News

• YouTube Shorts star Zhong signs with UTA (Exclusive)
• Adam Mosseri reveals “a new Instagram.com” to serve desktop users

  Adam Mosseri has announced two updates for Instagram: A new layout suited to larger screens, and the ability to schedule posts.

  
• 80 million people are paying YouTube for Premium and Music

  
• Meta lays off 11,000 workers to “become a leaner and more efficient company”

  Mark Zuckerberg announced that Meta will lay off more than 11,000 employees in a round of job cuts that will affect Facebook and Instagram.

  
• Creators On The Rise: Foot of a Ferret traces the origins of the internet’s most popular fandoms
• Jesse Sebastiani sold his share of Nelk. Here’s why he says he’s at the “funnest stage of my life”
• Danny Duncan launches a new brand “to disrupt the outdoor sporting industry”
• A new theme park from the star of Unspeakable is “bringing the outdoors indoors”
• Top 50 Most Viewed U.S. YouTube Channels • Week Of 11/6/2022
• Top 50 Most Viewed YouTube Channels Worldwide • Week Of 11/07/2022
• Is TikTok suppressing views on voting-related videos? A new study says yes. It says no.
• Meta might be heading for major layoffs–and stockholders seem thrilled
• YouTube Shorts is coming to a TV screen near you
• Should creators believe Elon Musk’s big promises?
• During Native American Heritage Month, TikTok highlights “the diverse diaspora of our Native and Indigenous creator community”
• Caffeine partners with Team Whistle to bring a ‘Dunk Battle’ to its viewers
• Elle Mills’ summertime short film ‘Reply’ picked up by Creator+
• YouTube joins Twitch and TikTok by introducing a co-streaming feature
• On The Podcast: Gamers and Bidets
• Management firm Underscore Talent opens a Web3 division (Exclusive)
• Former YouTube exec Laura Lee is the new Chief Content Officer at Twitch
• Misfits Gaming launches $20 million creator fund
• As the FCC renews calls for a TikTok ban, European user data heads to China
• Netflix’s new ad tier is live. Here’s what it’s like.