YouTube Says It Paid Music Industry $8B in a Year as Platform Bets on Visual Storytelling and AI Tools

In a letter to music partners, Lyor Cohen, YouTube’s Global Head of Music, outlined a 2026...

Meta to Remove End-to-End Encryption From Instagram DMs

Meta will discontinue end-to-end encryption (E2EE) for Instagram direct messages starting May 8, 2026, citing low...

Facebook Updates Originality Guidelines, Adds Impersonation Detection Tools for Creators

Meta has updated Facebook’s original content guidelines and is rolling out new impersonation-detection capabilities within its...

Australia’s Social Media Ban Cuts Teen Usage But Fails to Eliminate It, Data Shows

Australia’s ban on social media access for users under 16 has reduced teenage engagement on major...

Trump Administration to Collect $10B Fee From TikTok U.S. Deal, per Report

The Trump administration is set to receive approximately $10 billion in fees from the investors who...

TikTok, iHeartMedia Launch TikTok Radio, Debut Creator-Led Podcast Network

TikTok and iHeartMedia have launched TikTok Radio and announced the first wave of creators for the...

YouTube Launches Podcast Vertical Lineups for Advertisers

YouTube has introduced a U.S. Top Podcasts Lineup, giving U.S. advertisers the ability to purchase ad...

Snapchat Unveils Nominees for Inaugural Snappy Awards, Honoring Top Creators Across 20 Categories

Snapchat has released the full list of nominees for the first-ever Snappy Awards Show, set to...

Oracle Discloses $2B Stake in TikTok U.S. Joint Venture

Oracle revealed its financial position in TikTok’s U.S. operations through a quarterly filing on March 11,...

TikTok, Apple Music Launch Full-Song Playback, Listening Party Features in Exclusive Partnership

TikTok and Apple Music announced two new features designed to connect music discovery on TikTok with...

Meta Acquires AI Agent Social Network Moltbook, Taps Founders for Superintelligence Labs

Meta has acquired Moltbook, a social network designed for AI agents, and will bring its founders...

Google.org, YouTube Commit $20M to Teen Digital Wellbeing With Open-Source Curriculum

Google.org, the philanthropic arm of Google, and YouTube announced a $20 million global initiative at YouTube’s...

YouTube Surpasses Disney to Become World’s Largest Media Company, Research Shows

YouTube generated an estimated $62 billion in revenue in 2025, surpassing The Walt Disney Co.’s media...

YouTube Expands AI Likeness Detection to Government Officials, Journalists, and Political Candidates

YouTube has announced the expansion of its likeness detection technology to a pilot group of government...

Roblox Debuts Two Creator Support Programs as Platform Eyes Older, Expanding Audience

Roblox has announced the launch of Roblox Incubator and Roblox Jumpstart, two new programs aimed at...

Trump, Bondi Sued Over TikTok Deal, Investors Allege ByteDance Retained Prohibited Control

Two California investors filed a petition in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of...

X Launches Creator Subscriptions 2.0 With Exclusive Threads, Paid Partnership Labels

X has rolled out Creator Subscriptions 2.0, introducing a set of new monetization and transparency tools...

Nearly Half of U.S. Consumers Now Use TikTok as a Search Engine, Study Finds

Nearly half of U.S. consumers have already used TikTok as a search engine in 2026, according...

Spotify Adds Audiobook Charts to Help Listeners, Publishers Track Trending Titles

Spotify has launched Audiobook Charts for the U.S. and UK, giving listeners and industry professionals a...

Twitch’s Mary Kish on Why Community (Not the Algorithm) Drives Creator Success on the Service

For Mary Kish, Twitch is not simply a live-streaming service. It is a network of interconnected...

TikTok Returns To Albania As Debate Over Online Safety, Political Censorship Persists

TikTok resumed operations in Albania in February 2026 after a year-long government-imposed ban expired, ending a...

Snapchat Announces Inaugural Snappys Awards Show, Names Matt Friend As Host

Snapchat has announced The Snappys Awards Show, its first flagship awards program dedicated to recognizing creators...

Kentucky Court Allows TikTok Youth Addiction Lawsuit To Proceed

A Kentucky state court has allowed the Commonwealth’s consumer protection lawsuit against TikTok to move forward,...

TikTok, MLB Expand Global Content Partnership As Baseball Communities Surge On Platform

TikTok and Major League Baseball (MLB) have announced an expanded multi-year content partnership aimed at growing...

Twitch Introduces Separate Streaming And Chatting Suspensions Under New Enforcement Framework

Twitch is replacing its all-or-nothing suspension system with a targeted enforcement framework that ties restrictions to...