Peggy K's Creator News

Summer is in full swing, and I hope you are keeping cool! This is a holiday week, with just a few updates including news from YouTube, Meta, Substack and X. 🌐  Subscribe to the Creator Weekly Newsletter to get posts in your Inbox every Saturday. 🔴 Join Creator Weekly live on Sunday to discuss this week’s updates. Tip of the week: Use the Google Vids Screen Recorder extension to record both your screen and yourself. Captured video can be edited in Google Vids (which is free for everyone).  It’s great for creating tutorials. Check out my video to see the results. Top Updates Celebrate the US’s 250th birthday with silly YouTube Shorts effects, historical images, American music and live streamed celebrations.  Add licensed popular music to your YouTube image posts to make them more engaging if they appear in the Shorts feed. Gemini Omni is available to generate clips in the YouTube Shorts ed...

Dear readers, especially friends in Europe, I hope you are staying cool. There is no summer vacation for creator updates! This week there are updates for YouTube Shorts and Instagram viewers, YouTube and Facebook creators, website owners and more. ✉ Subscribe to get Creator Weekly in your email inbox every Saturday. 🔴 Join Creator Weekly live on Sunday Top Updates YouTube Shorts player redesign with 2x speed, hearts replacing likes and Clear Screen mode. The dislike button is gone. YouTube Studio Content tab redesign with Notices, Visibility, and Estimated Revenue.  YouTube Studio app Account Status page gives an overview of any critical channel issues.  YouTube Studio has new AI-powered comment filters that let you search by general topic or mood. You can also find similar comments. Instagram for TV expanded to more devices and has more features for Re...

Summer is officially here! Be sure to take a break now and again to enjoy the outdoors (this is also a reminder for me).  This week there are new limits on teens using social media, updates for YouTube Partners, Twitch Streamers, writers on Substack, Beehiiv, and Mastodon, Threads Communities, LinkedIn Profiles and more. Subscribe to the free Creator Weekly newsletter. Join Creator Weekly live on Sunday. Tip: If you live stream AND you are on Bluesky, be sure to set the LIVE badge on your profile. Learn how. Top Updates UK will ban social media for under-16s and limit live streaming for all under-18s. YouTube Partners can update Membership pricing every 12 months, and optionally use new smart pricing recommendations. Twitch rolled out Dual Format streaming to all, and 4K streaming to Affiliates and Partners. If you don’t want to set up Dual Format streaming yourself, use Streamlabs. Twitch h...

Hello dear readers, this week the World Cup tournament begins, with features for fans and creators. Plus there are creator updates for YouTube, Spotify, Instagram, Threads, Bluesky, and more. 📰 Subscribe to the free Creator Weekly newsletter. 🔴 Join Creator Weekly live on Sunday. Top Updates There are World Cup features and content for creators and fans. Apple Podcasts will get better support for video podcasts on Macs and tvOS, editing with Apple Intelligence in Photos features, and more from WWDC 2026.  YouTube DMs have expanded to the US, Brazil and more countries. The YouTube Creator Responsibility Policy now prohibits using YouTube’s tools to create content that harms others (including spam). The YouTube Remix button has moved.  YouTube’s portrait mode mobile player has been simplified. You can now view non-music YouTube Shorts in picture-in-picture ...