Events

• The Academy is all-in on YouTube’s Oscars broadcast: “It almost feels risky not to do it”
• Oh Canada! YouTube’s nine-project creator programming slate takes it north of the border.

  At the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), YouTube Canada unveiled a fresh slate of creator-led programs.

  
• By premiering Ziwe, Brave Wildnerness projects at TIFF, YouTube moves closer to film and TV

  At the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), YouTube will partner with Variety to premier work from creators like Ziwe and Mark Vins.

  
• Pete Buttigieg is coming to VidCon (Exclusive)

  Pete Buttigieg, former South Bend, Indiana mayor and Secretary of Transportation under the Biden Administration, will join yoga YouTuber Adriene Mishler for a fireside chat exploring "the growing overlap between the political world and the creator economy and how creators and public leaders can foster meaningful connections and inspire action, both online and offline," VidCon tells Tubefilter.

  
• Dhar Mann, Brittany Broski, Issa Rae, and more: Miami marketing conference POSSIBLE is putting the spotlight on our industry with its new Creator Economy Academy
• Snapchat hops onto the “full-funnel” bandwagon with ad formats that command attention
• YouTube’s NewFronts presentation tells brands to “bring, build, and boost” their ads with creators and AI
• Meta, like TikTok, is putting advertisers in the middle of the cultural moments that consume your feed
• Google’s ads are reaching consumers “across every touchpoint” — including live sports
• YouTube’s BrandConnect hub is evolving into a streamlined Creator Partnerships platform
• Colin and Samir are giving L.A.-based creators an event where they can meet up and Press Publish
• TikTok wants advertisers to buy into big events. At the Super Bowl, it will show what it can do.