Did PewDiePie cause the adpocalypse? He doesn't think so

Kjellberg addressed the accusation in a recent video

Instagrammer reveals $10k debt nightmare in search for social media stardom

“I was living above my means. I was living a lie. Debt was looming over my head.”

• Instagram

New platforms attempt to profit from YouTube’s alt-right clampdown

Conspiracy theorists and the far-right embrace rival providers to escape YouTube ‘censorship’

• YouTube

Influencer-led DoubleJump Games acquires mobile Canadian developer TinyMob

Further acquisitions and publishing deals on the cards

• mobile games
• acquisitions

Social media influencers now require a license in the UAE

Influencers in the UAE must acquire a license to promote or endorse products

• influencers
• UAE

UK MP blasts YouTube for repeated failure to tackle Neo-Nazi video

“It shows either hopeless incompetence or a shameful abdication of responsibility”

• YouTube

Snapchat owner to lay off 100 workers, reports claim

Engineering cull represents the biggest round of layoffs yet

• Snapchat

Super Seducer dev hits YouTuber IAmPattyJack with 'accidental' DMCA takedown after critical video and Twitter row

Video now back up and strike lifted

• YouTube
• Twitter
• DMCA takedown

ROI Influencer Media can calculate the worth of influencers based on data

The ROI Influencer tool will calculate the worth of an influencer

• influencer marketing
• ROI

Vamp partners influencers with non-profit organisation Dress For Success to promote International Women's Day

Vamp's #EmpowerHour campaign aims to inspire women and help them regain control of their careers

• influencers
• International Women's Day
• Girl Power

YouTube gifted ‘brand safety certificate’ by Jicwebs

No, we’re not winding you up

• YouTube

Fortnite eclipses all competition on Twitch

New metrics say Epic’s free-to-play Battle Royale title is bettering even the mighty League of Legends

• Twitch
• fortnite

YouTuber Kati Morton offers master class on how to cope with creative burnout

Mental health advocate Kati Morton wants to help creators avoid burning out online

• YouTube

Twitch sets a date for TwitchCon 2018

The fourth instalment of TwitchCon hits LA shores in October

• Twitch
• TwitchCon

Advertisers flee from InfoWars on YouTube

While Alex Jones appears to have lied about a YouTube deletion warning

• YouTube