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Creator Upload — 307 episodes

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LinkedIn's New War on AI Slop, and Disney Links Up with TikTok

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There's a New Content Creation College Degree in Town (what you need to know)

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Creator "Fandom" is Changing (feat. Jim Louderback)

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The Strategy Behind Netflix Buying Up YouTube Creators (feat. Ben Relles)

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And the Emmy Goes to...Creators??

6

Creators & The World Cup (in our Neighborhood)

7

We Went to Cannes Lions (What You Need to Know)

8

Fox Wants to Finance Your Next Show | Billy Parks, Head of Fox Creator Studios Joins | Ed Davidson from Cannes Lions Talks Creators 2026

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Is YouTube Finally a True Social Network?

10

How Caleb Hammer Built a Massive Membership (feat. Hammer Media President Robert Kaliati)

11

AI Has Officially Taken Over (on YouTube)

12

We Went to YouTube Brandcast (What You Need To Know)

13

Lia Haberman Talks Memes and Conferences; Sophia Kianni Reveals How She Scales Her Content Business

14

The Jesser Business Blueprint (feat. JesserCo President Zach Miller)

15

Markiplier at the Movies, Keke Goes Live, and the Dogfight Against Deepfake

16

Is LinkedIn the Future for Creators? | Alex Josephson, VP of Brandworks for LinkedIn, Explains

17

He Built a Network to Make Content Creation More Affordable | OpenAI Buys TBPN | YouTube's TV Update

18

YouTube Takes the Gloves Off | The Renaissance of Branded Web Series

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Tubi Teams Up with Tiktok, feat. Rich Bloom & The Verdicts Changing Social Media Forever

20

We Went to SXSW (creator edition)

21

Kidslop, Creator TV, and the Woes of the Creator Middle Class

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We Went to SoCom 2026 (and Saw the Future of Social Shopping)

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The $22 Billion Live Shopping Spree (feat. Armand Wilson, VP at Whatnot)

24

This YouTube Channel just bought a Cable Network | Law & Crime President Rachel Stockman

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YouTube's $60 Billion Haul and Iron Lung's Hollywood Chokehold

26

Dhar Mann had a Crazy Week (feat. his Chief Strategy Officer, Ross Habif)

27

Fixated’s $50 Million Creator Management Masterplan (feat. Zach Katz & Jason Wilhelm)

28

Meet the CEO Closing the Billion Dollar Creator Money Gap (Arthur Leopold, Agentio)

29

Spotify Creators Get Paid More | Jordan Newman (Head of Content Partnerships)

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The Oscars are Headed to YouTube

31

Jon Youshaei is Making the Boring Stuff Simple for Creators

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Athletes Go Streaming and Creators Go Dancing, feat. Sam Gutelle of Tubefilter | Creator Upload

33

How Tubi is Winning with Creators, feat. GM & EVP Rich Bloom | Creator Upload

34

The Podcast Gold Rush | Creator Upload

35

Reels $50 Billion Run Rate and the Netflix Podcast Play | Creator Upload

36

Mark Rober and Cleo Abram Tell All at Adobe Max | Creator Upload feat. Mike Polner of Adobe

37

SoCom Founder Max Benator Explains Why We Should Care about Social Commerce | Creator Upload

38

How Creators Can Turn Influence Into Equity | Creator Upload feat. Phil Ranta, CEO of Stealth Talent

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Is AI Coming For Your Creator Job? | Creator Upload

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Will Trump's New Algorithm Fix TikTok? | Creator Upload

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The Rise of Creator Storefronts | Creator Upload

42

How This Creator Drew 87,000 Fans to a Mall | Jordan Matter | Creator Upload

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MrBeast's Leaked Plan to Start a Mobile Network | YouTube's NFL Takeover | Creator Upload

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YouTube's New Plan to Make Small Creators Famous | Creator Upload

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Is an Adpocalypse Coming for Roblox? | Creator Upload

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Why Slow Ventures Gave This Woodworking Creator $2 Million | Creator Upload

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From Creator to VC: Caspar Lee’s Playbook for the Creator Economy | Creator Upload

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Why Did Social Media Wait So Long To Protect Kids? | Creator Upload

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How YouTube's Top Trial Channel Covered the Diddy Case | Creator Upload

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Warning: The Creator Middle Class is Disappearing | Creator Upload

51

Dhar Mann's Plan to Buy Your Favorite YouTuber | Creator Upload

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The Creator Economy's Next Chapter | Cannes & VidCon 2025 Recap feat. Phil Ranta | Creator Upload

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We went to Cannes (and learned a ton about creators) | Creator Upload

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YouTube's Impact on the Economy is Even Bigger Than We Thought

55

Are Employees the ULTA-mate Influencers?

