News

• Robert Kyncl is leaving YouTube
• Some creators are getting five-figure offers from Twitch’s ad incentive program

  Towelliee, who has nearly 900,000 followers, tweeted the ad incentive program “is too good now to pass up for even the smallest of streamers.”

  
• Snapchat doubles up with new dual cam

  
• Podcasts? On Twitter? More likely than you think

  The platform’s been trying to make audio happen for more than a year now.

  
• Dispo to users: We’re not Instagram
• Twitch will offer 30% off its subscriptions during SUBtember
• KSI, Deji, and FaZe Temperrr headline an influencer boxing event at London’s O2 Arena
• TikTok in tap shoes: Charli D’Amelio and her mom head to ‘Dancing With The Stars’
• Try to keep up: 85% of viewers who change YouTube’s playback speed like to go fast
• Did CoryxKenshin catch YouTube’s content moderation team playing favorites?
• YouTube Millionaires: Charlotte Dobre on the fine art of real reactions
• Reels are Instagram’s most-liked type of content
• Misinformation is a huge problem on YouTube. Is “prebunking” the solution?
• SypherPK’s personal anti-hero is the first creator signed to his talent incubator (Exclusive)
• TikTok wants you to know if there’s content nearby
• Did Twitch actually drop its exclusivity clause? Some streamers don’t think so.
• With the new game Nyan Heroes, Wengie has a chance “to be the good in Web3”
• Creators On The Rise: COVID tanked foot traffic for family-owned candymaker Sticky. So they went online instead.
• The internet’s “cooking grandma” Lynja signs with WME (Exclusive)
• Doggyland is what happens when you cross Snoop Dogg with Cocomelon
• YouTube and the Black List are supporting screenwriters of color with a $160,000 initiative
• Twitch is losing streamers to YouTube Gaming. A big change could stem that tide.
• Here’s how connected TVs will help YouTube stay ahead of TikTok
• Vsauce’s Curiosity Box was just acquired for $12 million (Exclusive)