Sephora has launched Sephora Sounds, a program that supports and amplifies underrepresented, diverse, and emerging artists.

Boston University has launched the Terrier Creator Program, a new initiative that allows undergraduate and graduate students to create original content for the university's official Instagram and TikTok accounts.

According to reports, TikTok plans to launch a new e-commerce marketplace called TikTok Shop Shopping Center in August.

TikTok has introduced Text Posts, a new way for creators to share text-based content.

TikTok has opened its Commercial Content Library to users. This library allows users to search for and view commercial content, including paid media ads and other commercial content tagged with the paid partnership label (e.g., branded content, sponsored content, etc.).

TikTok and Warner Music Group (WMG) announced a first-of-its-kind partnership to expand licensed music from Warner Recorded Music and Warner Chappell Music to TikTok, TikTok Music, CapCut, and TikTok's Commercial Music Library.

TikTok is reportedly incentivizing creators to use its e-commerce platform, TikTok Shop.

TikTok has started rolling out the option for creators to save/download their videos and photos without a watermark.

TikTok and Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment, Inc., the parent company of Redbox are partnering to bring curated TikTok videos to screens on over 3,000 Redbox kiosks at various locations across the US, such as supermarkets, convenience stores, and retailers.

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has updated its Endorsement Guides for the first time since 2009.

YouTube is currently experimenting with a new feature that converts select keywords and phrases in comments into hyperlinks.

ByteDance, TikTok’s parent company, announced the launch of Ripple, a new music production app