56

Creator Don't Steal My Vibe

57

Creator AI Investment BOOM: Google's Promise, Whalar at $400M, Caspar Lee Raises, and More

58

YouTube's Future REVEALED: Every Update from Brandcast 2025

59

How NewFronts 2025 Showed the Future of How Brands and Creators Collab

60

The Shorts King of YouTube: How to Turn Views into Cash

61

A Conversation with Reid AI (Reid Hoffman), and YouTube Turns 20 Years Old

62

The Surprising Growth in Creator Marketing Budgets, feat. EMARKETER VP and Principal Analyst Jasmine Enberg

63

Why Creators Should Go to Cannes, feat. Marian Brannelly, Global Director of Awards at Cannes LIONS

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The Boy Who Cried TikTok Ban

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What is a View, Really? feat. Drew Baldwin, Founder & CEO of Tubefilter

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Bluey vs Brainrot, and a Major Influencer Investment Prediction Comes True Early

67

Creators Go Upfront, MrBeast Investor Deck Leaks, and the Sidemen Charity Match Crushes

68

YouTube is Going Premium. Can Creators Adjust?

69

MrBeast Worth 5 Billion, Alex Dumps Alix, and Crime Junkie Cashes In

70

True Crime, Fake Content? Plus NikeSKIMS and the Creator Brand Landscape, feat. Billy Parks of Slow Ventures

71

YouTube 20 Years Later, feat. Jamie Gutfreund

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Josh and Lauren Visit SoCom 2025

73

Meta's Creator War Chest, NFL Access for Legends, and Trump Creator Credentials

74

TikTok Gets a Lifeline, feat. Kaya Yurieff

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The Final Hours of TikTok?

76

Meta Rolls Back Fact Checking and David Dobrik Returns, feat. Adam Conner

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Socials Go Supreme, Creators Consent, and our 2025 Creator Economy Predictions

78

TikTok Ban Upheld, but the Reel Trial is on Instagram

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Welcome to the "Monetize Everything" Era of Content

80

Generative AI Gains New Footing in the Creator Economy

81

Meet the New CEO of Dude Perfect! Andrew Yaffe Joins

82

How Trump Being Elected President Impacts the Creator Economy, feat. Kaya Yurieff and Sam Gutelle

83

YouTube Earns, Instagram Erodes, and the Mafiathon Pulls Us Back In

84

The Future of Social Commerce and Live Shopping, feat. Max Benator, Co-Founder & CEO of Orca

85

YouTube Updates, Founders Beef, and Messi Sues, feat. Miles Sellyn from Course Studio

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YouTube Shorts are getting longer and Big Macs are getting chickenier and Kai Cenat-ier

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Should Creators be Compensated when AI Models Scrape their Data?

88

YouTube's Global Head of Creators Tells All, feat. Kim Larson

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Everything That Happened at Made On YouTube 2024

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The Dangers of Deceptive Content During Election Season

91

VidSummit 2024 Review, the Minecraft Movie and Cristiano Ronaldo Transfers to YouTube

92

Demure, Daddy Gang and the DNC

93

We Got Invited to the White House, feat. Eric Wei

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Creators and the Olympics feat. Nya-Gabriella Parchment, Co-Head of Brand Partnerships, UTA Creators

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Meta Rolls out AI for All, and the Kids Online Safety Act Passes

96

Kamala's Brat Summer and Stolen Vibes

97

Trump, the "Ultimate Influencer," Reverses on TikTok

98

The Hawk Tuah Explosion feat. Tonner Jackson, CEO of Course Studio

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VidCon 2024 Recap, feat Phil Ranta, COO of Fixated

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Ahead of VidCon, Influencers Make Less than Ever

101

Cracking the Instagram Algorithm and Kai Cenat Breaks Another Record

102

MrBeast Officially Wears the YouTube Crown

103

ViewStats, AI, and Brand Safety feat. Viral Nation Chief Product Officer Nicholas Spiro

104

OpenAI vs The World as YouTube and ScarJo Investigate, plus a BrandCast recap

105

Bloomberg's Alex Barinka Breaks Down TikTok's Lawsuit Against the US Government

106

Inside Beehiiv's $33M Series B, feat. CEO Tyler Denk

107

The TikTok Ban Countdown Chaos

108

The Father Daughter Duo Taking Over YouTube, feat. Jordan Matter

109

Is Instagram Criminally Underpaying Creators?

