News

• YouTube’s removal of “gender identity” from hate speech rules has trans rights advocates concerned
• BTS label HYBE and Alan Chikin Chow are teaming up to create a K-pop supergroup in the U.S.

  
• YouTube wants to make Shorts the new CapCut

  YouTube is adding more features to Shorts so that the vertical video format can serve as an answer to ByteDance's CapCut.

  
• A startup that dubs videos to help creators reach their “global potential” has raised $8.5 million

  Linguana, a startup that helps creators dub their videos into foreign languages, has raised $8.5 million of seed funding.

  
• Typical Gamer is the first “Fortnite Millionaire.” Here’s why that matters.
• QVC will be on TikTok 24/7 with round-the-clock shoppable streams
• Creators want to go steady with big brands
• Substack wants its creators to stick around. A TikTok-style feed will help them promote their newsletters.
• Creators won’t dominate the next phase of the creator economy
• With help from FaZe Clan, the legend of Four Loko is reaching Gen Z
• A fresh estimate suggests that YouTube could be worth as much as $550 billion
• Top 50 Most Viewed U.S. YouTube Channels • Week Of 03/30/2025
• Top 5 Branded Videos of the Week: MrBeast and a Martian helicopter
• Top 50 Most Viewed YouTube Channels Worldwide • Week Of 03/30/2025
• Hollywood studios were claiming AdSense revenue from YouTube’s deluge of AI slop. Now what?
• Fundmates partners with 6 companies + Nick Nimmin to give creators biz dev blitz
• MrBeast and Fede Vigevani are recruiting “the biggest” creators for a bilingual basketball game
• Haliey Welch is free to go over $HAWK fiasco, SEC says
• YouTube Premium is letting some viewers delete ads for their friends
• Have you heard? Platforms make monetization moves as YouTube golf goes brrr
• Spotter just took YouTube’s biggest creators to its own Upfronts
• Kick is putting small creators on the road to success with $50,000 in prizes
• “Twitch for sports” platform raises $22 million so leagues will let its creators stream games
• MrBeast says his strongest short-form monetization comes on Facebook. Will “O.G.” features add to that?