Pocket.watch Finds Latest Children’s Franchise In YouTube Goliath ‘Toys And Colors’

5 years ago

Kids’ content company Pocket.watch, best known for spinning massive YouTube channels into well-rounded children’s entertainment franchises -- including Ryan’s World…

YouTube To Stop Making Year-End ‘Rewind’ Videos (Exclusive)

5 years ago

After shelving the 2020 iteration of YouTube Rewind due to myriad tragedies that emerged last year, YouTube has exclusively confirmed…

Twitch’s Data Leak Revealed Exactly How Much Money Creators Make

5 years ago

This morning, an anonymous hacker leaked 125 gigabytes of data from Twitch--including creator payout records stretching back to August 2019.…

YouTube Shutters 2 R. Kelly Channels Following Sex Trafficking Conviction

5 years ago

YouTube has permanently shuttered two channels belonging to convicted sex offender R. Kelly -- RKellyTV and RKellyVevo -- after the…

TikTok Collective ‘Pride House LA’ Drops Podcast With Studio71

5 years ago

Studio71 has tapped Pride House LA, which says its TikTok’s first creator house geared toward the LGBTQIA+ community, to release…

StreamElements To Give 15 Marginalized Creators Up To $5,000 And A Year’s Worth Of Mentorship

5 years ago

StreamElements, which produces engagement and monetization tools for content creators across YouTube, Twitch, Facebook, and Trovo, has opened applications for…

Creators On The Rise: GiaNina Paolantonio Found Her Footing On The “Dancer’s Paradise” That Is TikTok

5 years ago

Welcome to Creators on the Rise, where—in partnership with global creator company Jellysmack—we find and profile breakout creators who are…

Instagram Is Sunsetting Its IGTV Video Format

5 years ago

Instagram is doing away with IGTV videos -- first announced in 2018 as a long-form YouTube competitor -- by combining…

Snapchat Unveils New ‘Spotlight Challenges’, Touting $25,000 Max Prize Pools

5 years ago

Snapchat has unveiled today new financial incentives for creators on its Spotlight platform, on top of the millions of dollars…

YouTube-Commissioned Study Finds It Contributed $20.5 Billion To U.S. GDP In 2020

5 years ago

For the second year, YouTube has commissioned a study from research firm Oxford Economics, diving into the overarching economic implications…