110

YouTube Putting Shorts Behind a Paywall?

111

LinkedIn Goes TikTok feat. Zach Blume, Co-Founder of Portal A

112

MrBeast Lands The Biggest Game Show in History

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The First Ever LinkedIn Influencer Agency, feat. Brendan Gahan

114

How to Make the Algorithm Work Like Magic, feat. Justin Flom

115

How Much Money Do Content Creators Really Make? feat. Eric Wei, Cofounder of Karat Financial

116

Ludwig Confronts YouTube's CEO, plus MrBeast on the Cover of Time

117

Super Bowl Creator Recap 2024, Nike x Kai Cenat, and Disney Makes an Epic Investment

118

The Brand Yearbook feat. Sara Wilson, plus YouTube's 2024 Plans, and Top Podcasts Renew with a Twist

119

Creator Economy 2024 Outlook feat. Megan Lightcap, plus Taylor Swift is Off TikTok & Tech CEOs Grilled by Congress

120

MrBeast Tests X, Enters China, and Signs with Amazon?

121

YouTube Restructures, Meta Restricts, and TikTok Rolls Out The Sopranos

122

2024 Premiere: MatPat Says Goodbye, TikTok Makes Good Bank, and our first Creator on the Rise

123

VTubers, ViewStats, and Viral Nation Ventures

124

Is Ludwig Leaving YouTube for Twitch?

125

Long Form Content is Making a Comeback.

126

Meta Retakes the Growth Crown from TikTok

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Good Mythical MishMash feat. Saurabh Shah, CEO of Warren James

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Brand Ad Spend is Up. We hope the Granfluencers Get It.

129

TwitchCon 2023 Recap, and States Sue Meta

130

Patreon has its Moment, and it's 200 million for MrBeast

131

Oh Snap! feat. Jim Shepherd

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How to Break the Algorithm, feat. Linktree CMO Monica Austin

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Previewing VidCon Baltimore | New AI Features from Meta Connect 2023

134

Made On YouTube 2023 Recap

135

How to Be Extremely Online, feat. Taylor Lorenz

136

This Title is an A/B Test

137

Streamy Awards 2023 Review

138

TikTok's Deal with the US Government, feat. Alex Barinka

139

The Sound of (YouTube Sample) Music

140

Creators vs the Law, and We're All Unwell

141

Burger Blowups and Shorts Glowups

142

Creator Deals and Day Jobs, feat. Peter Hollens

143

How Will the Strike Impact Creators?

144

The Future of Youtube feat. Tara Walpert Levy

145

What's Your Thread Count?

146

VidCon 2023 Reviews and Reactions

147

VidCon Views feat. Jim Louderback

148

Next-Gen Creator Education and Management, feat. Dylan Huey

149

Twitch Rolls Back, Tucker Moves Forward, and YouTube...does both?

150

Creators Expanding Retail Footprints and Cleaning Up Digital Footprints, feat. Viral Nation CEO Joe Gagliese

151

Constitutional Law, Creators in Residence, and Crashes at Twitter featuring Sean Atkins

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YouTube Brandcast Recap; Montana Casts Away TikTok

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The YouTube AdBlockalypse, Tucker on Twitter, and Previewing Brandcast feat. Brian Albert

154

Strikes, Streamys, and Strange AI Commercials

155

Earnings Beats, Originals Beaten, and Creators Hit the Silver Screen

156

The Creator-Platform Symbiosis, feat. Avi Gandhi

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From Creator to Career, feat. Cat Valdes

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Spotify Live was only a Faze; YouTube and Kick Taking their Place?

159

A New Direction for the Creator Economy?

160

The Tiktok Files

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TikTok, Meta Layoffs, and Reels Pay Cuts, Oh My!

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Could TikTok Actually Get Banned?

163

YouTube AI will do what now?

164

It's not Influencing. It's Deinflucing.

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YouTubers get the green light to use licensed music. Now what?

166

What's up with the TikTok Transparency Center?

167

Brent Rivera talks to us about Amp Studios, MRBeast, blindness and Lauren’s dad and Is it a Disney or YCombinator for creators?

