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Apple | Spotify | Amazon | YouTube Listen to and follow ‘Hard Fork’We asked listeners to tell us about the wildest ways they have been using artificial intelligence at work. This week, we bring you their stories. Then, Hank Green, a legendary YouTuber, stops by to talk about how creators are reacting to the prospect of a ban on TikTok, and about how he’s navigating an increasingly fragmented online environment. And finally, deep fakes are coming to Main Street: We’ll tell you the story of how they caused turmoil in a Maryland high school and what, if anything, can be done to fight them. Guests:Hank Green, YouTuber and co-founder of ComplexlyAdditional Reading:

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☆ Hank Greenberg: On Passover, an ode to perhaps the greatest Jewish baseball player
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-23 | by ( Harry Enten | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

It turns out that I undersold Greenberg; he was one of the greatest hitters of all time and gives Sandy Koufax a run at being the greatest Jewish baseball player of all time. By that time, at age 35, he was well past most baseball players’ prime. The fact that Greenberg was a hero to young Jewish baseball fans (like my father), a great American and incredible human being is not under dispute. Greenberg remains one of only 10 baseball players to ever hit 58 home runs in a single season. Greenberg ranks 62nd among every position player on this metric since major league baseball began way back in the 1870s, according to Baseball-Reference (and different outlets compute WAR7 slightly differently).

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☆ Maybe you hate TikTok shopping posts. Most people don't care.
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-04 | by ( Peter Kafka | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Related storiesBut TikTok says it doesn't care what Katie or anyone else has to say — it's going to keep pushing shopping posts. AdvertisementMarni Levine, who runs TikTok's US shopping operations, says she's "not considering" pulling back on shopping posts. On the other hand: Maybe most TikTok users are totally fine with shopping stuff. It's not that users aren't noticing the shopping posts — 62.5% noticed an uptick in the posts over the last six months. And as far as the other shopping posts I'm not interested in, which is basically all of them?

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☆ An Arms Smugger, a Daring Heist, and the Birth of Israel
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-24 | by ( David Kushner | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +35 min

Joining the Haganah, Schwimmer discovered, wasn't as easy as just strolling through the door. "He felt he had to do his part in creating a Jewish state, so this could never happen again," Schwimmer recalled. Rather than melt down the surplus weapons for scrap, Liff told Greenspun to take as much as he wanted — free of charge. "It went against the grain to buck the same government we had fought to preserve only a few years before," Hank Greenspun recalled. In 2001, at the urging of Brian Greenspun, Schwimmer received a presidential pardon from Bill Clinton.

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☆ 'America's greatest gift to Israel'
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-24 | by ( David Kushner | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +35 min

As the country's founder and first prime minister, David Ben-Gurion, once declared, "America's greatest gift to Israel was Al Schwimmer." Joining the Haganah, Schwimmer discovered, wasn't as easy as just strolling through the door. "He felt he had to do his part in creating a Jewish state, so this could never happen again," Schwimmer recalled. Rather than melt down the surplus weapons for scrap, Liff told Greenspun to take as much as he wanted — free of charge. In 2001, at the urging of Brian Greenspun, Schwimmer received a presidential pardon from Bill Clinton.

☆ TikTok is killing its Creator Fund after months of criticism from influencers
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-07 | by ( Jordan Hart | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

He had spoken against TikTok's Creator Fund. Victoria Paris, a 24-year-old full-time influencer, previously told Insider that she earned just over $40,000 from TikTok's creator fund in 2021. He also had spoken against the TikTok Creator Fund. Steve Granitz/Getty ImagesShawn Owens, 27, said the creator fund isn't set up to benefit micro-influencers like himself. Despite having 70,000 followers and plenty of viral moments, Owens said he "never made any substantial money from the Creator Fund."

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☆ How many followers you need on TikTok to get paid as a content creator
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-03 | by ( Dan Whateley | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

TikTok creators can get paid with 1,000 or more followers through livestreaming subscriptions and virtual "gifts." To receive subscription revenue from TikTok Live : a creator must be 18 years or older and have a minimum of 1,000 followers. : a creator must have at least 10,000 followers and at least 100,000 video views in the past 30 days. Some creators who have disclosed their TikTok creator fund earnings, including Hank Green (7.6 million followers), said they were paid a few cents for every 1,000 views they generated on the app. Emmanuel BaidenMaking money through sponsored song challengesOne common way for TikTok creators to make money is by promoting songs in videos.

