Peggy K's Creator News

Hello readers! I hope you are enjoying the last days of summer. This week there’s updates to YouTube views counts, Stations, and AI claims, Twitch sponsorships, Google Search Preferred Sources, beehiiv, Facebook, LinkedIn and more. Top Updates YouTube will now count a “View” from the first frame long form videos. When someone stops to watch or clicks a thumbnail, that’s an Engaged View. YouTube is expanding Stations beyond music videos. They may include creator content, media channels and podcasts, and can appear in the Home Feed and Search on YouTube and YouTube Music. Twitch Affiliates can now access sponsorships. And all Partners and Affiliates can add Sponsorship Highlight clips to their Creator Profile. Google Search has published the code for an interactive Preferred Source button you can add to your website or blog. YouTube made it easier to manage AI Likeness claims on your cha...

Hello readers! This week there are updates for YouTube partners, Twitch streamers, Facebook, Instagram and X creators and more. Plus there’s a brand new Google Pixel phone with new Creator Suite features. My tip for the week : Set up your social properties (YouTube, Instagram, X, TikTok) in Search Console , and compare them to your on-platform metrics. ✉ Subscribe to get Creator Weekly by email 🔴 Join Creator Weekly Live on Sunday Top Updates Tougher YouTube Partner Program eligibility requirements starting February 1. YouTube channel Managers will receive email notifications for copyright claims.  Ask YouTube is rolling out on mobile devices in the US.  Twitch now lets you opt out of training Amazon’s generative AI models.  Twitch lets you reward top gifters an exclusive badge. Twitch is rolling out comments o...

Hello dear readers, this week the World Cup tournament begins, with features for fans and creators. Plus there are creator updates for YouTube, Spotify, Instagram, Threads, Bluesky, and more. 📰 Subscribe to the free Creator Weekly newsletter. 🔴 Join Creator Weekly live on Sunday. Top Updates There are World Cup features and content for creators and fans. Apple Podcasts will get better support for video podcasts on Macs and tvOS, editing with Apple Intelligence in Photos features, and more from WWDC 2026.  YouTube DMs have expanded to the US, Brazil and more countries. The YouTube Creator Responsibility Policy now prohibits using YouTube’s tools to create content that harms others (including spam). The YouTube Remix button has moved.  YouTube’s portrait mode mobile player has been simplified. You can now view non-music YouTube Shorts in picture-in-picture ...

  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...

Dear readers, would you pay for advanced creator features on your favorite platform? Meta is betting you will.  Plus YouTube has launched multiple updates (yes, mostly AI-related), Bluesky lets you highlight when you are live, people can set their favorite news sites and blogs as Preferred Sources for Google Search AI Mode, Patreon is adding profile profile features and more.  Tip of the week:   Create an avatar of yourself to use when you create videos in the Gemini app with Gemini Omni. Creating an avatar is also rolling out gradually to YouTube. Join me live: Creator Weekly is live on Sunday to discuss this week’s updates.  Top Updates YouTube lets you create your own custom feed (US only) Labels on realistic AI content on YouTube are more visible. And YouTube is getting better at detecting AI-generated content. Ask Studio chatbot in YouTube Studio can now remember multiple conversations f...