168

Gordan Ramsey Tastes Prime, Tiktok Admits How Videos Goes Viral, Instagram Gets Back to Photos and A Rare Mea Culpa

169

Famous Birthdays, Evan Britton Co-Hosts, YouTube Returns to Vidcon, Netflix Goes to Upfronts and TikTok’s Advertising Trick. Plus Monetizing Shorts, MrBeast and ChatGPT Issues

170

YouTube Monetizes Shorts, Instagram Goes Back to Its Roots, NFL Sunday Ticket Has a New Home, and MrBeast Philanthropy.

171

Mekanism’s Brendan Gahan Shares 2023 Predictions, YouTube Has A Swear Jar, And Samsung Hooks Up An Oven

172

Hans Zimmer and MrBeast Collab, Spotify Opens Up Office Space, Blippi Expands to Latin America, and We've Got Predictions for 2023!

173

YouTube CFO Kon Exits for Cohere, Theorists Gets Acquired, Meta Shuts Down Super and Will You Be Watching the NFL on YouTube TV?

174

MrBeast Graces the Cover of Forbes, TikTok Gets Banned, Instagram Updates and Cameo Launches Cameo Kids!

175

The Streamy Awards Happened, But What Was Josh Wearing? OpenAI is Cool But Maybe Too Cool and Rhett and Link Get Mad Respect

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We’re Ready for the Streamy Awards! CEO of TikTok Shares Info on Metaverse, Pinterest Makes a Change and Yes To Charli D’Amelio and DWTS!

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Creator Upload Meets True Crime – The Interview with Chris Eberle

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The FTX and Graham Stephan Drama, Linktree Adds Paywalls, Youtube Shorts Tests Shopping Feature and MrBeast Partners with a University

179

YouTube Has a Big Update, Meta Lays Off Workforce and The Interview with Linktree’s Alex Zaccaria

180

A Brilliant Amicus Brief by The Onion. The FCC recommends a Ban on TikTok. Elon’s Bringing Back Vine and Facebook Finally Makes It Easier for Creators.

181

We Talk Facebook Troubles, Preview the Streamys, Chat with Google’s Adam Stewart, and MrBeast’s $1.5 Billion. Did We Mention Oprah?

182

TikTok Pulse Program is Announced by Muaaz, TikTok Also Hooks Up with Linktree. YouTube Dominates the Podcast Space and What Did Pinterest Just Do?

183

AI Is Coming for All Our Jobs, TikTok Builds in The U.S. And YouTube Changes Names

184

MrBeast Runs for President, Instagram Tests Multiple Links in Bio, Facebook Shuts It Down and TikTok Makes a Tiny Change That Might Change the Game

185

The Interview with YouTube’s Creator Liaison Rene Ritchie and Josh is Excited About…Lace. And AI. And Robots. And A Vacuum?

186

MrBeast Adds Another Feastables Product, Youtube Shorts and Revenue Sharing May Change the Game, Kyncl Becomes CEO of Warner Music, LinkedIn Hires Coupe and Tiktok Bans Campaign Fundraising – FB Are You Listening?

187

Open Cameras Reveal How Instagram Influencers Take Photos, Vanessa Pappas Talks To Congress, Patreon’s Layoff Drama, and Instagram Tests Another New Feature

188

MrBeast’s Burger Has A Grand Opening, Warren James Looks to Make an Impact, Instagram Scales Back, and...Charli D’Amelio

189

Mark Bergen’s Got A New Book, Dispo’s Insta-impressions, Snap Goes Back to Basics, and YouTube’s New Team Have Something in Common

190

CoryxKenshin Calls Out Youtube’s Racism and Favoritism, TikTok is Crack Cocaine and Josh and Lauren Reveal Their Addictions

191

Lauren is back! Shopify Collabs, Adam Mosseri Announces More on Reels, LinkedIn Upgrades and Whattup with Chamberlain Coffee & Kim Larson?

192

Liz Perle Guest Hosts, TikTok Rises and Facebook Falls with Teens, Creator DAO Invests and Jake Paul Wants to Make Things BETR

193

Orca’s Max Benator Fills In, Netflix Sues Creators Over Bridgerton, Influencer Marketing Spend Numbers Are In, and MrBeast Hits 100M. BTW, Is Live Social Shopping Dead or Thriving?

194

TikTok’s Got a PR Problem, Kylie Jenner and Kim Kardashian Hit Hard Against Instagram Changes, and the Earnings Round-Up for Meta and YouTube

195

Lauren’s Favorite Creator Joins LinkedIn? FaZe Goes Public, YouTube Has a New Liaison and Jimmy Kimmel and Mark Rober Are A Thing!

