YouTube Music and YouTube Premium finally arrive in the UK

Subscription services might offer an escape from those pesky demanding advertisers

• YouTube
• youtube premium
• youtube music

Games industry roundup: The hottest stories across the mobile, PC and blockchain sectors

15 articles from PCGamesInsider.biz, InfluencerUpdate.biz and BlockhainGamer.biz

Hotels are tiring of influencers begging for freebies

“The net is so wide, and the term ‘influencer’ is so loose”

• hotels

Unilever slaps ban on influencers who buy followers

“We need to take urgent action to rebuild trust before it’s gone forever”

• unilever

AI tech firm Influential closes series B funding round on $12m

The company has raised a total of $26.5m since 2013

Twitch partners concerned about growing affiliate perks

“I think things like sub badges should be a partner perk. It gives them something to work for”

• Twitch

Now YouTube is caught monetising AIDS conspiracy videos

This is never going to stop, is it?

• YouTube

Have you got something to say about the world of influencers? Get in touch!

We're looking for guest articles, whether one-off or as part of a regular column, from industry insiders

• Marketing
• influencer marketing
• influencers

Influencers AzzyLand, Bart Baker, Chad Wild Clay and more star in Squad Rivals mobile game

Content creators have a combined audience of 41 million YouTube subscribers

• mobile games
• games

Snapchat partners with LiveRamp to launch a new campaign measurement tool

The solution will "enable brands to measure the impact of their campaigns on offline sales, in a privacy-friendly manner".

• Snapchat

Bauer Media launches new influencer network

Magazine, music and TV giant makes big push into influencer marketing

• bauer media

PewDiePie becomes first gaming YouTuber to hit 18 billion views

That's a lot of views

• PewDiePie

Fortnite experiences its biggest ever weekly Twitch viewer loss

Though E3 disruption could be to blame

• Twitch
• fortnite
• ninja

Ninja loses 40,000 Twitch subs after two days off at E3

Not like all you journalists that are paid to be out there, eh?

Instagram and Facebook release new tools to sharpen in-app shopping experience

Both companies aim to improve commerce and customer service inside their platforms

• Facebook