TikTok Music is here, and it looks to be a full-fledged competitor to music streaming services like Spotify and Apple Music. And why not? It’s the age of big tech companies directly competing with each other, after all. But there are some major caveats to note right up front, as well as some other pertinent details. We’ll

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Instagram’s rumored Twitter competitor is official, and it’s here this week. Dubbed Threads by Instagram (or just Threads for short), the platform directly replicates Twitter’s brief, text-based posting and sharing premise.  Officially launching July 6th, 2023, Threads is an entirely separate app from Instagram, but uses a creator’s existing Instagram account. Let’s take a quick look

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NIL collectives are here in a big way. If you’re not sure exactly what that means, well, you’re in the right place.  First of all, who should really care about NIL collectives? It’s not just student athletes. The world of collectives extends far into alumni, local businesses, national brands, fans, and more. They’re also very new, and

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The YouTube monetization requirements have always been a little controversial. On the one hand, it may be cumbersome for YouTube to extend the partner program to the hundreds of millions of people who upload videos. On the other, the monetization requirements are pretty steep for channels just getting started, and that can be really discouraging

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A new Patreon update hints at more major changes to the creator economy platform. Patreon, which is a platform for content creators to monetize their audience by providing exclusive access to content, has steadily rolled out new updates since raising more than $155 million in 2021. But the company’s newest update suggests a fairly big expansion

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