YouTube Pulls Data From Billboard Charts Over Ad-Supported Stream Weighting Dispute

YouTube announced the termination of its decade-long data partnership with Billboard charts, effective January 16, 2026....

TikTok Launches Global Winter Sports Campaign With International Ski Federation

TikTok and the International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS) announced an extended partnership for the 2025/26...

Snapchat Rolls Out AI Video Generation Tool For Lens+ Subscribers

Snapchat introduced “Animate It,” an AI-powered video generation feature that creates custom animations from text prompts....

TikTok Shop Reaches 200,000 UK Business Sellers As Major Retailers Report Strong Sales

TikTok Shop has attracted more than 200,000 UK small and medium businesses to its e-commerce platform,...

TikTok Shop Introduces Digital Gift Cards As E-Commerce Push Continues

TikTok Shop has launched digital gift cards in the United States, expanding its e-commerce capabilities as...

iHeartMedia To Launch Free Video Podcast Distribution In 2026

iHeartMedia will expand its podcast platform to support both audio and video distribution within iHeartRadio at...

Meta’s Threads Launches Podcast Previews To Court Creators And Their Audiences

Meta is expanding its ambitions for Threads beyond text and short-form posts, moving into podcast discovery...

TikTok One: The Rise Of A Creator Operating System

When TikTok officially rolled out TikTok One in March 2025, the company framed the move as...

TikTok Shop’s Top 10 Creators Made $20 Million In November

TikTok Shop’s top creators are pulling in serious money, and November’s numbers show some wild changes...

Top 10 Best-Selling Products On TikTok Shop In November 2025

TikTok Shop’s November 2025 rankings are here. From a $5.7 million children’s play system to a...

Top 10 TikTok Shops In November 2025

October saw QVC claim the top spot with $14.53 million, followed by medicube US Store at...

TikTok’s New U.S. Investors Get Limited Control In Joint Venture Deal, Internal Memo Shows

TikTok has finalized an agreement to transfer its U.S. operations to a new joint venture majority-owned...

Spotify For Creators Is Quietly Rebuilding The YouTube Playbook For Podcasts

Spotify for Creators, the rebranded successor to Anchor and Spotify for Podcasters, is often framed as...

LinkedIn Bets On Games To Build Professional Connections, Daily Habits

When LinkedIn introduced in-platform games in May 2024, the move appeared, at first glance, out of...

YouTube Shopping Reaches An Inflection Point As TV, Search, And Creator Trust Converge

The YouTube shopping ecosystem entered a new phase in late 2025, moving from an experimental monetization...

Instagram’s Algorithm Reset Clarifies The Rules, But Raises The Stakes For Creators

Instagram’s December 2025 algorithm update did not introduce an entirely new system. Instead, it formalized a...

Twitter Alternatives In 2026: The Platform Didn’t Get Replaced. It Got Unbundled

The prolonged turbulence at X has not produced a single, dominant successor to Twitter. Instead, it...

Patreon Casts Comedian As Mob Boss Santa In Creator-Led Holiday Campaign

Patreon launched its first holiday gifting campaign on December 1, featuring comedian Stavros “Stavvy” Halkias as...

YouTube Terminates AI-Generated Fake Movie Trailer Channels

YouTube has permanently shut down two channels that produced AI-generated fake movie trailers, escalating enforcement action...

TikTok Signs Deal To Transfer U.S. Operations To American-Led Joint Venture

TikTok has signed an agreement to house its U.S. operations in a new joint venture majority-owned...

Twitter Alternatives In 2026: The Platform Didn’t Get Replaced. It Got Unbundled

The prolonged turbulence at X has not produced a single, dominant successor to Twitter. Instead, it...

Instagram TV App Is Bringing Reels To Amazon Fire Devices

Meta has announced it will begin testing Instagram for TV in the U.S. through Amazon Fire...

Oscars Moving To YouTube In Five-Year Deal Beginning 2029

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will move the Oscars to YouTube starting in...

Netflix Secures Exclusive Video Rights To 15+ iHeartMedia Podcasts Including ‘The Breakfast Club’ And ‘My Favorite Murder’

Netflix and iHeartMedia have announced an exclusive video podcast partnership that brings more than 15 industry...

Snapchat Rolls Out Quick Cut Tool For Automated Video Editing

Snapchat has introduced Quick Cut, a Lens-powered video creation tool that transforms photos and clips from...