YouTube to roll out creator courses
YouTube is doubling down on educational content with an upcoming feature that will let creators sell educational how-to courses directly on the platform.
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Ready Player Me raises millions to ready avatars for inter-metaverse travel
Ready Player Me, which allows people to create avatars based on their likeness and be used across multiple metaverse destinations, raised a huge Series B to supercharge its ambition of bringing its tools to the masses.
Wall Street suddenly cares about streaming revenue
Subscriber growth was yesterday’s streaming narrative. Today, it’s all about how much money you can make per subscriber.
Tech is letting users choose their ad experience
Social platforms and online giants are ceding some of their power back to users with new features that give people more control over the types of ads they see.
Trustless Media wants to reinterpret the TV studio for Web3
A new startup called Trustless Media wants to build a decentralized TV studio where NFT holders will be able to decide on the direction of its various shows.
ByteDance might be debuting TikTok Music
TikTok parent company ByteDance is working on a music streaming service called TikTok Music.
Social media is being reinvented on the blockchain
Several blockchain-based social platforms are scooping up VC money to scale up and convince users they’re ready for primetime.
Google searches for lost, young users
Even though Google is still the king of search with 90% of the market share, platforms like TikTok, Instagram, and Amazon are starting to attract younger users.
TikTok is turning everyone into a micro-celebrity
TikTok is so popular that it’s making everyone seem popular on it… which is bad news for people who are actually popular.
What’s next for Hulu?
The next chapter of the streaming wars is unfolding.