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Monday is Memorial Day in the US, honoring those who died while serving in the US military. A bit incongruously, it’s also the unofficial start of summer, with backyard BBQs, and, of course, so many sales. If you’re in the US, I hope you can have a short remembrance of those who died, before your celebration of summer with friends and family. This week YouTube announced that Stories will be going away in June (having never left beta), there are more AI-based image editing tools, Google demoed ads in the new AI search results (so many ads!), WordPress turned 20 and more. Subscribe to get the Creator Weekly by email. Creator Weekly Live Join me on Sunday for a live recap of this week’s top updates! It’s live at 10:30AM Pacific time (5:30 UTC). Set a reminder or join on YouTube here . Watch last week’s episode . What do you think of this week’s updates? Join the live chat. Asian and Pacific Islander Month May is Asian and Pacific Islander Month, and platforms are highlighting their

This week there are a bunch of updates for YouTubers, Instagrammers, web publishers, writers and more. Of particular note are Google’s new policy on inactive accounts (they may delete them), AdSense Consent Management Platform requirements, new tools to set up Shopping on your YouTube videos and more. Last week , Google announced “ Duet AI ”, with generative AI integrated with Google Workspace products. I just got access to the “help me write” AI in Gmail and Docs. I may write it up with more details next week, but my first impression is that it’s an interesting tool, but not ready for real work (yet). You can sign up to try it here . Subscribe to get the Creator Weekly by email. Creator Weekly Live Join me on Sunday for a live recap of this wee’s top updates! It’s live at 10:30AM Pacific time (5:30 UTC). Set a reminder or join on YouTube here . Watch last week’s episode . I’d love to see you in the live chat! Google will start deleting inactive

  Happy Mother’s Day weekend! 🌹 This week was Google I/O, Google’s big developer conference, which was a showcase of how Google is integrating AI across its products and services. Most of the new features won’t be available for a while, but there are a few you can try today (if available in your country). Read on for details! Plus there’s more non-Google news and updates for video creators, writers, social media users and more. Subscribe to get the Creator Weekly by email. Note: Last week’s newsletter may have ended up in your spam folder marked as possibly malicious. I suspect it was the discussion and links for passkeys that may have triggered that. Apologies! Creator Weekly Live Join me live on Sunday for a recap of this week’s top updates! It’s live at 10:30AM Pacific time (5:30 UTC). Set a reminder or join on YouTube here . Thanks to everyone who has joined me live the past few weeks as I learn more about going live. I appreciate the folks in live chat! Google’s A

This week there are important updates for your Google Account’s security, the YouTube Partner Program and upcoming changes to the channel layout, better sharing from Reddit, new ads from NewFronts, and more. Subscribe to get the Creator Weekly by email. Creator Weekly Live Join me live on Sunday for a recap of this week’s top updates! It’s live at 10:30AM Pacific time (5:30 UTC). Set a reminder or join on YouTube here . Chatting about Google Meet Last week I joined Michael Daniels for a live discussion about Google Meet. It was great having a discussion with an engaged audience! Sign up for Google I/O and the Google Workspace Summit Google I/O is more than just a developer summit. The keynote address, in particular, is an overview of the direction Google is taking over the coming year (this year it’s likely to be AI everywhere). This year’s event is May 10th. You can watch live on YouTube ( here ), but signing up for free lets you set an agenda and engage with other deve

YouTube has updated reapplication times for the YouTube Partner Program, with a 90 day wait for second reapplications. The changes go into effect on June 5, 2023. Currently all reapplications have a 30 day waiting period.  The waiting time for second (or third, or further) YPP reapplications is extended to 90 days The first time you apply for the YouTube Partner Program, if your application is rejected, you can reapply after 30 days.  If your application is rejected a second time, you then have to wait 90 days to reapply.  Appeals If your application for the YouTube Partner Program is rejected OR if your monetization is suspended, and you think YouTube got it wrong, you have 21 days to submit an appeal. If your appeal is not successful, the new reapplication waiting times apply (30 days for the first reapplication, 90 days for subsequent reapplications).  Learn how to appeal a YouTube Partner Program suspension . C