Commentary

Evan Shapiro Tells American Film Market That Fandom Built 2026’s Highest-Returning Films

Media analyst Evan Shapiro told film buyers and sellers at the American Film Market’s inaugural New...

Technology

Caloroga Opens AI Podcast Studio Linnet to All Creators as Video Pressure Mounts on Independent Shows

Caloroga Media, the New York podcast company that has built a catalog of short daily shows...

Platform

Reddit Turns Community Threads Into AI-Built Review Pages for 10,000 Products

Reddit, which reported an average of 130.3 million daily active uniques in the third quarter and...

Technology

Stan Acquires Typefully, Bringing Nearly 10,000 Paying Customers Into Its Creator Commerce Business

Stan, the Toronto-founded company behind the Stan Store creator storefront and the AI content agent Stanley,...

Technology

ITV Studios’ Zoo 55 Picks Pixability to Represent Its YouTube Inventory in North America

Zoo 55, the digital and gaming label of ITV Studios, has selected YouTube advertising technology company...

Influencer

UGC Creators Should Get the Reps In, Pitch Like Strategists and Stay Human, Says Paula Hlavacek

Paula Hlavacek tells new UGC creators that their rates will follow their skills, so the first...

Influencer

Sesh Turns Investor Jake Paul Into a Co-Creator to Compete Without Big Tobacco’s Budget

Sesh says it cannot outbid legacy tobacco companies for space on convenience-store shelves, so the independent...

Agency

Brands Should Hire Creators for Brand Fit First, Then Give Them Room to Shape the Work 

For TELUS’s Black Friday 2025 YouTube Shorts campaign, creator marketplace #paid matched the brand with creators...

Technology

Ozen.fm Wins BBC Podcast Ad Sales in Latin America, Betting Brands Will Buy Audio They Can Measure

BBC Studios has named Ozen.fm its exclusive local advertising sales representative for BBC podcast inventory in...

Talent Collectives

321 Action Action’s Brian Scotto Wants to Get Automotive Creators Off the YouTube ‘Hamster Wheel’

The Gymkhana films Brian Scotto directed at Hoonigan were once-a-year spectacles, a format he argues no...

Platform

Instagram AI Age Detection Expands Worldwide to Place More Teens in Teen Accounts

Meta is expanding the AI age-estimation technology it uses on Instagram to all markets, a move...

Influencer

Twitch Streamer Jynxzi Acquires ‘Rainbow Six Siege’ Team FYR Strays

“Rainbow Six Siege” streamer Jynxzi has acquired the esports team FYR Strays from CAMPFYR. The team...

Commentary

EU Draft Digital Fairness Act Would Require Influencers to Label Sponsored Posts

The European Union is considering plans that would require content creators to label sponsored videos and...

Talent Collectives

Creator Studio pocket.watch Enters Feature Films With Brave Wilderness Documentary ‘Reef to Ridge’

Creator-focused studio pocket.watch is moving into creator-led feature films, starting with distribution of “Reef to Ridge,”...

Technology

CreatorDB Launches API Version 3 and MCP Server to Supply Data for In-House Creator Tools

CreatorDB, a San Diego-based creator data provider, has launched Version 3 of its API alongside an...

Brand

Toyota’s U.S. Finance Arm Launches on TikTok With Auto Finance ‘Edutainment’

Toyota Financial Services (TFS), the U.S. financing and leasing brand for Toyota, has launched a TikTok...

Platform

X Launches Native Clipping, Paying Both Clippers and Original Creators

X has launched a native clipping tool that lets users cut a moment from another creator’s...

Platform

Social Publisher Pubity Group Lands First Streaming Deal With Fox’s Tubi

Pubity Group, the digital media and youth social publishing company, has struck its first streaming deal,...

Influencer

‘PoliticsGirl’ Creator Leigh McGowan Joins Crooked Media’s ‘Hysteria’ as Co-Host

Crooked Media has named Leigh McGowan, creator of the “PoliticsGirl” podcast and a New York Times...

Influencer

Jubilee Media Moves Into Short-Form With Two New Series, Renews ‘Nectarhouse’ for Third Season

Jubilee Media, the digital media company behind “Surrounded” and “Middle Ground,” is launching two short-form series...

Commentary

Creator Economy Job Radar – November 10, 2026 – Lyft, NFL, Coach, and More

Creator Economy hiring this week spans consumer brands, sports and entertainment organizations, agencies, and creator-focused platforms....

Technology

Manychat Announces ‘Creatorworld,’ a Free Global Livestream for Creators

Manychat will host “Creatorworld by Manychat,” a free, one-day global livestream for creators, brands and industry...

Commentary

The 10 Fastest-Growing U.S. Instagram Accounts of October 2026

Wealth gained 3.5 million Instagram followers in October, the most of any U.S. account. A Victoria’s...

Platform

beehiiv to Host London Media Conference on Audience Ownership

Newsletter platform beehiiv will host “The Business of Media: The Future of Attention, Audience and Growth,”...

Technology

Caloroga Media’s New AI Studio Turns One Prompt Into Editable Podcasts and Videos

Caloroga Media has produced about 60 podcasts with two founders and a stable of AI voices....