Schools Tighten Rules on Athlete Use of Brand Assets
Schools are being more deliberate about how their brand assets are used by athletes. Can student-athletes include school logos, uniforms, or facilities in NIL content? I break this down in my book NIL 101: The House Settlement 40% off https://t.co/yBVisUkFCL https://t.co/SvJT7XJzb1
Twitch Lifts Ban, Now Permits All Video Services
Twitch has changed its mind and will now allow all random video services, such as Omoggle, to be streamed on the platform. They officially removed the rule from the Community Guidelines documentation 30 minutes ago.
Switch to Podcasting for Massive Growth and Ownership
You lose nothing... because no one is watching late-night TV anymore. @StephenAtHome will instantly have a top 100 podcast and get 5-10x the viewership -- if he has the guts to do it he will also own 100% of his...
Hermes Now Creates Videos with Hyperframes Automation
Awesome, Hermes now can make videos. Install hyperframes. Your agent writes the HTML, renders the MP4, ships the file. That's the whole loop.
Twitch Cracks Down on Omoggle Face‑maxxing Streams
Twitch is actively issuing warnings to streamers who are doing Omoggle on stream. Omoggle is a live 1v1 arena-style face-looksmaxxing service, similar to Ome/Monkey app, in that it randomly pairs you with a stranger. Example of Quin69 being mogged:
AI Image API Understands Brief, Eliminates Prompt Engineering
I just watched a single API call replace an entire creative team's workflow. @LumaLabsAI shipped Uni-1. It is the first image API that thinks before it generates. Here is what that actually means. Every other image model treats your prompt like a search...
Negotiate Every Deal, Say No More Than Yes
This year, I’ve secured more paid brand partnerships than I did in all of 2025. I do not have a talent rep but in my previous career as a communications exec, I learned a lot about negotiating and building relationships....
B2B SaaS Leverages LinkedIn Influencers for Brand and LLM Citations
LinkedIn influencers are a *thing* and B2B SaaS companies are putting them to work (for double duty) to drive brand awareness and win LLM citations. I dove into this in tomorrow's newsletter, with insights from @YoungHeike + others. Sign up to get...
Three Proven Fixes for a Weak Newsletter
Top 3 fixes for an underperforming newsletter from Sean Devlin. Search "Nathan Barry Show" to watch the full episode. https://t.co/AAv1uciBHv
AI Reshapes Art Creation without Hurting Artists' Earnings
AI is changing creative work, but not replacing it. Early data shows little evidence of broad income declines for artists, even in fields highly exposed to generative tools. The reality is more nuanced. AI is reshaping how art is made, not whether...
Twitch Scraps Low‑usage Monthly Recap Feature
Twitch has shut down the Monthly Recap feature due to low usage. Monthly recaps were a channel-level subscriber perk that showed you your time watched, top emotes used, chats sent, and other data from that stream in the previous month.
Automated Social Media Machine Generates 37 Brand Assets
Excited to share something I've been working hard on. Built a Social Media Machine to distribute and run your entire personal brand for you. 37 assets made from YOUR brand, voice, and systems It's the new marketing system for all our...
YouTube Demonetizes Harmless Fullscreen Tutorial Video
So it looks like @YouTube has gone bananas. I got a demonetization notice for a video about how to make a Windows app go full screen. I show VLC and how to make it fullscreen. There is a movie...
AI Turns Marketing Into One-Click Viral Machine
This is terrifying. Look at how easy it is to do marketing now: > upload your website link > describe your AI influencer > get 1000s of viral content made for you > post straight to TikTok, Instagram and YouTube...
Creators Embrace AI, Blurring Authenticity Boundaries
The creator economy was supposed to be the human counterweight to AI. That line is already blurring. Around 80% of creators are now using AI in some part of their workflow, even as audiences still value authenticity. The shift is subtle. The...
Pick a Business Model, Not Just a Hobby Newsletter
Newsletter as a blog: • Publish when inspired • Hope readers find you • "Please support my writing" Newsletter as a business: • A named & claimed category • Stacks offers readers can't refuse • Monetization systems that run on autopilot Choose wisely.
Paid Media Evolved: Funding Human‑AI Content Factories
Paid media used to mean buying ads. Now it can mean paying 1,500 editors to flood the internet with clips. Clavicular reportedly made $1.1M in January, with over 90% coming from the Kick Creator Incentive Program. During peak streams, he was pulling...
