News

• 10 years ago, there were no YouTube videos with a billion views. Now, 317 music videos have reached that mark.
• Trend raises $3 million to arrange “simple, contract-free” branded content deals

  Trend's co-founder and CEO says it's paid out over $1 million to creators so far.

  
• Kids are spending 91 minutes a day on TikTok–and 56 minutes on YouTube

  Kids have been spending more time on TikTok than YouTube since 2020.

  
• Instagram’s bulking up creator subscriptions

  Instagram has expanded its subscriptions test to “tens of thousands of creators here in the U.S.”

  
• For this year’s Shark Week, there’s something new in the water: NFTs
• Beyoncé has arrived on TikTok
• House of Highlights brings its $100,000 dodgeball showdown to RDCWorld1’s Dream Con
• TikTok isn’t just challenging YouTube for views. It’s impacting Google search traffic, too.
• YouTube programming exec Nadine Zylstra is moving to Pinterest
• YouTube will pay $4.3 million to settle content moderator’s lawsuit
• YouTube Millionaires: Mike Corey is finding fearlessness in places other people don’t want to look
• Indigenous youth lead Snap’s first Canadian original ‘Reclaim(ed)’
• Netflix chooses Microsoft as the technology and sales partner for its ad-supported streaming service
• Wheelhouse opens 10,000-square foot “social and creative hub for digital talent”
• Fandango properties Movieclips and Rotten Tomatoes have united to form a YouTube network
• Twitch is halving its creator payout minimum
• Hayley LeBlanc channels Nancy Drew in new book series
• Creators On The Rise: Kawaii Kunicorn set out to make cheerful videos for kids. Now she gets 50 million views a month.
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• Rhett and Link promise to deliver “sloppy seconds” with their next R-rated live show
• Addison Rae dolls are coming to a Walmart near you
• Spotify brings its video podcasts to six new countries
• Myth is the latest streaming star to sign with YouTube Gaming