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...

TikTok Shop: 2026 Playbook For Creators

TikTok Shop is entering 2026 less like an influencer marketplace and more like a performance-driven distribution...

Snapchat Launches Recap 2025 Featuring Personalized Year-End Video Highlights

Snapchat announced the release of its 2025 Recap feature, which offers users personalized video summaries of...

TikTok To Host First U.S. Awards Show On Dec. 18 With Ciara As Headliner

TikTok announced Grammy-winning artist Ciara as the musical headliner for its first U.S. Awards ceremony, scheduled...

TikTok Adds Motion And Brightness Controls To Improve Accessibility

TikTok introduces new accessibility features designed to support users with neurological, cognitive, and visual sensitivities, the...

WPP Media Integrates YouTube Creator Data Across Planning, Activation Tools

WPP Media announced an expansion of its partnership with Google that provides access to YouTube creator...

TikTok Hosts First Creator Day In Pakistan, Focuses On Safety And Platform Training

TikTok held its inaugural Creator Day event in Pakistan, bringing together content creators for educational programming...

YouTube Enables Stablecoin Payouts For U.S. Creators Through PayPal Partnership

YouTube has launched a feature allowing U.S.-based creators to receive earnings in PayPal’s PYUSD stablecoin, marking...

Meta Launches New AI Tools To Scale Creator-Brand Partnerships

Meta introduced AI-powered tools to help businesses discover, evaluate, and convert organic creator content into partnership...

Pinterest Maps Out ‘Not-Yet-Trending’ Signals For 2026

Pinterest has published its “Pinterest Predicts 2026” report, a trend forecast based on the platform’s internal...

TikTok Launches Live Podcast Series With T-Mobile

TikTok has launched a live podcast series, “TikTok In The Mix,” in partnership with T-Mobile, as...

YouTube Launches Comments On Shorts Ads, Expands Mobile Web Availability To Boost Holiday Campaigns

Google has introduced interactive comments on eligible YouTube Shorts ads and expanded Shorts advertising to the...