News

• Nearly 12 years after its Vimeo debut, ‘Marcel the Shell with Shoes On’ arrives in theaters
• Here are some of the best booths, activations, and lounges we saw at VidCon this year

  Spotify, Squishmallows, Linktree, Lightricks, YouTube Shorts, and AwesomenessTV had some of the best activations at VidCon this year.

  
• For Rooster Teeth, “video podcasts” aren’t necessarily videos — or podcasts

  Rooster Teeth co-founder Geoff Ramsey joined the head of The Roost, A.J. Feliciano, to talk about video podcasts at VidCon.

  
• MrBeast urges VidCon attendees to focus on audience, not algorithms

  During a VidCon appearance alongside YouTube product exec Todd Beaupré, MrBeast advised creators to prioritize "audience over algorithms."

  
• Studio71 signs Marques Brownlee, Trixie Mattel, and more as it aims for Facebook dominance
• TheOdd1sOut announces ‘Oddballs,’ an animated Netflix series
• Snap’s new accelerator pays Black creators $10,000 a month
• What does it take to succeed on YouTube Shorts? A strategist looked at 4.5 million videos to find out.
• Khaby Lame has passed Charli D’Amelio to become TikTok’s most-followed creator
• Netflix cuts another 300 staffers
• YouTube Millionaires: Charlie Berens on taking it one joke at a time
• How big is TikTok in Southeast Asia? One trillion views big.
• Colombian creator couple Calle y Poché score a Prime Video series
• JoJo Siwa celebrates her queer identity in first episode of Facebook’s ‘JoJo Goes’
• Twitter goes long-form with new feature Notes
• Start spreading the news: Emma Chamberlain’s New York travelogue brings her back to YouTube
• Ninja and MrBeast to battle it out at Prime Day gaming event
• Netflix is reportedly eyeing Google as a potential ad supplier
• Creators On The Rise: Truck driver Alex Nino takes viewers on the road
• YouTube says Gen Z loves soothing videos, meme accounts, and “content that’s personally relevant to them”
• Online video ad spend is up 30% since the last quarter, and YouTube still leads to way
• Top 50 Most Viewed U.S. YouTube Channels • Week Of 06/19/2022
• Zuckerberg talks creator monetization, says Facebook won’t take a cut until 2024
• Top 50 Most Viewed YouTube Channels Worldwide • Week Of 06/19/2022