In case you had any doubt how YouTube feels about artists, the company made its views clear in November with a sneaky alteration to how it monetizes videos. If you were among those who always thought that YouTube feels nothing for artists, this news proved you were 100% correct! “Starting... Read more
February 10, 2021 Dear Diary, Well, we’re having another bad Facebook day. They won’t let us run our “promoted post” ads again. We’ve had problems before, but for the last few months they’ve mostly sailed through. But our boost this week got rejected – they sent us the dreaded “This... Read more
By Justin Sanders
The pandemic has been a devastating experience – but like many devastating experiences it has also been a catalyst for creativity. Over this past year, artists have found new inspiration not only in terms of subject matter, but in how they package and present their work. Previously, we looked at... Read more
By Ruth Vitale
It’s Inauguration Day, and a long list of challenges await incoming President Joe Biden. From slowing down the rampaging pandemic to reversing economic catastrophe and healing our divided nation, he is going to have his hands full. And yet, while I certainly do not wish to distract the President from... Read more
It’s been a minute since we last heard from Chris Cox, the man who at one time was, as WIRED put it, “effectively in charge of product for four of the six largest social media platforms in the world.” As Facebook’s longtime chief product officer, Cox has effectively been Mark Zuckerberg’s... Read more
By Justin Sanders
Happy New Year! We all went through a lot in 2020, so let’s take a breath and turn the page on one of the toughest years any of us can remember. Make no mistake – our creative industry has a tough road ahead. We have to somehow bounce back from... Read more
By Ruth Vitale
The election is over, but political division is here to stay. Unfortunately. For now, we remain a deeply polarized nation. It is a sad truth that many Americans are so passionate about their political beliefs that they cannot imagine discussing politics with someone from the other side, let alone being... Read more
By Ruth Vitale
Representative Ted Deutch, of Florida’s 22nd district, is a senior member of the House Judiciary Committee. RUTH VITALE: Ted, thank you so much for agreeing to this interview. You were one of the first Members of Congress I ever met after taking this job at CreativeFuture. And you remain one... Read more
The real-world mayhem many predicted for the 2020 election never quite materialized. But there has been plenty of online mayhem before and after – much of it on Facebook. With powerful forces sowing confusion and chaos across every major platform, our collective rage, mistrust, and anxiety just keeps on burning... Read more
It’s official: On October 20, the Department of Justice filed a civil antitrust lawsuit to “stop Google from unlawfully maintaining monopolies through anticompetitive and exclusionary practices.” From making itself the default search engine on billions of mobile devices to then making its own products “undeletable” on those devices, Google has... Read more