196

Addison Rae, Bonkers Toys and Walmart? Youtube TV Is On its Way and We Interview Solesavy’s Ali Adab About All Things Sneakers and Web 3

197

Logan Paul signs with WWE, TikTok pulls back and the Interview with Famous Birthdays, Evan Britton

198

Who Won Vidcon, Follower Meaning on TikTok Versus YouTube and The FCC Uses Twitter to Talk with Apple and Google. Why?

199

Facebook’s Zuckerberg Makes an Announcement, We’re at Vidcon, and the Interview with Beth Le Manach from Entertaining with Beth!

200

A Business Insider Feature, Vidcon 2022, Youtube Shorts are Super-Hot, Facebook Leaks and FTC Crypto Scams

201

Lauren Apologizes, Big VidCon News, Linktree Rebrands, Famous Birthdays talks Alexa and Instagram Reels Updates… meh, again.

202

Our Guest Jeremy Lewis from Crypto.com talks all things Web3, Sheryl Sandberg leaves Facebook and TikTok is Rocking the Creative Center, Kind of.

203

Uvalde Mass Shooting and Reddit’s Ability to Help? TikTok launches Subscriptions and Spring’s Annelies Jansen Talks Taking the Pain Out of Commerce for Creators

204

Creator Clash Update, Discord, Twitch and Responsibility – Buffalo Shooting – and YouTube’s Brandcast

205

Instagram is NFT-ing it, More TikTok Users than YouTube, and We Hang with Paul Leys of 368 in NYC

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LinkedIn Gets Serious About Creators – The Interview with Andrei Santalo, FB Pulls Podcasts and TikTok Splits Revenue with Creators

207

What It Takes to Use Twitter Again, Elon Musk? YouTube monetizes Shorts. What Makes A Creator Investible and Jellysmack Buys AMA

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Host Dishes on Swanky Dinner Party - Clubhouse, Meta Live and Greenroom are Dying and Shopify Acquires Dovetale

209

Emma Chamberlain is Most Fav, Black Rifle Coffee’s Mat Best Branding, and Instagram Reels Cuts Revenue

210

MrBeast’s YouTube Record Gets Smashed by Will Smith and Facebook Gets Caught Lying About Tiktok

211

Unity’s Teaser is Shocking, Instagram Gets Deterministic and Shopify is Coming for Your Bio

212

White House Reaches Out to TikTok, NCAA Punishes Smack Talk and Instacart Delivers on TikTok

213

Brandon Sanderson’s Successful 26M Kickstarter Campaign, Amazon’s Amp Does What and YouTube Will Pay for Podcasts

214

MrBeast Joins LinkedIn and Yes, Randi Zuckerberg's Crypto Dance

215

A Conversation with Danny Casale, aka Coolman Coffeedan

216

Snap adds midrolls to Stories, Spotter raises $200M, Instagram tries to make sheets happen

217

Meta is ABSOLUTELY not threatening to leave Europe, TikTok updates policy across the board and Snap keeps climbing

218

Facebook earnings vs YT earnings, MrBeast is the new Willy Wonka, Airrack Raises $3 Million, Koji Raises $20 Million

219

YouTube < Crypto, Hank Green's Money Me$$age to TikTok, and Jellysmack's $500 million play for the oldies but goodies

220

YouTube is done with Originals, Instagram is getting into subscriptions and Linkedin is going all in on a

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80 Orgs think YouTube is spreading lies, Instagram's going MySpace, and we interview Jessy Grossman from Women in Influencer Marketing

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Jake Paul is at war, again, Facebook gaming is up, way up, Tiktok is sharing and going to a dentist's office near you and they Hype House is coming to Netflix

223

Order TikTok for lunch, YouTubers want to be robots, and what's in store for 2022

224

TikTok wants to protect you from its own algorithm. It's act one of Meta's new verse. Minecraft gets a 10 figure view count, and Twitch's co-founder his red pill in web three.

