Week New York returns Oct. 6-9 with 1,200+ speakers, 28 content tracks for creators, marketers, and more
• YouTube and Creators HQ launch their first MENA creator academy in the leadup to 1 Billion Followers Summit

  Together, the duo are launching the first YouTube Academy in the Middle East & North Africa--a program that will "supercharg[e] our commitment to creators by bringing our exclusive workshops to even more talent across the region," Javid Aslanov, Google's Head of YouTube MENA, said in a LinkedIn post.

  
• A new French creator event talks creativity in the era of AI

  PIXEL.IA dubbed itself a hub where attendees could "explore how creators can harness AI as a tool--not a threat--and rethink what it means to tell stories in 2025 and beyond."

  
• AI, workshops, Creators in Fashion, and more…Here’s what’s new for VidSummit’s 2025 creator biz dev conference.

  
• Short-form creators can’t keep their content out of pirates’ hands. Collab wants to help.
• 1 Billion Followers Summit opens tickets for 2026 Dubai creator event
• Gushcloud expands into Abu Dhabi, hoping to help MENA’s top creators go global
• 1 Billion Followers Summit 2025 brought 30,000 digital content enthusiasts to Dubai. Are you ready for the 2026 event?
• What is the $40.8 million Creators HQ doing for creators in Dubai?
• 12 million creators helped OpusClip build a product they needed. Now it’s giving one of them $5K and a masterclass with Nick Nimmin.
• Gushcloud acquires Wizdeo’s MCN, kicking off a spate of buys to make it a $1 billion creator business
• Viral Nation is known for being one of the biggest digital talent agencies in the world. But it does a lot more than representation.