Peggy K's Creator News

Hello readers! This week there are updates for YouTube live streamers, TikTok creators, X posters, Adobe users and Bluesky and Reddit members. And there’s more pushback on generative AI, including labeling laws in the EU and California, and Snapchat blocking AI-generated videos from recommendations. (I’m getting tired of AI news too, but that’s what’s happening.) ✉ Subscribe to get Creator Weekly by email. 🔴 Join Creator Weekly Live on Sunday. Top Updates New AI content labeling laws go into effect in the EU and California. YouTube mobile live streaming has a new Practice Mode.  YouTube Shopping is now available in the UK. X replaced its AI Revenue Sharing monetization program with a new Original Content Rewards Program.  Snapchat will no longer recommend wholly AI-generated videos in Spotlight (which kills monetization). TikTok has a new partnership ...

  Dear readers, this week there are new updates for creators, website owners, live streamers and more.  Google is letting YouTube, TikTok and Instagram creators customize their Search Profile and giving webmasters more information about their site’s appearance in AI Search results; Twitch is rolling out Dual Streaming and AI stream summaries; Facebook has a new AI creator assistant, and has added video replies. To watch this week: WWDC26, Apple’s annual developers conference, starts June 8. Watch the keynote live on the Apple YouTube channel. Get the Creator Weekly newsletter in your Inbox every Saturday. Join Creator Weekly live on Sunday. This Week’s Top Updates Google launched Creator Search Profiles . Creators with a significant following on YouTube, Instagram, TikTok and X can set up a followable profile highlighting top content. At TwitchCon Rotterdam, Twitch announced the rollout of Dual Forma...

Hello readers, I hope you had a non-foolish week. Unlike days of yore, most tech companies no longer join in April Fools Day pranks. I don't miss that, especially with jokes getting harder to distinguish from real life. A couple of exceptions: Threads let people toggle on a Comic Sans version, Snapchat trolled Meta with Reals, and Twitch switched to their original site layout. Funny? Maybe worth a chuckle. And don't miss Google's big update that allows Gmail username changes.  New This Week Google Vids has multiple updates, including Veo 3.1 video generation for all, customizable AI avatars that can interact with objects, export to YouTube and a screen capture extension for Chrome. YouTube added bulk comment hearting, expanded access to Effect Maker and AI chat on TVs. YouTube is launching Stations, a new TV viewing experience. LinkedIn requires live streams to be scheduled. TikTok added Came...

This week's theme is shopping. You may be seeing more creators promoting products on YouTube and Instagram.  Plus OpenAI is killing the Sora app, X was going to limit monetization outside users home region, plus new features for Instagram, Twitch, YouTube and more.  This week's top updates YouTube Creator Partnerships matches advertisers and creators YouTube Shopping expands to more creators Meta adds shopping features to Instagram Reels Generate music in Google Vids with Lyria 3 Edits has new fonts and templates Rushes is a new Vimeo replacement Twitch improves mobile streaming StreamYard has a new look Restream adds sharing and analytics features Ghost adds members only podcasts WordPress dot com allows AI agents Beehiiv adds AI integration for audience insights Mastodon launches friendlier user profiles Reddit labels good bots X tried to limit international creators monetizing US politics, then b...

Looking back at the past year there were a number of notable trends. See also: Top YouTube Updates of 2025 and 10 New YouTube Features to Build Your Audience There has been a continuation of 2024 Creator Trends , with more vertical video and updates to platforms like Substack and Patreon where creators can (supposedly) “own” their audience. And, of course, there is more generative AI in everything. But in 2025 Creators were affected by political decisions that affect policy and economics, there was pushback against AI-generated content, and “authenticity” is the new watchword. Next week I’ll be back with the usual creator update news. 📨 Subscribe to get Creator Weekly by email. 🔴 Creator Weekly Live Join Creator Weekly Live on Sunday, 10:30AM Pacific time (6:30PM UTC). Join me live or watch the recording . ✅ Take this week’s quiz What do you know about the 2025 updates on YouTube? Take this week’s quiz . My top creator trends for 2025 (and into 2026) More of the ol...