225

Instagram goes before congress and adds more safety measures, Facebook makes Profiles the new Page, Casey Neistat is taking you to film school and it's STREAMYS WEEK

226

Larray Tapped To Host Streamy Awards, Jack Dorsey Finally Quits Twitter, TikTok rolls out Creator Next, 100 Thieves Is Now Worth $460 Million

227

Fazeclan partners with Draftkings, Pinterest is incubating, Jellysmack makes an acquisition

228

YouTube Doesn't Like the Dislikes, QVC < YouTube, Instagram is getting Subscriptions, $$$ for YouTube Shorts Creators, and Clubhouse Is No Longer Just Live

229

MrBeast is saving the oceans #teamseas, Meta, meta, meta, Pinterest TV coming to screens everywhere

230

Facebook goes Meta, Youtube's got a ton of new creators, Fazeclan is a Billionare and Dhar Mann is the afterschool special we need

231

YouTube's Small Town's Worth of Creator Managers, Instagram Not On Mobile, _________ née Facebook

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Facebook is gone, Youtube is a small country and Snapchat is still paying Creators

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Facebook Files, Tiktok hits ONE BILLION users, Snap isn't paying as much anymore and #freebritney

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Nas Daily on Raising $15 Million For Nas Academy and Creators Starting Companies To Change The World

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Netflix Loves It Some TikTok Stars • You Spent 24 Hours Watching TikTok Last Month • Twitter Wants To Be Your Community Hub • Dave Portnoy Loves To Eat Pizza

236

TikTok's going shopping, Vine Founder Has Some Loot, Twitter's subscription are SUPER, Amazon reinvents Audio (Spoiler Alert: It's Radio)

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Creator communities going all in on crypto, but for real this time, UTA has money and crypto for its clients, Tiktok testing ten minute video, say goodbye to IG swiping and get paid on Linktree.

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Buying Crypto Punks At A Party • Why Investing In Creators Makes Sense • OnlyFans Wants To Be Safe For Work •  New Hustles of Newsletters • YouTube Figures Out Another Way To Get Your Attention

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YouTube, TikTok, and Facebook Are Unbeatable, But Now We Have Social NFTs • Unboxing YouTube Kids' Channels May Have A Rude Awakening • Instagram Gets Safer, But Why Does This Always Take So Long?

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OnlyFans Metrics Are Becoming A Thing, TikToks Are Going To Disappear, YouTube Shorts Will Start Giving Creators Cash

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YouTube, TikTok, and Amazon are Finally Doing Shopping LIVE (or will be ASAP) • Fashion x Gaming x $2,500 Vegan Backpacks = The Future • YouTube Daddys Rhett & Link Invest put $5 Million towards Creators

242

$1 Billion Dollars Is Kinda Cool, Facebook, But Several Billion Dollars Is Cooler • The Netflix to YouTube Funnel • Two Video Creators Raise A Collective $21 Million For Their Own Startups

243

Tiktok wants to get you a job, Karat raised more money to give Creators credit cards and Fidji Simo leaves Facebook

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Social Media is About to Get a Massive Influx of College Athletes, Instagram is No Longer a Photo-Sharing App, Facebook Says Apple is Bad for Creators, and YouTube Gets a Concert Venue

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YouTube Shorts Channels Are Most Viewed In The World, Head of Instagram Demystifies the Algorithm (LIVE!), Zuck Gets 'Real' On Facebook, Twitter Is 97% Pro-Creator, & Let's Order Food But Socially

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The $60 Million 'Call Her Daddy' Deal is Going to Change Creator Contracts Forever, Space Yacht Navigates Musical Talent Discovery on Twitch, and TikTok Takes Over VidCon

247

Zuck And Instagram Go All In On Creators, Floyd Mayweather And Logan Paul's Multi-Million Dollar Sponsor Bonanza, Dispo Funding, and Apple's 30% Creator Problem

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The Creator Age Is Officially Upon Us, People LOVE Buying Products On TikTok, YouTube's $4 Billion Payout, Buying YouTube Royalties For $500K, and New YouTube Alcohol Tycoons

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TikTok's Super Viral Scenes, Snapchat's $130 Million To Creators and $500 Million Augmented Reality Plays, Instagram and FB Get Rid Of Likes And Add Drops, and $750K For A Viral Video

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TikTok Is LinkedIn For Gen Z, YouTube's $100 Million Shorts Fund Gets People Talking, Will Creators Pay For TikTok Promo?, and Jellysmack Is A Unicorn

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YouTube Is Taking Over TV (But Seriously. It Is.), Snapchat Gets A Creator Marketplace To Complement Its Impressive Gen Z Demos and 'Intimate' Vertical Videos, and Will Smith Is Platform Agnostic

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Instagram Is All In On Creator Monetization (Finally!), Spotify's $0 Creator Fees, Google And Facebook Earnings Crush, and A Vlog Squad-er Tops Patreon

