TikTok

• Attention, please: TikTok launches “bulletin board” feature
• TikTok is doing its own awards show

  As you probably know, the creator industry has a small number of awards shows already, including our own long-running Streamy Awards, so we're curious to see how this show sets itself apart--and how it's received by TikTok's young audience base. (It is nice to see a platform pioneer its own show instead of begging the Emmys year after year to let it in, unlike a certain other video destination.)

  
• On TikTok, some creators will be able to keep “up to 90%” of their Subscription earnings

  TikTok made multiple announcements at its U.S. Creator Summit, including a new policy for Subscription revenue and AI-powered editing tools.

  
• Will a $14 billion TikTok sale affect how 20% of Americans get their news?

  A new algorithm will come to the version of TikTok owned by the U.S. How will that affect the app's status as a news source?

  
• If the U.S. is getting a new TikTok app, which version will the world use?
• The TikTok ban got delayed again, but Trump says the deal to create new, U.S.-owned app is done
• TikTok says its search engine usage rivals Google among Gen Z
• The White House is bringing MAGA memes to TikTok
• TikTok’s college-centric update is a nod to OG Facebook
• TikTok’s new biz? Selling hotel rooms–and paying creators who help fill them
• TikTok learned that building a music service is hard, so it’s integrating YouTube instead
• TikTok wants its fact-checking to be user-generated, too