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☆ Hank Green, Novelist and YouTube Star, Announces He Has Cancer
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-20 | by ( Lauren Mccarthy | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Hank Green, a novelist and longtime host of quirky YouTube educational videos, announced on Friday that he was recently diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma, a form of cancer. “Good news and bad news. One, it’s cancer,” he said in a video on his YouTube channel, Vlogbrothers. “Good news, it’s something called Hodgkin’s lymphoma,” he added. “It’s one of the most treatable cancers.

☆ YouTuber Hank Green diagnosed with Hodgkin lymphoma
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-19 | by ( Zoe Sottile | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —YouTuber, science educator, and writer Hank Green announced on Friday that he has been diagnosed with Hodgkin lymphoma, a form of blood cancer that affects the lymph system. VidCon, an annual convention for YouTubers and other internet creators founded by John and Hank Green, announced that Hank Green would no longer be able to attend due to the diagnosis. What is Hodgkin lymphoma? The American Cancer Society estimates there will likely be around 8,830 new cases of Hodgkin lymphoma in 2023. The five-year relative survival rate for all patients diagnosed with Hodgkin lymphoma is around 89%, according to the American Cancer Society.

☆ Microsoft is giving Google the kick in the butt it's needed for years
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-07 | by ( Matt Weinberger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Win or lose, Microsoft is giving Google the kick in the rear end it's needed for a long time. Competition is ultimately good for consumers, but AI still has a long way to go. And yet, Google has never faced a real challenge to its search engine empire. Microsoft's Bing has endured for years as a consistent but distant second-place search engine — despite the tech titan's best efforts. What's not clear is whether Microsoft will end up being the company to lead the charge through the disruption of search engine technology.

YouTube, Arizona State University and "Crash Course" — the popular educational YouTube channel founded by vloggers Hank and John Green — on Tuesday announced the launch of Study Hall, a pathway to college credit and higher education resource. Study Hall provides guides about the college selection and admissions process, as well as foundational courses that students can receive college credit for. Hank Green said the idea for Study Hall came after years brainstorming solutions for the student loan debt crisis. Study Hall provides free access to four YouTube courses that cover subjects that are typically taken during early college years. YouTube wants to improve on the experience for learners on the platform without "breaking the magic" of informal YouTube education content, Kurtz said.

YouTube is taking back the reins from TikTok as the official title sponsor of VidCon, the biggest convention for social media creators and their fans. From 2013-2019, YouTube served as the primary partner of VidCon, which veteran YouTubers John and Hank Green created. Many on the featured creators roster, such as Charli D’Amelio and Khaby Lame, got their big breaks on TikTok, not YouTube. “We are thrilled to have them return as the title sponsor to help drive our mission of putting digital culture and its creators center stage. “The unique relationship and trust between YouTube creators, their fans and the digital industry is what sets our platform apart,” Stanford said in the statement.

☆ How many TikTok followers you need to start making money
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-23 | by ( Dan Whateley | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

But you don't need to have millions of fans to start making money on TikTok. Read more about how TikTok creators make money from brand deals:Jalyn Baiden. Emmanuel BaidenMaking money through sponsored song challengesOne common way for TikTok creators to make money is by promoting songs in videos. Music marketers and record labels pay TikTok creators to include tracks in posts in an effort to make a song take off on the app. Read more about how TikTok creators make money from song promotions:

☆ How much money TikTokers make, according to creators
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-21 | by ( Dan Whateley | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Here's how much TikTokers earn from brand deals, song promotions, livestreams, its Creator Fund, and ad-revenue sharing. Read how much six TikTok creators earned from the Creator FundHow much TikTokers make from its ad-revenue sharing program, PulseThe Creator Fund isn't the only in-app monetization tool for TikTok creators. As with the Creator Fund, the first two payments from TikTok Pulse have been disappointing, creators told Insider. Read more about how creators are making money from TikTok's built-in monetization features:How TikTok creators make money from brand sponsorshipsBecause virtual gifts, Creator Fund payments, and Pulse earnings don't pay the bills on their own, many influencers turn to brand deals to earn money from their TikTok content. Here's how much creators are earning from brand deals:How TikTok creators make money from song promotionsOne of the most popular ways to earn money as a TikToker is by promoting songs in videos.

