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• Meet the up-and-coming Black creators who will be mentored by talent firm Digital Brand Architects
• Latina-founded Influur raises $5 million to connect digital creators with brand campaigns

  Influur says so far, it’s facilitated campaigns for a handful of companies, such as Hard Rock Cafe, Paramount Latin America, Boxy Charm, and Warner Music Latina.

  
• Instagram updates its algorithm to promote more original content

  Adam Mosseri unveiled a host of new features for Instagram, including a change to the algorithm that will promote original content.

  
• YouTube Millionaires: Vlad SlickBartender wants to be the most-subscribed-to cocktail-maker on YouTube–so watch out, Ryan Reynolds

  YouTube changed Milo's life--now he wants to use it to change others'.

  
• Alex Warren gets ‘Locked In’ with Tana Mongeau in his new podcast
• With $3.3 million in funding and big-name partnerships, Kangaroo is ready to tell interactive stories
• Spotify’s letting creators self-publish (and self-monetize) their video podcasts
• A documentary about YouTube will premiere at the Tribeca Festival
• PBS Digital Studios is bringing together some of its finest minds to make YouTube shows about history
• Wait, Netflix is doing ads?
• Watch out, OpenSea: Here comes the Coinbase NFT marketplace
• The finale of Ludwig’s game show will be broadcast live from the YouTube Theater
• Creators On The Rise: Doobydobap’s “don’t yuck my yum” approach to cooking celebrates down-home Korean dishes
• 200 million people are earning money from digital content creation
• Rolling Stone has released a ‘Creators Issue’ with MrBeast on the cover
• Top 50 Most Viewed U.S. YouTube Channels • Week Of 04/17/2022
• The Biden Administration’s latest TikTok venture is part of a “six-figure” influencer marketing campaign
• Meta and Spotify are shifting resources away from their Clubhouse competitors
• U.S. Instagram users can now tag specific products in their posts
• A reporter got a million subscribers by pointing out scams. Now he’s showing off the ways he’s changed his home city.
• Top 50 Most Viewed YouTube Channels Worldwide • Week Of 04/17/2022
• Disguised Toast, Sykkuno, Valkyrae, and Corpse Husband appeared in an anime. Then they reacted to it.
• Spring has hired a Facebook alum as its President and Chief Operating Officer
• Gilbert Gottfried lives on through his 200 hours of Cameo content