🗞 YouTube Pays Creators Millions to Beat Netflix, Apple Maps Gets Ads & LinkedIn's Slop Button Cuts the Junk 40%

YouTube breaks its own rev-share model and pays creators directly to keep them off Netflix. Apple opens Maps to advertisers in the US and Canada. LinkedIn reports its anti-slop button has been used a million times.

Drew Schweppe

Sep 1, 2026

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4 min read