Parenting a Viral YouTuber: Learning to Let Go
I talked to a mom-ager about what it's like to manage her son's popular YouTube channel — and letting go as a parent @CaseOh__ @caseohs_mom https://t.co/yzngEIKSq8
Reached 250K Subscribers and 1M Monthly Views
Hit two YouTube milestones over the weekend: 250,000 subscribers and the channel's now doing more than 1 million views per month https://t.co/1X7A1COzoi
Gaming Industry Battles Misinformation and Review Bombing Worldwide
In South Korea, some video game companies have filed complaints & lawsuits against YouTubers that have purposefully spread misinformation. In China, the government ran a clean up campaign to curb review bombing / fan wars between gaming communities. Growing issue globally.
YouTube Powers Record Live Streams with New Global Features
April was an absolutely massive month for live streaming on @youtube, from @NASA's Artemis II mission 🚀 (which accumulated over 79M viewers) to the iconic stages of @coachella 🎡 None of this scale would be possible without our infrastructure and engineering...
Acorn Launches Creator‑controlled Alternative as X Drops Communities
As X shuts down Communities, Acorn debuts an alternative that puts creators in control https://t.co/S3iCkqizJH
Niche Doesn't Matter on YouTube; Strategy Does
There is no wrong niche on YouTube. 👀 YouTube isn't one platform. It's thousands of communities inside one platform. Any topic can work. Any passion can become a channel. The niche isn't the problem. The strategy is. 🎯 https://t.co/s72wL6Wmh5
Michael Jackson Tops Global Charts, Proving Legends Endure
Michael Jackson just overtook Justin Bieber to become the #1 Global Digital Artist in the world 🌍🔥 The surge comes right after the release of his biopic *“Michael”* 🎬 He’s currently leading the global rankings by a wide margin, showing a massive...
April Social Media Recap: Stay Active Despite the Snooze
Social media is SO fucking boring right now... it’s a big snooze fest. But that doesn’t mean you should stop posting, we still need some damn momentum. Here's everything that happened in social media in April, and how you should move forward...
B2B Must Switch to LinkedIn Creator Marketing
Friendly reminder that if you're in B2B and you're not using LinkedIn creators, you are probably burning cash on ads that aren't converting. It's time for this crowd to get with the program on creator marketing, and LinkedIn is where...
Earn MRR Share and Boost Followers with Our Partnership
Building a partnership program for @stanleyforx You'll be able to earn a % of the MRR. Plus - you'll get access to audience-growth perks, like retweets from my 100k account. If you want to grow your X account and make money with...
Seeking Honest Comparison: Hermes Vs. OpenClaw
I caved and downloaded Hermes to try. For those of you who have tried both Hermes and OpenClaw what difference do you notice? No shilling please, just want some honest opinions
Taylor Swift's 'Anti-Hero' Hits 2 Billion Streams, Still #1
Taylor Swift’s "Anti-Hero" has now reached 2 billion streams on Spotify, adding to its eight-week run at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and global chart-topping success across multiple territories. https://t.co/PEZS9yK8sz
Model Top Creators, Adapt to Audience Demand
Growing online isn’t a secret: 1. Find 10 top creators in your space 2. Pull their top content from the last 3 months with 3X average views 3. Model how they did it, but modify for you (don’t copy) The audience tells you what...
Indie Platform Vocana Aims to Disrupt Spotify's Payments
Vocana is a US indie streaming platform ready to challenge Spotify's payment system and algorithm. https://t.co/VVE0BdMJVN
Focus on One Semi‑Niche Newsletter to Build Reputation
I think the highest value activity you could do for yourself right now is to pick one topic that’s semi-niche and start writing about it in newsletter format once a week. Pick something you think is interesting. Make it your...
Register with a PRO to Secure Performance Royalties
May Sync Licensing Tip 3 You need this ↴ Sign up with a Performing Rights Organization (PRO) Options = ASCAP, BMI, SESAC, SOCAN, etc. Already registered? Find and save your IPI/CAE number. I keep mine in my pitching folder 📂 I also keep a copy...
