Peggy K's Creator News

Happy May! This week there are updates for YouTube, AdSense, Vimeo, LinkedIn, Threads, Pinterest and more. Plus new features for Google Gemini and Meta AI. I focus a bit on changes affecting monetizing creators: a ruling in Epic Games v. Apple that should let iOS apps like Patreon bypass the Apple Tax for subscriptions, and new tools for managing tariffs on platforms like Kickstarter and Shopify that let creators offer physical goods. But it’s not all about accounting, I promise! Read on for this week’s updates. 📨 Subscribe to get Creator Weekly by email. Top news and updates this week A court order in Epic Games v. Apple lawsuit lets apps direct users to pay for services outside the App Store. Patreon and Spotify have updated their apps to help users avoid the Apple tax. In this time of tariffs Kickstarter is launching a Tariff Manager tool, Shopify helps calculate import taxes, and Spring touted their “tariff-proof” fulfillment options. There are a number of viewer improve...

To celebrate 10 years of Creator Weekly, I’m sharing  tech highlights from 2015  that still resonate 10 years later. This update was for the week ending May 2, 2015 . 20 years ago this week, the first video was uploaded to YouTube. That means that 10 years ago this week YouTube turned 10. Video celebrating YouTube's 10th birthday.   At the time, the most viewed channel was gamer PewDiePie  and Let's Play videos were a trend , as were vloggers , reaction videos,   dance and beauty tips . The 10th anniversary  highlighted  Felix Baumgartner's 2012 jump from the edge of space ;  Gangnam Style, the first music video to reach 1 billion views; and the ever-classic " Charlie bit my finger ".  And big things were happening on the platform. 2015 saw the launch of YouTube Kids, YouTube Music, and YouTube Gaming. And Google+ was disconnected, eventually changing the way comments and channel identity worked. The view from...

YouTube celebrated its 20th birthday this week (that makes me feel so old!). Plus the new Instagram Edits video editor is now available, Adobe connects your verified identity (via LinkedIn) to your digital art, and more updates from AdSense, Facebook, Bluesky, and Threads. 📨 Subscribe to get Creator Weekly by email. Top news and updates this week YouTube celebrates its 20th birthday with facts, figures, and new features. YouTube is testing Search AI Overviews that highlight clips in response to shopping or location searches. AdSense updates the account Policy Center to make it easier to understand ad-serving issues. Instagram’s Edits free video editing app is now available for iOS and Android. Facebook is battling spam at least in part to help Creators get their posts seen. Linktree now offers multiple ways for Creators to monetize, including Kajabi course creation, selling digital products, and sponsored links. Medium adds email notifications for new posts. Google Chrome...

To celebrate 10 years of Creator Weekly, I’m sharing  tech highlights from 2015  that still resonate 10 years later. This update was for the  week ending April 25, 2015 . 10 years ago this week Facebook said your News Feed would prioritize content from your Friends over content from Pages. A decade later they are still trying to find the right balance. Facebook Moved Friends' Posts Higher in the News Feed Facebook Announcement April 2015 "Balancing Content from Friends and Pages"  Back in 2015, Facebook asked people to rate their feeds and give feedback. They then announced  that that were adjusting the News Feed to try to address that feedback. There were two main pain points.  First, people were concerned about missing important updates from friends. So Facebook adjusted the News Feed to put content posted by Friends like photos, videos, status updates and links, higher up in the feed. People also said they weren’t int...

This week I’m celebrating rebirth and renewal with Easter on Sunday and Earth Day on Tuesday. If you celebrate I hope you have a joyous holiday. What’s new? YouTube rolled out automatic dubbing to more channels, Twitch gave creators more time to save their Highlights, Patreon launched live streaming, Medium explained the importance of a diversity for their platform, and lots more. 📨 Subscribe to get Creator Weekly by email. Top news and updates this week All YouTube Partner Program channels can enable automatic dubbing between English and 8 other languages. The Creators Guild of America created a contract rider to protect the legal and creative rights of content creators. YouTube is gamifying Gifting with Gift Combos. YouTube will age-restrict some violent scripted content. Patreon launched live streaming for creators. Twitch postpones enforcement of its new 100 hour Highlights limit. TikTok is testing Footnotes, its version of Community Notes. CapCut Commerce Pro is now P...

To celebrate 10 years of Creator Weekly, I’m sharing tech highlights from 2015 that still resonate 10 years later. This update was for the  week ending April 18, 2015 .  Ten years ago this week, Google shut down Helpouts.  Helpouts: A platform for experts to sell their expertise Helpouts Home Page in 2013. Note both free and paid Help outs were available.  Helpouts launched in 2013 with a simple premise: What if getting help for a computer glitch, a leaky pipe, or a homework problem was as easy as clicking a button?  This was not Google's first platform for connecting people with questions and experts with answers.  Google Answers launched in 2003 and shut down in 2006, apparently unable to compete with the similar Yahoo Answers (which shut down in 2021 ). There are similar platforms still running today, like Quora and Stack Overflow . What set Helpouts apart was that it connected peo...