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• Ballen Studios brings in Steven Cohen as head of sales
• 95% of creators experience unwanted behavior. Now there’s a Creator Safety Center to serve their needs.

  Creators who are dealing with spam, harassment, and hate speech on YouTube can now find the tools they need in a Creator Safety Center.

  
• As it turns ten, PBS Digital Studios unveils new shows about history, the human body, and pirates

  Happy tenth birthday to PBS Digital Studios. The educational online video network has several new shows on the horizon as well.

  
• “Running Up That Hill” streams boosted 9000% after ‘Stranger Things’ shining moment

  In a statement, Bush said she felt the song was being given “a whole new lease of life by the young fans who love the show—I love it too!”

  
• TikTok’s internal PR is sending a clear message: Don’t talk about ByteDance
• Creators On The Rise: Miss Mi whispered her way to full-time content creation
• YouTube records $7.34 billion in quarterly ad revenue, falls short of projections
• Loaded sets out into the ‘Open World’ with a consulting and production wing
• 425,000 full-time jobs contributed to the YouTube creator economy in 2021
• After Meta’s attempts to copy TikTok, Kylie Jenner and Kim Kardashian want to “make Instagram Instagram again”
• FaZe Clan’s first partnership with DoorDash is a sandwich-slinging ghost kitchen
• Creative Juice invests in creators. Now it’s offering up to $10,000 for referrals.
• Facebook’s splitting ad revenue with creators who use licensed songs
• How do you make $1,500 off a YouTube Shorts video? Upload it as a long-form clip by accident.
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• Galaxy raises $7 million to get more sellers hosting secondhand live shopping streams
• The YouTube Shorts Drive-Thru at VidCon was a hit. Here’s how the Shorts Marketing team pulled it off.
• Twitch’s new “charity mode” aims to ease “logistical hassles” of raising money
• TikTok and YouTube are Gen Z’s trusted sources for financial advice, according to a new survey
• Esports streamer Tarik signs with Loaded (Exclusive)
• YouTube is banning videos that promote “unsafe abortion methods”
• Twitter lost money last quarter–and it’s blaming Elon Musk
• OnlyFans’ SFW platform gets a boost thanks to reality stars from ‘The Only Way Is Essex’