Peggy K's Creator News

Labor Day weekend is the traditional end of summer here in the US. I plan to continue to enjoy the sunshine as it’s still not jacket weather here in California. This week there are updates for YouTube, Twitch, Tumblr, Bluesky, Threads and more. Read on for details! 🎧 Listen to this week’s newsletter Top news and updates this week Transfer playlists between Apple Music and YouTube Music. Create a free business website with Solo. YouTube expands Courses to more creators. StreamYard launches new features and paid plans. Tumblr is moving to WordPress. YouTube is testing AI-generated comment topic summaries in more languages. Twitch makes adjustments for Drop-Ins and DJ Chat Badges after unintended consequences. Google Search now supports the AVIF image format. X was banned in Brazil. Bluesky added new anti-toxicity features. SubClub lets you monetize Mastodon feeds. Threads shows replies from the Fediverse. Meta Spark is shutting down and 3rd party AR filters will be removed. Instagr...

I hope you are all enjoying waning days of summer! This week there are a bunch of updates for video creators, live streamers, bloggers and more. 🎧 Listen to this week’s newsletter Top news and updates this week Get a QR code to promote your YouTube channel AI-powered chat support for hijacked YouTube accounts What’s the difference between a creator, influencer and journalist? YouTube affiliate shopping program is expanding their partnership with Shopify YouTube’s Creator Music has added 30,000 songs Your YouTube channel Home tab may be removed Do tags, hashtags or file names matter to the YouTube algorithm? Twitch launched video Stories Twitch launched Drop Ins for Stream Together for live collabs The FTC bans selling or buying fake indicators of social media influence such as followers, comments and views TikTok lets you create a group chat with up to 32 people Vimeo launches new AI features Does Google Search care if you post a YouTube video and text with the same content? Blogge...

The summer is winding down, kids are going back to school and I’m feeling like the past few months have just flown by. There are updates this week for web publishers, YouTubers and more. This week Google announced their new phones, with AI everywhere; Google Meet started replacing legacy Duo calling with Meet calls; the Google Search August core update is meant to show less made-for-Search sites; YouTube is testing several new features; Threads launched creator insights and more. 🎧 Listen to this week’s newsletter Top news and updates this week Try: Google Drive document scanner Google Pixel 9 camera and AI features Meet calls are rolling out; Duo legacy calling is going away Google Search August 2024 Core Update to highlight “genuinely useful content” YouTube Super Chat likes and replies The YouTube Membership Join button sparkles when mentioned YouTube is testing AI-generated live chat summaries YouTube is testing discovery feeds with mixed formats Google Search AI Overviews will...

In 2022 Google announced that they were "upgrading the Duo experience to include all Google Meet features." This has been a slow process, with the new integrated Meet app having two functionalities: legacy Duo calling and Meet meetings. This has been pretty confusing, especially since calling and meetings have different features. But now Meet calling is going to be much more like Meet meetings, and some Duo features will be going away. The new calling experience will replace the old calling experience ("legacy calls") over the next few months. You will only have the new calling experience if everyone in the call has been updated. Feature availability will be different for users with personal Google Accounts and Google Workspace work or school accounts. I'm focusing on the changes personal account users will see. You can get a full detailed overview of all the upcoming changes here . What's new in Meet calling? Meet's new calling layout and features are...

I’ve been watching a lot of the Olympics this week, and the variety of skills on display is humbling. I’ve been thinking about the artistic swimming (formerly synchronized swimming) event, where the team makes a formation under water to launch one teammate into the air (see at about 2:36 in this fascinating underwater upside-down video ). There is probably a metaphor there about everyone working together to support one person so that the entire team wins. But mostly I just think “Wow”! This week there are updates for live streamers, video creators, website owners, social media and more. 🎧 Listen to this week’s newsletter  (note: will not read the entire edition) Top news and updates this week Former YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki has died Google Search Console will show actionable recommendations for your site Instagram Insights will show Reel “Views” rather than “Plays” Twitch users aren’t fans of the new mobile app Twitch launched its new DJ Program T...