Peggy K's Creator News

Happy Halloween! 🎃 This week there’s news from Instagram, YouTube, Twitch, Reddit and lots more. The themes this week are content discovery, new formats and AI (always AI). There are so many updates this week, I’m saving some info for next week’s edition. ✉ Subscribe to the Creator Weekly newsletter 🔴 Join Creator Weekly Live on Sunday. Top Updates Instagram announced long-form horizontal “Features” for TV viewers. Twitch launched Recaps Spotlight, that shares “standout clips” from Stream Recaps on Instagram and YouTube. Public Discord posts will soon appear in Search and on Server Web Pages. Reddit is shifting to a “primarily logged-in experience”, and has added a new “For You” feed. IFTTT turns to AI, allows free accounts unlimited Applets (with a credits system) YouTube is promoting microdramas. The YouTube Studio pod...

Hello readers! In this week’s edition the themes are security and discovery. There are updates for YouTube, Twitch, Facebook, Bluesky Substack and a lot more. Also creators are diving into spooky season, with Halloween around the corner. ✉ Subscribe to the Creator Weekly newsletter 🔴 Join Creator Weekly Live on Sunday Top Updates YouTube redesigned the mobile Home tab with custom feeds, and tabs for Subs, Live, Music, Movies & TV and More. YouTube will proactively pause activity on potentially hijacked channels. YouTube Shopping will soon include AliExpress affiliate products. Twitch launched Stream Recaps, a custom collection of stream Clips that replaces Clips in Stories. Facebook now lets creators include licensed music in Reels without affecting earnings. Google Vids added the ability to adjust video clip playb...

Hello readers! This week there are bonuses for short videos on YouTube and X, custom algorithms on Facebook and Substack, new creator tools on LinkedIn, more prominent links in Google’s AI Search and more. ✉ Subscribe to the Creator Weekly newsletter 🔴 Join Creator Weekly Live on Sunday Top Updates YouTube pilots a Shorts bonus program.  Ask YouTube expands to mobile search and more. Facebook lets you customize “Your Algorithm” (as does Substack ) YouTube Music labels AI-generated tracks.  YouTube Live added floating hearts for vertical streams. YouTube Shopping adds affiliate campaigns with flat fees. X pilots a Video Kickstart Bonus program (which is very similar to YouTube’s Shorts bonus program).  Edits lets you add interactive music links and create a style kit. Google Search updated AI Search to more prominently display ...

Hello readers! This week has been relatively quiet. But there is a theme emerging. Platforms are trying to figure out how to highlight human creators and encourage original content, while tamping down the bots and AI slop. Of course those same platforms really want people to use their generative AI tools and AI agents, so it’s not clear how they will find a balance. ✉ Subscribe to the Creator Weekly newsletter 🔴 Join Creator Weekly Live on Sunday My tip for the week: Try the new custom caption styles in Google Vids . Top Updates Google stand-alone SynthID AI watermark detector. YouTube improves Shopping analytics. Google Vids improved “point-in-time” editing timeline. Restream ’s clipping tool now works with YouTube videos and can share directly to Instagram. X native video editor adds caption editing. X is running “liveness checks” to weed out b...