Influencers
The UK just became the second English-speaking country to ban social media for under-16s. But lumping YouTube in with TikTok and Instagram has the creator industry asking whether lawmakers understand what YouTube actually is.
Tessa Rowan·
27d ago
3 sources
Influencers
The new concert series films intimate album-release shows and streams them globally. For YouTube, it's a bid to own the moment when music culture is most alive.
Tessa Rowan·
27d ago
3 sources
Influencers
Prime Minister Keir Starmer's landmark legislation would block TikTok, YouTube, Instagram, and X for anyone under 16 in Britain. The business implications run deeper than the headlines suggest.
Tessa Rowan·
28d ago
3 sources
Influencers
Bubbles, foldable gaming modes, and XR glasses connectivity signal that Google is building an ecosystem architecture — and the creator and gaming communities living inside Android are the real audience.
Nina Cross·
28d ago
3 sources
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Influencers
Xbox's latest round of studio closures claims one of its most critically acclaimed acquisitions — and raises harder questions about what Microsoft's gaming strategy actually is.
Miles Hart·
28d ago
4 sources
Influencers
The sports media veteran's hire signals Amazon is getting serious about monetizing creators — not just hosting them.
Tessa Rowan·
28d ago
2 sources
Influencers
The singer-songwriter went public on Instagram after the Trump administration staged UFC Freedom 250 on White House grounds — and she wasn't subtle about it.
Grant Hollis·
29d ago
3 sources
Influencers
London follows Canberra's lead with age-gating legislation that will force platforms to build verification infrastructure or exit a major market.
Miles Hart·
30d ago
3 sources
Influencers
Meta's text platform has cleared a milestone that took Instagram years to reach. The question advertisers are quietly asking: when does the money follow?
Grant Hollis·
30d ago
3 sources
Influencers
When a Verge writer built a backyard-tracking app with Gemini in five minutes, it wasn't just a fun experiment. It was a signal about where the creator economy is heading next.
Nina Cross·
33d ago
3 sources
Influencers
Katie Dippold's Apple TV+ horror series began life as a Pawnee-set episode she ultimately decided 'felt more like a spoof.' That pivot tells you a lot about how IP incubates in writers' rooms.
Tessa Rowan·
33d ago
3 sources
Influencers
The Obama-era @whitehouse Instagram sat untouched since 2017. Someone got in anyway — and Meta's response time tells you everything about whose accounts actually get protected.
Nina Cross·
34d ago
3 sources
Influencers
The Latin music couple pivots from adult contemporary to children's entertainment, bringing in YouTube-native collaborators to build a new audience from scratch.
Miles Hart·
44d ago
3 sources
Influencers
A $118M opening weekend buys you a lot of goodwill at A24. The YouTube-native filmmaker is moving toward a feature anthology, and the IP math finally makes sense.
Tessa Rowan·
45d ago
2 sources
Influencers
Kane Parsons' feature debut doesn't just beat A24's opening weekend record — it laps it. Here's what the numbers actually mean for the distributor's business model.
Miles Hart·
46d ago
3 sources
Influencers
Art Garfunkel, Jimmy Fallon, Busta Rhymes, and Kirk Franklin didn't just show up to celebrate Puth. They showed up to make the concert impossible to replicate on a screen.
Nina Cross·
46d ago
3 sources
Influencers
As TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube rewire feeds around entertainment logic, marketers are abandoning the interruption model and building content operations that look a lot like studios.
Nina Cross·
46d ago
3 sources
Influencers
Two of the most-watched political streamers in the U.S. were turned away at the border. The implications for creator-led media extend well beyond one trip to Oxford.
Tessa Rowan·
46d ago
3 sources
Influencers
From TikTok's Creativity Program overhaul to YouTube's ad-share thresholds, the payout landscape is changing fast — and creators who built on a single platform's terms are finding out what that dependency actually costs.
Tessa Rowan·
47d ago
5 sources