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Google updates its Search app's Discover page to let users follow specific publishers and creators; it plans to add YouTube Shorts and X and Instagram posts (Ivan Mehta/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/09/17/google-revamps-discover-pag…

Google revamps Discover page to show content from creators | TechCrunch
Google will now let you follow publishers and creators directly through its Search app's Discover page.

Q&A with YouTube CEO Neil Mohan on new AI tools to help creators, YouTube's dominance on TVs, helping creators better monetize sponsorships, and more (Ben Thompson/Stratechery)
https://stratechery.com/2025/an-interview-with-y…

An Interview with YouTube CEO Neil Mohan About Building a Stage for Creators
An interview with YouTube CEO Neil Mohan about empowering creators while leaning into AI.

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YouTube says it has paid out $100B to creators over the last four years and the number of YouTube channels making over $100K from TV screens has jumped 45% YoY (Zach Vallese/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/09/16/youtube-creators-pay.html

YouTube says it has paid creators more than $100 billion over last 4 years
The company also announced new artificial intelligence tools for YouTube Shorts, its short-form vertical video product.

Meta launches a tool called content protection to let creators detect when their reels are reposted on Facebook or Instagram and take action (Karissa Bell/Engadget)
https://www.engadget.com/social-media/face

Facebook rolls out new tools for creators to track accounts stealing their content
Meta is rolling out a new tool that allows Facebook creators to more easily track when their videos have been reposted by others.

Giants' Carter benched for series: Made 'mistake' https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/46992280/giants-abdul-carter-benched-series-due-mid-week-incident

Q&A with Amy Lanzi, CEO of marketing and ad agency Digitas, on digital marketing, AI's impact on advertising, the creator economy, and more (Hank Green/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/decoder-podcast-w

How brands and creators are fighting for your attention — and your money
Guest host Hank Green sits down with Digitas CEO Amy Lanzi to demystify digital marketing and explain why the fight for your attention has grown so fierce.

YouTube unveils new ways for creators to earn with brand deals and the Shopping program, including letting them swap out brand sponsorships in longform videos (Aisha Malik/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/09/16/yout

YouTube unveils new ways for creators to earn with brand deals, YouTube Shopping program | TechCrunch
YouTube is going to allow creators to swap out brand sponsorships in long-form videos.

Google updates its Search app's Discover page to let users follow specific publishers and creators; it plans to add YouTube Shorts and X and Instagram posts (Ivan Mehta/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/09/17/google-revamps-discover-pag…

Google revamps Discover page to show content from creators | TechCrunch
Google will now let you follow publishers and creators directly through its Search app's Discover page.

YouTube plans to expand its likeness detection tech to all Partner Program creators in the next months; creators can opt in by uploading an image of their face (Kerry Flynn/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2025/09/16/youtube-ai-likeness-detection-deepfakes

YouTube expands likeness detection to all creators
The tool helps creators manage AI-generated videos.