Google wants to reel in creators for YouTube Shorts with $100M fund
(Android Central)

Google wants YouTube Shorts to hit the ground running. What you need to know Google is launching a $100M fund for YouTube Shorts creators. Creators with popular or viral Shorts will receive rewards from the fund. The $100 YouTube Shorts Fund will be distributed throughout 2021, 2022. Google is hoping to bolster its new YouTube Shorts platform by announcing a new fund to entice creators to the platform. The YouTube Shorts Fund will distribute $100 million to creators throughout 2021 and 2022, rewarding creators for posts that garner the most engagement. According to Google, the company will reach out to creators every month to reward them. The fund is available to anyone who creates original, engaging shorts, not just those of the YouTube Partner Program. Shorts must be original and follow community guidelines to be considered for the fund. Google is holding onto additional details about the fund, but for now, it seems to be only available to users in the U.S. and India, the two...