Peggy K's Creator News

Hello Readers! This week there are updates for YouTube, Edits, Instagram, and LinkedIn. The Edits video editing app is now available for the Mac. And the big tech companies have a new way to opt your site out of AI training. ✉ Subscribe to the Creator Weekly newsletter 🔴 Join Creator Weekly Live on Sunday Top Updates YouTube Creator Support in Ask Studio chat YouTube Replace Song tool resolves audio claims. YouTube Hype with Jewels expands to 13 countries, including the US. YouTube Direct Messaging now supports group chats up to 30 people.  The free YouTube Create video editing app has improved captions. Gemini Omni 1.2 Flash in Google Vids lets you generate videos up to 15 seconds long. The free Edits video editing app now available on desktop (for the Mac). Google, Anthropic, OpenAI, Bing anno...

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 ...