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Each week, we handpick a selection of stories to give you a snapshot of trends, updates, business moves, and more from around the creator industry. This week, platforms are making monetization moves, creators are teeing off on YouTube, and TikTok has lost one of its top execs as ban talk ramps up.

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Press X for cash. As part of his quest to make X “the everything app,” Elon Musk partnered formerly-Twitter with Visa back in January to develop a digital wallet and peer-to-peer cash transfers that’ll all happen on X. Now some users are starting to see the functionality debut, and they’ll have to decide whether or not they want Musk in their money.

Snapchat is going local. With its multicity “Creator Connect” campaign, the app is diving into Indian communities and searching for up-and-coming content creators to provide with mentorship, networking opportunities, and growth tools.

1978: A Teen Night Out, is a supernatural thriller which will hit the screens by the end of April.

Crescendo Music ?and ?Films has joined hands with Ksm Film Productions to produce India?s first Teen Thriller. The film has been co-produced by Spotlights Creation and is being distributed by Utopia Studios, worldwide.

Talking about the film 1978, it is a racy, supernatural, terrifying, suspense story that promises keep the hearts of its viewers thumping, right from the beginning till the last scene.

1978 has been directed by Aziz Zee and it features a bunch of young teenage actors who have performed amazingly well. Yash Rajpara, Apurva ?Godbole, Gaurav Sharma, Vaishnavi ?Kadam, ?Rishabh Raj, Muskaan Tomar, Sunny Yadav, ?Rohit Mugallu, Maliha Malla. ?The film also features renowned TV actress Sonyaa and singer Abuzar Akhtar.

While the songs are completely composed with a retro feel of the 70s, the Usp of the film...