TikTok Star Lala Sadii Attached to Lead Disney Channel Series Inspired by Her Life

Lala Sadii, the TikTok personality and singer with more than 25 million followers on the platform,...

Whatnot Closes $545M Series G at $20B Valuation

Whatnot has closed a $545 million Series G funding round at a $20 billion valuation, Greycroft...

YouTube Opens Shopping Affiliate Program to UK Creators

YouTube is bringing its shopping affiliate program to the UK, giving creators there the ability to...

TikTok Shop’s U.S. GMV Nearly Doubles to $11.8B in H1 2026

TikTok Shop’s U.S. business grew gross merchandise value 103% year-on-year to $11.8 billion in the first...

Kickstarter Launches Its First Self-Financed Creator Fund, a $1M Pool for Independent Artists

Kickstarter has launched the Kickstarter Culture Fund, a $1 million pool supporting independent creators in art,...

Disney Strikes First Major Deal With TikTok on Creator Content 

The Walt Disney Company and TikTok have announced a global partnership that will let creators make...

Ryan Kalil, Blake Griffin Lead NFL and NBA Veterans’ Mexican Football Team Into YouTube Docuseries

An ownership group of NFL and NBA veterans is bringing its purchase of a Mexican professional...

KICK Opens to Advertisers After Three Years of Creator-First Growth

KICK has launched KICK Ads, opening its platform to advertisers for the first time since its...

Spotify Tests Podcast Ad Skip Button to Make Experience More Intuitive

Spotify is testing a feature that lets Premium subscribers skip podcast ad breaks with a single...

YouTube Terminates Wave of ASMR Creator Channels, Citing ‘Sexually Gratifying’ Content Policy

YouTube has removed the channels of several Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response (ASMR) creators for allegedly violating...

Snapchat Stops Rewarding Fully AI-Generated Videos on Spotlight

Snapchat will no longer recommend fully AI-generated videos on Spotlight, the platform’s discovery feed for original...

Whatnot in Talks to Raise Funding at $20B Valuation

Whatnot, the Los Angeles livestream shopping marketplace, is in talks to raise a new funding round...

Spotify Launches Running Mode, Its First AI-Personalized Workout Feature

Spotify has introduced Running Mode, a new feature inside its Fitness Hub that builds running playlists...

Samsung India Taps 60 Snapchat Creators to Launch Galaxy Foldable Lineup

Samsung India partnered with Snapchat on a creator-led campaign to launch its newest Galaxy foldable devices,...

After a Decade Building Snapchat’s Sports Business, Emma Wakely Is Taking the Playbook Everywhere

Gen Z sports fans increasingly follow athletes rather than teams, willing to shift allegiances when a...

NBCUniversal Brings Peacock to YouTube Premium in Multi-Year Streaming Deal

NBCUniversal and YouTube announced a multi-year global partnership that will bundle Peacock Premium with YouTube Premium...

HBO Max Adds Vertical Video Feed, AI-Powered Search to Its Mobile App

HBO Max has launched two new mobile discovery features in the U.S., adding a TikTok-style vertical...

YouTube Lets Shorts Creators Upload Custom Thumbnails, Reversing Prior Stance

YouTube is rolling out custom thumbnail uploads for Shorts to YouTube Partner Program creators, the company...

Snap Closes Out AI Ads Rollout With MCP Server Opening Platform to Third-Party Agents

Snap released the final episode of its “Snapchat’s AI in Ads Crash Course” video series on...

Facebook Tests Video-First Home Screen

Facebook will test opening its app directly into a full-screen video player instead of the traditional...

Patreon Cuts 20% of Staff in Second Major Layoff Since 2022

Patreon laid off 93 employees, roughly 20% of its workforce, on July 23, according to an...

TikTok Tests AI Likeness Detection Tool, Following YouTube’s Playbook on Deepfakes

TikTok has begun testing an opt-in tool that scans the platform for AI-generated content using a...