Turn Substack Zero to $10K/Month in 30 Days
We took our Substack from zero to $10,000/month in less than 30 days. Here's the exact system we used: For context, we have built our paid Substack Newsletter Write With AI to: • 110,000+ subscribers • $845,000+ in digital product sales • And $425,000+ in...
Free, Cross‑platform Screen Recorder Adds Auto‑zoom Polish
If you make coding projects, product walkthroughs, tutorials, YouTube content, or demo videos, you have probably hit the same wall: Raw screen recordings look amateur. Cursors jitter. Clicks have no emphasis. Backgrounds are ugly. Zooms have to be added in post. The standard...
Creator Economy's New Stage: Selling Blueprints to Sell Blueprints
We’ve officially hit the Inception stage of the creator economy: people selling blueprints on how to sell blueprints. You’ve seen the posts: 3,000 AI prompts for $10 or the $27 system for passive income. These aren't products. They are entry points into...
IG Head Announces Nerf to Clipped Content
Adam Mosseri (Head of IG) does a pretty phenomenal job of doing Instagram’s version of patch notes. A few days ago, he announced that Instagram is going to start “nerfing” clipped content. https://t.co/aOQfO8LCZL
US Creators Rank Video Production as Top Future Investment
Video production is the top skill US creators want to invest in for the future of their businesses. 22.4% prioritize video production, followed by 20.0% for branding, 14.3% for storytelling, and 12.8% for community building.
AI‑driven Blender Autopilot Offers Control, Not Chaos
Whether you love or hate AI, we can all agree the slot machine nature of generative models sucks. Creators need control -- and perhaps the best way to get it is with 3d tools. But the first time you open blender,...
Small Creators Thrive without Millions of Views
Small creators are actually winning right now. 👀 Views are more distributed than ever. And views can be down while income is still up. You don't need millions of views to build a real business. 🎯 https://t.co/M3rDKfNC2Y
AI Turns Bedroom Ideas Into $100k Businesses
The internet gave you distribution. Social media gave you an audience. AI is giving you a team. You can build a $100k business from your bedroom. With tools your parents couldn't have imagined. And yet 99% of people still think the...
AI‑generated Podcasts Surge, Flooding Spotify and Spreaker
Whoa -> “Podslop” is flooding listening platforms like Spotify; Podcast Index: of ~11K new podcast feeds in a recent 9-day span, ~39% were likely for AI content shows "Under the Spreaker website, if recognized by its software, the company will highlight to...
GPT-IMAGE-2 Launches: All‑In‑One Visual & Audio AI
Good news, GPT-IMAGE-2 are now live on @GlbGPT This is not another “AI tool directory” update. You can now create images, posters, comics, cinematic shots, and AI videos with physics + native audio from one workspace. https://t.co/vM8cwrzGiv
Claude Now Creates Professional Videos From a Single Prompt
The Pika x Claude MCP integration is wild. 26 video skills now sit inside Claude. No editing software. No timeline. No render queue. Drop a GitHub URL → get a walkthrough video with a lip-synced presenter and captions. Hand it a topic →...
One Video, Lifetime Labor: YouTube’s Endless ROI
A good YouTube video is like hiring an employee you pay once that works for you for free for weeks, months, and years to come.
Dark Money Pays Influencers to Demonize Chinese AI
A Dark-Money Campaign Is Paying Influencers to Frame Chinese AI as a Threat https://t.co/QyPyez4PyO https://t.co/CZHpXg0sZE
YouTube Launches Suite of Creator‑focused Feature Upgrades
Over the last week, our @YouTube teams shipped many new products you’ve been asking for 🔥 🪟 We launched fully custom multiview on @YouTubeTV, giving you full control to mix and match live streams. ⏳ With countdown stickers, mobile live streamers can...
CORE Boys Back on YouTube, Nightmare Finally Ends
🚨 The CORE boys have been reinstated on YouTube 🚨 Our long national nightmare is over.
Charging for Substack Boosts Algorithmic Promotion and Readership
Same. But if you don't charge for your Substack, then the Substack algorithm won't promote it. You will actually get more readers by charging for it than making it free. I speak from experience.
AI-Generated Podcasts Now Number Thousands Each Week
A growing share of podcasts are generated by AI. Thousands every week. Read @ashleyrcarman on the rise of podslop https://t.co/Jp6BNH7CB6