Articles

• TikTok’s Creativity Program pays creators of long-form content. It’s expanding outside of the U.S.
• Around the World: YouTube hits 15 years in India, and a Japanese Let’s Play creator gets punished

  YouTube celebrates 15 years in India, Bloomberg profiles Kyrgyzstani kids channel D Billions, and a Japanese Let's Player faces jail time.

  
• Despite X’s rebrand, 69% of its U.S. users are still calling it Twitter

  Twitter has rebranded to become X, but 69% of people surveyed in a recent Harris Poll report still refer to the platform by its old name.

  
• The TikTok Billboard Top 50 tracks the songs that are driving short-form culture

  "SkeeYee" by Sexyy Red is the first track to reach #1 on the new TikTok Billboard Top 50, which recognizes hit songs on the video app.

  
• It’s gotta be the shoes: Basketball creator Jesser drops Bucketsquad 1 sneaker line
• Days after plummeting to its lowest stock price yet, FaZe Clan lets go of longtime CEO Lee Trink
• TikTok celebrates Latin Heritage Month by shouting out a fresh batch of Visionary Voices
• Artlist establishes fund, will give one creator $100,000 to “realize their wildest creative vision”
• A TikTok trend led to Kia and Hyundai thefts. Should the automakers be held responsible?
• TikTok says its impressions are undervalued by 73%. Will advertisers adjust their measurements?
• Pixel party: YouTube breaks down 1.5 million retro gaming videos
• Viral Nation’s new analytics platform helps brands unlock “the future of the creator economy”