Facebook publishes new guidelines on monetising content

Could gamers playing titles like Grand Theft Auto fall foul of the rules on including advertising?

• Facebook

Instagram Stories get improved features for advertisers

Now includes support for Facebook Canvas and more creative tools

• Instagram
• Facebook
• Instagram Stories

Rooster Teeth's RTX London event is already a sellout

Fans have flocked to buy tickets for the US digital studio's first UK event in October

• Rooster Teeth
• live events

YouTube courts brands with new advertisements for creators

Gaming channels included in campaign, which includes six-second format

• YouTube

YouTube gamers settle FTC complaint over CS:GO gambling promotion

Trevor 'TmarTn' Martin and Thomas 'Syndicate' Cassell must disclose commercial relationships in future

• legal
• CS:GO
• gambling
• FTC
• regulation
• Syndicate

Takumi study aims to show influencer marketing isn't an 'over-hyped fad'

Nine per cent of PR and marketing pros surveyed plan to spend upwards of £100k in next year

• Takumi
• micro influencer marketing

Analytics firm Delmondo adds Instagram Stories to its platform

Will help brands and influencers understand how their stories are performing

• Delmondo
• Instagram
• analytics
• stories

Joe Wicks warns influencer marketing 'might just fizzle out a bit'

Online fitness star suggests that short-term brand strategies could knock confidence in this sector

• Joe Wicks

GG Content launches influencer-marketing platform for games industry

ggContent service joins an increasingly-crowded space with closed-alpha test

• ggContent

AudioBoom revenues up 329% thanks to podcast ads growth

Spoken-word shows could be a lucrative income stream for online influencers

• AudioBoom
• podcasts
• financials

Comedian Laura Clery launches three-part Snapchat series

The Laura Clery Project will make its debut on Comedy Central's Snapchat Discover channel

• Laura Clery
• Snapchat
• Comedy Central

YouTube launches new features for live video streamers

Easier chat moderation and screencasting with ReplayKit games rolling out now

• YouTube
• livestreaming
• games

YouTube exec Robert Kyncl hails 'streampunks' in new book

Chief business officer's tome focuses on the 'rebels remaking media' on Google's video service

• YouTube
• Robert Kyncl
• Casey Neistat
• Tyler Oakley
• Lilly Singh
• books

Microsoft launches Mixer Create gameplay-streaming app

Available for Android and iOS – with restrictions on the latter

• Mixer
• Microsoft
• mobile games
• apps

Microsoft’s Mixer Create mobile app lets players stream games from their phones

Co-streaming also available across PC and console