YouTube is taking a page out of the TikTok playbook by adding “jewels” you buy to exchange for gifts for your favorite creators during livestreams. The feature, announced in September’s Made on YouTube event, is rolling out in the US over the next few weeks for eligible creators in the YouTube Partner Program. The feature…
YouTube continues to roll out the series of new features and design updates it announced last month, with the refreshed bottom bar icons widely available on Android. There’s no change to how YouTube navigation is laid out, but four of the five icons have been updated. Overall, they have thicker outlines than before and more…
Daniel Lubetzky, the founder of Kind Snacks with a personal net worth of $2.3 billion, admits that his morning routine used to be exhausting. “I used to have horrible habits,” he said in an interview with Entrepreneur. Lubetzky founded Kind Snacks in 2004 and sold it for $5 billion in 2020; he is now the…
Despite YouTube Premium’s promise of an ad-free experience, some premium users expressed their disappointment on social media after seeing ads in videos. Users report ads despite premium subscription A number of Reddit users reported their experiences, including a member who used the mobile app and uploaded a screenshot of a Google Workspace ad. Ads for YouTube…
For the last eight months, David Cogen has been living a double life. By day: a YouTuber and creator, the face of TheUnlockr, reviewing phones and testing ebikes and explaining how food smokers really work. By night and morning and every single other available moment in between: a coffee shop entrepreneur, working to get a…
YouTube hyperlinked comments are now starting to appear more widely in video comment sections as a – somewhat spammy – way to help you find more about a specific topic or interest point. Originally hyperlinked comments were rolled out as a limited experiment on YouTube, but it appears to be more widely available after this…
NYU Stern professor and serial entrepreneur Scott Galloway says “AI is not going to take your job” — but people who know how to use it might. In an episode of the Masters of Scale podcast, which aired earlier this month, Galloway advised anyone who thinks their job might be at risk of automation to…
X, formerly known as Twitter, is making a change to how some creators earn money on the platform. Starting November 8, 2024, creators will be paid based on engagement from Premium users instead of ad revenue. A new payment model for creators Before, creators were compensated based on how many verified users saw ads in…
MKBHD’s new wallpaper app has received its first big update after users criticized the app over pricing and the advertising setup for free accounts. On Friday, the Panels account announced on X that people using the app for free can now download high-resolution images — not just standard-definition ones — by watching a single ad….
Over the past few hours, YouTube appears to have accidentally removed channels and banned accounts for violating its “spam, deceptive practices, and scams policy” even for users that have never uploaded videos in what looks to be a bug. Update 10/4: As of Friday afternoon, “all channels incorrectly removed for Spam & Deceptive Practices have…
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Facebook is making it easier for content creators to earn money on the platform by merging various monetization options into one central program. Facebook’s new project Known as the Facebook Content Monetization Beta, this new project will allow creators to benefit from in-stream ads, Reel ads and performance bonuses without having to meet specific requirements…
Some of the most watched and listened to music on YouTube and YouTube Music disappeared on Saturday, replaced by a short message: Video unavailable This video contains content from SESAC. It is not available in your country. That is probably not what people expected when they tried to stream Adele’s “Rolling in the Deep” or…
Due to a licensing dispute with SESAC, a ton of songs have been removed from YouTube and YouTube Music in the US. YouTube remains in “active conversations with SESAC and are hoping to reach a new deal as soon as possible.” Over the past day, YouTube Music users in the US have encountered songs marked with an…