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Creator Weekly: Big YouTube Thumbnails, Instagram Creator Tools, Digg Reboot Killed by Spam

Hello readers!  As you probably noticed, there was no newsletter last week.  I had a serious health emergency, and recovery is going to take some time.  I haven't quite figured out how I'm going to do things going forward.  For now, there will be a briefer newsletter each week. I'm not sure when I will start live streaming again.  So that's good news, that I'm feeling good enough to write all this. But video is more logistically complicated. (And I am definitely not camera ready). Here are the updates that will help you stay in the know!  YouTube News   Last fall, YouTube announced a bunch of new features that would improve viewing on big screens. That included much larger video thumbnails. Now all creators can upload thumbnails up to 50 MB , up from 2 MB. Time to make sure your thumbnails are looking good.  Hollywood Reporter: YouTube Gives Political Figures and Journalists Access to AI Deepfake Detection Tool. The tool is also available to all ...