News

• The video of Will Smith slapping Chris Rock is breaking MrBeast’s records on YouTube
• BBTV inks partnership with Metamask maker ConsenSys as it ventures into the crypto waters

  Consensys, a major software developer on the Ethereum blockchain, has made a web3-focused deal with the BBTV creator network.

  
• Top 50 Most Viewed U.S. YouTube Channels • Week Of 03/27/2022

  Omar Raja, who founded House of Highlights, is now at ESPN and is reaching our U.S. Top 50 with his sports YouTube Shorts videos.

  
• TikTok launches a Library stocked with clips from GIPHY

  TikTok Library will be stocked with "content sources, audio and sounds, text templates, creator content," and clips from GIPHY

  
• Pinterest tops off its creator fund with $700K, calls for applications from marginalized creators
• Rhett & Link’s Mythical wants foodies to get Sporked
• Alinea is Robinhood, Spotify, and TikTok all rolled together
• TikTok may help you find those lost gems with ‘Watch History’
• Top 50 Most Viewed YouTube Channels Worldwide • Week Of 03/27/2022
• TikTok wants to distribute music for unsigned, up-and-coming artists. Record labels might not like that.
• AppleTV+ makes history at the Oscars thanks to Best Picture winner ‘CODA’
• Two TikTok moderators are suing ByteDance over exposure to “highly toxic and extremely disturbing” content
• After raising $33 million on Kickstarter, Brandon Sanderson backs 316 other crowdfunding projects
• YouTube’s Creator Insider gives updates on blocking, Shorts Fund
• Hank and John Green are the latest creators to launch a coffee brand. This one’s for charity.
• Parents rejoice: You can now add videos from YouTube main to your child’s YouTube Kids library
• Doctor Mike, Justaminx, Arin Hanson among confirmed participants for iDubbbz’s ‘Creator Clash’ boxing event (Exclusive)
• The VTubers are coming: Ironmouse was one of the 10 most-watched Twitch streams in February
• ‘Fortnite’ streamer Cloakzy joins TimTheTatman at Complexity Gaming
• YouTube Millionaires: Vickey Cathey on the pros of keeping YouTube a hobby
• On The Podcast: Grocery shopping. But viral.
• ShopThing, which lets you buy the items influencers are browsing, raises $10 million
• Jacksfilms urges fans to ‘Be Funny Now’ with new party game
• Last year, Nike embraced the metaverse. How’s that paying off?