253

Zuck Talks Facebook’s Clubhouse Killer On Discord’s Clubhouse Killer, The News Feed Is Getting Optimized, Is YouTube’s Dislike A Good Thing For Creators?, and Jake Paul’s Boxing Payday

254

Linkedin Creators, Community raises $40M to text you, get ready to buy stuff on Snap and Rich Greenfield of Lightshed subs and tells us about his $80 Million fund

255

Will BitClout Be Big For Creators?, Spotify’s Lauren Jarvis Breaks Down Audio, Patreon Gets a $4 Billion Glow Up, and Clubhouse Is Giving Creators Tips

256

David Dobrik and Dispo, MrBeast Is Investing Millions in Creators, and VidCon is Coming Back At You Live

257

YouTube Shorts Is Coming For TikTok, Clubhouse Cozies Up To Creators, Facebook Wants To Pay You For Short-Form, and Instagram Wants Parents To Feel OK

258

Everyone Wants To Monetize Creators, Roblox Goes Public, Facebook Gaming Wants Community, and Yes–There are People Who Only Watch YouTube On TVs

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Audio Influencers are now a thing on Clubhouse, Logan Paul’s Business Savvy, Musicians are going to start Loving Facebook, and acquiring IG Meme Accounts

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Creator Upload is here! Spotify and Twitter Subscriptions Are Going To Make Creators Some $$$, The Story of NTWRK with Aaron Levant, and Logan Paul Mints $5 Million with NFTS

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TikTok’s Business is roaring in 2021, YouTube’s TikTok clone #Shorts is about to be HUGE, and will David Dobrik’s Dispo take down Instagram?

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David Dobrik’s Going To Be Bigger Than Late Night TV, Instagram Doesn’t Want Your TikToks, But Zuck Wants His Own Clubhouse

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Instagram feeds lead to TikTok, YouTube’s paid out $30 billion to creators, Google Stadia gets out of games, and how to pronounce Jared Leto.

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How Redditors Betting on Gamestop is like early Online Video, An Interview With Spring (neé Teespring) CEO Chris Lamontagne, and YouTube’s CEO Touts How Much She Pays Creators

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Get $1 Million A Day From Snapchat, Will Instagram Consolidate?, Apple Is Going To Make Money From Podcast Subscriptions, And Post-Peak Creators Leaving YouTube

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Trump is gone from the internet, YouTube and TikTok put money into Black Voices, Roku gets Quibi for a steal, and YouTube legend PewDiePie gets on Facebook, and Creator Businesses you should know about - Superbam

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YouTube Taps Charli D’Amelio For New Years Eve, David Dobrik’s $100K Puzzle, Liza Koshy Teams With Will Smith, and Josh Gets Emotional about the Streamys

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Kevin from the office is made $1M on Cameo, Kevin Systrom back at Instagram in a Post-Monopoly Facebook?, FaZe gets a pipeline to talent, and Logan Paul is going to make a ton of dough boxing by talking trash

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TikTok extends video length, Facebook Gaming Hangs Twitch, Jake Paul v. the world

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Charli D'Amelio 100M on Tiktok, Snap gives away $, Baratunde Thurston

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YouTube’s Getting More $$ (But Not Paying Creators), Instagram Shopping And Reels Is Front And Center, Twitter Copies Instagram (Which Copied Snapchat - Or Was It TikTok?), and Facebook Gets More Claims

272

Popularity Contests on Snapchat, YouTube Won't Take Down Election Misinfo, Make A LOT of Money on Facebook, and Don't Call Ninja A YouTuber

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TikTok and Shopify Team Up For Big Business, A YouTube Network Goes Public?, Lawyer Matt Bilinsky Talks About The Influencer Biz and how he helped Dobrik raise $4 Million, and Kindred Wants To Empower Creators To Talk About Tough Topics

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Quibi Is Gone And Here’s All The Reasons Why, Is AOC Gaming On Twitch The Future Of Politics?, and Stir Raises $4+ Million To Run Creators’ Businesses

275

YouTube Wants To Be A Shopping Hub, YouTube Vet Ben Relles Talks About #GoodToVote And Dobrik Registering 125K, UTA’s Digital Co-Head Greg Goodfried Joins D’Amelio Family

276

Venture Capitalists Discover David Dobrik, Influencers Discover Seed Investments and Ghost Kitchens, and Brands Figure Out Influencer Marketing Actually Works!

