News

• With 10 million users and counting, LinkedIn’s Creator Mode gets an update
• Longtime YouTube exec Ben Relles has departed the company to work with LinkedIn’s co-founder

  Ben Relles, who previously spent 15 years at Next New Networks and YouTube, will now work with LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman.

  
• YouTube’s new creator collab asks: What’s in your cards?

  Those who head to the Tarot with YouTube site can choose whether to focus their reading on love (guided by Somuayina), wellness (Lavendaire), or fortune (Ediyasmr).

  
• Okay, Alexa: Get me creator info from Famous Birthdays

  On Amazon's Alexa devices, you can now access info from Famous Birthdays' database of 250,000 profiles (many of which feature influencers).

  
• YouTube mobilizes the BTS Army with a YouTube Shorts challenge
• Top 50 Most Viewed U.S. YouTube Channels • Week Of 06/05/2022
• Top 50 Most Viewed YouTube Channels Worldwide • Week Of 06/05/2022
• Come see MrBeast’s world of pure imagination on YouTube
• ‘Stranger Things’ fans are ‘Running Up That Hill’ and pushing Kate Bush up the Spotify charts
• Linktree pioneered the link-in-bio industry. Now it’s rebranding to put “creators at the forefront” of its business.
• Rhett & Link will host a two-day ‘MythiCon’ this October
• Marques Brownlee will teach “the fundamentals” of video production in new MasterClass offering
• TikTok comedian Jericho Mencke uses subscriptions to fuel his new interview series
• YouTube Millionaires: Cam Anderson makes a living building $20,000 tables–and a million people watch him do it
• Guava Juice’s YouTube Kids original series promises multiverse adventures
• TikTok, Meta, Snap, and YouTube are waiving their rainbow flags for Pride Month
• Sean Evans drinks milk to counteract spicy wings. Now he’s flipping the ‘Hot Ones’ script to support the dairy industry.
• The Supreme Court has struck down the controversial Texas law that bans social media censorship (for now)
• FaZe Clan jerseys are coming to ‘FIFA 22’
• Podcasts are commanding a $23 CPM
• YouTube wants to turn your phone into a TV remote
• Creators On The Rise: $7,000 rent? $20 strawberries? All in the budget for Silicon Valley Girl.
• TikTok’s reportedly trying to get back into India
• TikTok is testing a distractionless “clear mode”