News

• People are paying thousands to learn how to be creators
• ByteDance’s founder is China’s richest person with a net worth of $49.3 billion

  Zhang Yiming, the founder of TikTok parent company ByteDance, has been named as the richest billionaire in China.

  
• Kick takes its name literally with UFC partnership

  The UFC has launched a channel on Kick as part of a partnership between the combat sports brand and the streaming hub.

  
• Top 50 Most Viewed U.S. YouTube Channels • Week Of 10/27/2024

  The Louisiana Crawfish Company is showing the life of a "craw-kid" on YouTube Shorts. Y'all catch their latest videos?

  
• Top 5 Branded Videos of the Week: Nuts, nopes, and practical engineering
• Top 50 Most Viewed YouTube Channels Worldwide • Week Of 10/27/2024
• Instagram downgrades creators’ video quality if it thinks they’re not driving enough views
• TikTok meets Bluesky on a new app called Loops
• Typical Gamer’s Fortnite studio has made $7 million so far. What’s next?
• Have you heard? YouTube sparks an exodus of firearms creators, and there’s mold in your Lunchly.
• Millions of creators make their significant others a big part of their content. So what happens when they break up?
• TikTok, Google, and Meta to face multiple lawsuits related to the mental health effects of algorithms
• VTubers have more exposure than ever. So why is their viewership down?
• As X fumbles, Bluesky announces $15 million raise and plans for creator monetization
• Chatbot company Character.AI faces lawsuit over 14-year-old’s death
• Ludwig’s Offbrand Games soars to top of Steam charts after publishing its first title
• After bringing STEM feed to teens, TikTok realizes that adults need to learn science, too
• Which emotion is the best for thumbnails? Depends who you ask.
• YouTube is gamifying the creator-viewer connection
• Epic wants people to make more games. It’s creating–and owning–the marketplace.
• Amazon brought ads to Prime so it could fill them with shoppable links
• Reach is the most important metric for influencer marketers, and Instagram Reels is the place to get it
• As Twitch removes limit on Israel and Palestine signups, are its debates about to get fiercer?
• Netflix just closed its AAA game studio