Twitch streamers Kai Cenat and Fanum invited fans to Union Square on Friday for a real-life stream and giveaway. They promised to hand out gift cards, gaming PC equipment and […]
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Back to news homeIn challenge to TikTok, YouTube Shorts gains new creation tools like Collab and Q&As
As competition with TikTok and Instagram Reels heats up, YouTube today announced an expanded suite of creation tools for its own short-form video platform, YouTube Shorts. Among the new features […]
Twitter, now X, opens up its ad revenue sharing program with global creators
Earlier this month, Twitter — which has since rebranded as X — began sharing ad revenue with verified creators in an attempt to retain top talent on its platform. Today, […]
Twitter tweaks its new revenue-sharing policy for creators to expand access, increase rate limits
Twitter last week began paying creators a share of the ad revenue served in the replies of their posts in an effort to retain the platform’s most important tweeters, in […]
Colleen Ballinger’s toxic gossip train won’t stop chugging on
The YouTuber apology video is an art form. A penitent creator must be remorseful, but not theatrical. Concise, but not rehearsed. Honest, but not defensive. Above all, an apology video […]
Passes acquired Fanhouse, but some creators are apprehensive
The creator monetization platform Fanhouse announced yesterday that it was acquired by Passes, a similar startup that only launched in beta in December. “We only hopped on a call maybe […]
Twitter starts sharing ad revenue with verified creators
Twitter is now paying creators for a share of the ad revenue earned from ads served in the replies to their posts. Users who subscribe to Twitter Blue and have […]
Twitch is launching a discovery feed and other short-form video features
Twitch is finally rolling out a Discovery Feed, after years of complaints from its creators about the lack of growth opportunities for smaller streamers. The company announced the Discovery Feed, […]
Anthony Padilla and Ian Hecox usher in the new era of Smosh
In their first YouTube video together in seven years, Ian Hecox and Anthony Padilla summoned a demon to score Taylor Swift tickets. The sketch was gently absurd, infused with pop […]
TikTok is reportedly developing a paywall feature and testing a revamped creator fund
After seeing its audience growth in the U.S. stall last year, TikTok is looking to spur growth with new initiatives, including paywalled videos and a revamped creator fund, according to […]