YouTube will enable creators to convert segments of their existing long-form content into minute-long Shorts variations. The new ‘Edit into a Short’ option will enable you to select a section of your regular video uploads to then cut into a bite-sized version. Read More: YouTube’s Added a New Option to Cut Your Long Form Videos…
TikTok wants to determine its users’ appetite for mobile gaming with the launch of “mini-games” that can be played inside the social video app and discovered through creators’ videos. TechCrunch learned and has now confirmed TikTok’s new gaming pilot quietly launched just weeks ago with a variety of new partners, including game developers Vodoo, Nitro…
Twitter’s begun an initial live test of its new ‘Status’ feature with some users in Australia and the US. You can’t, at this stage, add your own custom status marker, you’re limited to these 17 options. Read More: Twitter Launches Live Test of its New ‘Status’ Markers in Tweets
Meta has begun informing US news publishers that it will not renew exclusive content deals with them, as it shifts away from its dedicated News Tab strategy. Read More: Meta Tells US Publishers That its Cutting Funding for News Tab Content
Creators who use songs by artists like Post Malone and Tove Lo in their Facebook videos can now earn 20% of in-stream ad revenue generated by those videos. Meta, Facebook’s parent company, said the goal is to give “both creators and music rights holders a new way to earn money from videos on Facebook.” Creators get the aforementioned 20%; the other 80% is…