News

• YouTube Millionaires: Jeremy Jahns on his “awesometacular” journey from theater projectionist to YouTube movie critic
• Koji puts a crypto wallet, NFT minting in your link-in-bio

  Link-in-bio platform Koji has launched a new crypto wallet product that will allow creators to mint and utilize NFTs, and access other web3 functionalities inside TikTok, Instagram, and the other social networks where it operates. 

  
• Spotify just bought two companies to give podcast advertisers more insights

  Spotify has purchased two podcast technology companies, Podsights and Chartable, with the goal of furnishing additional data to advertisers and publishers alike. 

  
• YouTube storyteller MrBallen brings his “strange, dark, and mysterious” tales to new podcast

  MrBallen, aka John Allen, is a former Navy SEAL turned true-crime storyteller who’s been gaining as many as 100,000 new subscribers each week on YouTube thanks to his skill in sharing “strange, dark, and mysterious” tales.

  
• Kids’ content giant Moonbug is going to have a lot of live events
• TikTok comedian Zoe Roe inks scripted deal with Invisible Narratives
• Top 50 Most Viewed U.S. YouTube Channels • Week Of 02/13/2022
• Creators On The Rise: “Glitter and lasers” fashionista Anna O’Brien is snagging 100 million views a month on YouTube
• Spotter raises $200 million led by Softbank at $1.7 billion valuation
• Collab acquires Trendpop to help make ads go viral on TikTok
• Top 50 Most Viewed YouTube Channels Worldwide • Week Of 02/13/2022
• Heygo raises $20 million so you can tip local travel guides from your couch
• Logan Paul says Floyd Mayweather didn’t pay him after boxing bout. Now he plans to sue.
• VidCon is back after three years for 2022. Here’s the latest batch of Featured Creators.
• Super Bowl ads drove a ton of YouTube views. Here are the top 5.
• Snapchat’s adding midrolls to Stories—and paying its “Stars” a portion of the revenue
• Twitch says no more sex, drugs in usernames
• Matt Koval is moving on. YouTube seeks another ‘Creator Liaison.’
• YouTube is taking one of its top Shorts creators to the Super Bowl (Exclusive)
• YouTube Millionaires: Gunnar Deatherage talks the “wild and thrilling and beautiful” work of building a business on YouTube
• Larray and Noah Beck made a podcast together
• YouTube vet Jacksepticeye to release personal documentary
• YouTube exploring new monetization for Shorts, verifiable NFTs, rolling out collaborative live streams
• Creators On The Rise: MacDannyGun’s at-home action movies are a Nerf nerd’s dream