☆ How much TikTok pays for views, according to creators
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-09 | by ( Dan Whateley | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

The company is also paying users directly via its Creator Fund and TikTok Pulse ad program. Instagram also pays some creators based on the number of views their Reels generate, offering "bonuses" for hitting certain short-video view thresholds. As with the Creator Fund, initial payments from TikTok Pulse have been underwhelming, creators told Insider. The creator RPMs were competitive on TikTok Pulse when compared to other ad programs like YouTube's, but the revenue-generating views were comparatively low, often dipping below 1,000 views. Read more about how much creators have earned from TikTok Pulse:

☆ VidCon reveals initial list of creators slated to appear at June 2023 conference in Anaheim
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-06 | by ( ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

VidCon, the fan and industry event producer celebrating YouTubers and other digital creators, unveiled the first round of featured creators confirmed to its flagship convention in Anaheim, Calif., in June 2023. Additional details on programming, speakers, partner activations, and more featured creators confirmed to attend will be announced in the coming months. VidCon also has opened ticket sales for the 2023 Anaheim confab, with more info at this link. In 2022, VidCon returned to an in-person convention in Anaheim after a two-year break because of COVID. VidCon was founded by veteran YouTube creators John and Hank Green (the Vlogbrothers) and was acquired by Paramount Global in 2018.

☆ YouTube announces creators will be eligible for revenue from Shorts, the platform's TikTok competitor
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-21 | by ( Morgan Sung | Morgan Sung Is A Trends Reporter For Nbc News Digital. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +4 min

YouTube unveiled major changes to its partner program Tuesday, announcing that creators will soon be able to earn ad revenue off of Shorts, its TikTok competitor. The YouTube Partner Program, which began in 2007, has paid creators a cut of ad revenue generated from their videos. Instead, YouTube launched the temporary Shorts Fund, a $100 million fund distributed over the course of 2021-22, to pay eligible creators. For videos posted to Shorts, YouTube will add up the entirety of the revenue from ads run between videos on its Shorts Feed to "reward Shorts creators and help cover the cost of music licensing." "It feels like YouTube cares about creators with their hearts, but they care about the labels with their wallets," Green wrote.

☆ YouTube announced the biggest revamp to its creator pay program in 15 years, but questions persist over Shorts revenue share. Here are 3 key takeaways.
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-21 | by ( Geoff Weiss | Amanda Perelli | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

YouTube announced the biggest changes to its creator monetization program in 15 years. YouTube will share ad revenue with Shorts creators who have 1,000 subscribers and 10 million views. That's because YouTube is allocating a portion of total Shorts ad revenue to cover music licensing. Shorts monetization is something of an ultimatum to TikTok, but concerns persistBeginning next year, in place of the YouTube Shorts fund, YouTube will start sharing revenue from Shorts ads with creators. Creator Music is currently in beta and launching later this fall with partners including Empire, Believe, Downtown, and Merlin.

☆ What's next now that Letitia James has sued Donald Trump? A slow-motion, 'eye-glazing' battle of lawyers, experts
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-21 | by ( Laura Italiano | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

NY AG Letitia James sued Donald Trump, his three eldest kids, and Trump Organization on Wednesday. "This is going to be an eye-glazing battle" of experts and lawyers, before the lawsuit even goes to trial, one ex-prosecutor, Armen Morian, said of what's to come. He prosecuted the New York AG's case against Hank Greenberg, the one-time CEO of insurance giant AIG. That's the Manhattan judge who repeatedly ruled against Trump in the two-year lead-in to the AG's lawsuit. "She will pay for bringing such an aggressive, gargantuan, and unwieldy case," Morian predicted, "assuring that this case will move at a snail's pace, to the defendants' advantage."

☆ (foto) Topul celor mai bune cărți conform Goodreads Choice Awards 2020
▼ + stars: | 2020-12-08 | by ( Onixmedia Srl | ) diez.md time to read: +7 min

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