277

David Dobrik and Snap Are Getting Out The Youth Vote (And Smelling Good, Too), OnlyTweets Launches Subscription Twitter Feeds, Discord Is Popping, And 21 Year-Old TikTok Millionaire Bryce Hall Gets Some Financial Advice

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It Took YouTube, Facebook, And Twitter 15 Months To Agree To Not Have Harmful Content?, Lauren Reminisces About Disney + Kevin Systrom + Influencers, YouTubers Are Trading Vids To Get Out The Vote

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YouTube’s TikTok Competitor Is Here (But They’ve Always Been About Shorts?), Facebook Gaming Gets Good Music–Will Creators Follow?, TikTok Still Up For Sale While Charli D’Amelio Joins Triller, and Logan Paul Sells $30 Million Of Merch

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Is TikTok’s algorithm REALLY that good?, Snapchat gets more public and permanent as it preps to take on TikTok, Facebook Watch has over 1.2 billion viewers?, and Facebook Gaming ups its game

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What’s next for Patreon and it’s $1.2 billion valuation?, our first Guest tells us WTF is up with Facebook Gaming, Superbam claims 10 billion views for creators, and Dunkin’ runs on Charli D’Amelio

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TikTok CEO is out but why?, YouTube's moderation is taking down way more videos, Gen Z loves Famous Birthdays, and is Charli D'Amelio taking over the world?

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Snapchat Is Making Unprecedented Moves To Be A Major Player, David Dobrik’s Disposable Empire, and Instagram’s New Neverending Feed Hungers For All Your Time

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TikTok’s Giving $$$ To David Dobrik, But Should It?, Facebook’s $25 MIllion For Black Creators Seems Small, And YouTube Is Great But It Just Reinstated Monetization For Someone It Demonitized For Harassment

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TikTok vs. Reels. It's on! Can Facebook Take Away YouTube’s Music Video Supremacy? And Who’s Going To Watch A Hype House Reality Series? (That Last One Was Easy: We Will)

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TikTok Is Paying Its Creators $200 Million!!!, Is Quibi actually good?!?, and Spotify’s Obvious Video Plans Begin To Coalesce

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Creators get new $$$ metric from YouTube, Spotify’s charting podcast hits in a challenge to Apple, and Quibi’s subscriber purge

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TikTok Open For Self-Serve Business, But TikTok Banned in India, And A LOT More 8-Minute YouTube Videos Coming To A Screen Near You

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YouTube’s Sends Advertisers Pizzas, Barstool Touts Numbers, And Microsoft Shuts Down Mixer, But Can Facebook Gaming Still Be A Thing?

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VidCon is happening Now, Don’t sleep on Snapchat, and is Facebook trying to corner the market on lifestyle gamers?

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What are all the platforms doing for #BlackLivesMatter?

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Instagram Will Really Start Paying Creators Soon! But Is It Too Late?, You Can Shop From Target There, Too, And Why Can’t More Bands Be Like Sephora?

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Spotify’s $100 Million Joe Rogan Deal Is About Video, Call Her Daddy Reveals Uncharted Creator/Platform Dynamics, and Will TikTok Be The Next Disney?

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Sorry Katzenberg - Right Now Is Actually The Best Time To Launch A Video Platform, YouTube’s Creator Matchmaking Gets More Bespoke Over Scale, And Celebrities Need Better Audio

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Youtube makes amends with Pewdiepie, Quibi makes friends with Youtube and Tiktok goes Hollywood

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Patreon's layoffs, Quibi Fans Get A Quick Bite of Cease And Desist, Youtubes major first quarter and Platform updates for social good

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YouTube’s Rock, Paper, Scissors Original Is Its Best Idea Yet, Creators Share Previous Financial Secrets, and FaZe Gets In Bed With Celebs Bigtime

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Instagram, Desktop. Desktop, Instagram.

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Quibi’s here, Facebook gaming had a big week, The Hype house doesn’t know how to quit and more feel good uploads

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Is YouTube Going To Systrom TikTok? Patreon gains 30K Creators and is this the end of events as we know it?

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Mark Rober teaches you physics in Quarantine, The 6-Year Old YouTube Star With 3.8 Billion Monthly Views, And John Mayer Imagines

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Staying Sane With More Media Consumption And AI

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Coronavirus is affecting the Creator ecosystem, Vidcon Abu Dhabi and SXSW are postponed, Youtube demonetizing videos that discuss Coronavirus, controversy around the Hype House.

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Getting Systromed

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The Daniel Day-Lewis of Podcasting

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The Money Episode

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Creator vs. Influencer