News

• YouTube Shorts ads are coming in 2023. Here’s what creators need to know.
• LinkedIn has tapped an Emmy winner to guide its original programming strategy

  Courtney Coupe worked with CNN to launch digital content brand Great Big Story. She's been named Head of Original Programming at LinkedIn.

  
• Here are the first 25 Black creators who will receive $10,000 per month from Snap

  Snap has revealed the 25 grant recipients who will receive $10,000 per month via the Black Creator Accelerator, part of the 523 initiative.

  
• Top 50 Most Viewed U.S. YouTube Channels • Week Of 09/18/2022

  JunkTramp is a channel that features all sorts of aerial acrobatics. Its Shorts content brought it into our U.S. Top 50.

  
• Top 50 Most Viewed YouTube Channels Worldwide • Week Of 09/18/2022
• An anti-censorship law from Texas just got upheld. Will it head back to the Supreme Court?
• Spotter has paid out $600 million to YouTube creators so far (Exclusive)
• You can now reply to YouTube comments with a Short
• MrBeast’s snack brand is moving beyond chocolate bars. Its cookies are now available at Walmart.
• With new and returning shows, Brat TV looks to provide “a fresh look at the issues Gen Z is facing today”
• Ads are coming to YouTube Shorts — and an expansion of the Partner Program is coming with them
• YouTube’s Chief Product Officer testified before Congress. Then he announced a new approach to extremist content.
• WhatsApp enters the original content court with Giannis Antetokounmpo
• Khaby Lame gets paid about $400,000 for each sponsored TikTok, but his dream is to win an Oscar
• The company “at the apex of gaming and youth culture” is selling land in the metaverse. Welcome to FaZe World.
• TikTok’s prompting users to post candid content–just like BeReal
• TikTok’s COO appeared in front of Congress. Her testimony left many questions unanswered.
• YouTube Millionaires: Jack Pop has a million subscribers and a movie in the works. He’s also 17.
• TikTok’s latest month-long initiative is a Latinx thing
• Netflix’s ad-supported tier is on the fast track, but advertisers are balking at the platform’s asking price
• The latest foodstuffs inspired by YouTube are on Shake Shack’s Hot Ones menu
• Here’s how cooking creator Eitan Bernath uses Snapchat as the “main source of revenue for his company.”
• Creators On The Rise: Mermaid Straw started in a dream. Now it’s becoming a force for environmental and health advocacy.
• Patreon feels the effects of the economic downturn, lays off 17% of its workforce