📹 YouTube announces a $100M fund to reward top YouTube Shorts creators over 2021-2022
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YouTube announces a $100M fund to reward top YouTube Shorts creators over 2021-2022. YouTube is giving its TikTok competitor, YouTube Shorts, an injection of cash to help it better compete with rivals. The company today introduced the YouTube Shorts Fund, a $100 million fund that will pay YouTube Shorts creators for their most viewed and most engaging content over the course of 2021 and 2022. (Sarah Perez via TechCrunch)
The problem of 'casting calls' for sources. In the summer of 2020, Tara Raghuveer found herself dealing with a barrage of inquiries from national media outlets. (Columbia Journalism Review)
Uber, Lyft to Provide Free Rides to Covid-19 Vaccine Sites Until July 4. Ride-sharing companies Uber Technologies Inc. and Lyft Inc. will make all rides to and from vaccination sites free until July 4 under a new partnership with the White House. (Sabrina Siddiqui via Wall Street Journal)
U.S. consumer prices rose 4.2% in April from a year ago, faster than expected. Inflation in April accelerated at its fastest pace in more than 12 years as the U.S. economic recovery kicked into gear and energy prices jumped higher, the Labor Department reported Wednesday. (Jeff Cox via CNBC)
Shopify CEO email to managers: We are not a family. Shopify CEO Tobi Lütke sent an email to managers outlining the company's core beliefs. The email came in the wake of intense internal debate about issues of race. (Madeline Stone via Business Insider)
U.S. Tariffs Drive Drop in Chinese Imports. U.S. tariffs have led to a sharp decline in Chinese imports and significant changes in the types of goods Americans buy from China, new data show, with purchases of telecommunications gear, furniture, apparel and other goods shifting to other countries.(Josh Zumbrun via Wall Street Journal)
BLCK VC Launches Scout Program With Lightspeed, Sequoia To Support More Black Investors. For all the high-speed growth and innovation that venture capital is supposed to fuel, the industry itself isn’t structured for quick change. BLCK VC co-founder Sydney Sykes knows it first-hand. Since last summer, firms have reached out to Sykes for advice on changes they can make fast. (Alex Konrad via Forbes)
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