News

• A new NFT hub backed by Snoop Dogg wants to be a “one-stop shop” for creators
• Google terminates 6,285 YouTube channels to quash “coordinated influence operations” in China

  Google's Threat Analysis Group has released its Q1 bulletin. Among other actions, the group nixed 6,285 YouTube channels linked to China.

  
• President Biden now has the authority to ban TikTok. But should he?

  The U.S. House of Representatives approved a bill that would ban TikTok on all devices in the United States. Now it's Biden's turn to act.

  
• Ad Age and TikTok are giving “young creatives” 60 seconds to depict “the future of creativity”

  A Young Creatives contest hosted by AdAge and TikTok with celebrate 60-second storytellers at the Cannes Lions festival.

  
• YouTube Millionaires: It’s taken Kelsi Davies a lifetime to understand her gifts. She hopes her videos can help other people understand theirs.
• Change is coming to YouTube’s help community
• Bluesky is a social platform backed by Twitter Co-Founder Jack Dorsey. It just hit the App Store.
• Zarta raises $5.7 million to build a “micro pay-per-view” video platform for creators
• Jellysmack gets in the FAST lane with Roku partnership
• Creators On The Rise: COVID almost closed Nico Leonard’s beloved watch shop. So he started teaching his craft on YouTube.
• Khaby Lame takes on new role as judge of ‘Italia’s Got Talent’
• Volkswagen joins hi-tech car trend by offering TikTok and Spotify through in-vehicle app store
• Neal Mohan talks “potential” in first update since becoming Head of YouTube
• NIL athletes can now be short-form stars. The Whistle Creator Program wants to help them.
• After getting 10 billion YouTube views, Ninja Kidz TV inspires a new “Action Park”
• TMG Studios serves up a new podcast—with extra MeatCanyon
• Electrify Video Partners raises $50 million to invest in YouTube channels (Exclusive)
• Kai Cenat surpasses Ludwig’s subscription mark during epic Twitch marathon
• Baseball needs a big star. On YouTube, Mookie Betts is stepping up to the plate.
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• Jake Paul suffers his first boxing defeat at the hands of Tommy Fury
• OTK streamers Asmongold, TipsOut co-found new management firm Mythic Talent
• Forget ‘Friday’. Rebecca Black’s first LP is getting plenty of praise.